Lund Tourist Information Center
Welcome to the oldest city in nowadays Sweden
Destination Lund is a voluntary non-profit tourist agency with the largest amount of tourist information about Lund, the oldest city in nowadays Sweden. The city of Lund was established already in year 964 by the Danish king Harald Bluetooth and his Vikings. Lund was an important and remarkable ecclesiastical city during the medieval time, and archbishopric for the whole Christian Scandinavia. To start with, please read the overview of Lund to get an overview of the most interesting and special about Lund as a visitor destination, or have a look at the visitor guides to see how much there is to experience in Lund. Read more about us and who we are.
During the Middle Ages, Lund was an important church town in the Danish Kingdom, and the
archbishopric center for Scandinavia.
Lund 1060 years in 2024
2024 is a special anniversary year in Lund. It is then 1060 years since Lund was inaugurated by the Danish Viking Harald Bluetooth and his men. It was the nephew of Bluetooth, called Golden-Harald, and some Vikings from the mythical Viking fortress Jomsborg that attacked the southwestern parts of Skåne, probably including Uppåkra, a hedonic large Iron Age settlement. The Vikings were Christian and built the first church at the place that have been the city of Lund since then. There will probably not be any official celebration, but if booking a greet, our greeters can show and tell about the oldest history of Lund.
Helga was an influential woman here in Lund in the 980s. She was the daughter of the ruler in
Kiev in Ukraine.
Let us show you Lund
Destination Lund is a tourist agency that offer greeter service for up to 6 visitors for free, as part of the International Greeter Association. For larger groups, we can support finding a guide, which will be at some expense. Last year, Lund greeters showed the city to visitors from 25 different countries, and until now, we have had visitors from 32 different countries so far.
We have greeter service for visitors. Let our greeters show you Lund!
Lund Greeters have set a new high score
On August 26, had Lund greeters shown Lund to visitors as many times as they did in the whole of 2023. They have shown Lund to visitors more times since then, so it is a new high score! In addition, they have shown Lund to visitors from 32 countries so far, which is one more compared to 2023. Most visitors comes from Sweden, USA, Germany and Denmark, in that order. So this year the number of Swedish visitors who have seen Lund together with our greeters has increased significantly, but there are many from the United states this year as well.
Tourist information - Planning your visit in Lund
On the page about travel information you will find useful information when planning a visit to Lund. There is also information about hotels and restaurants, which most can be reached by walking since the distances are short.
On the page about visitor guides about Lund, you find some visitor guides with information about interesting things to do during your visit in Lund. On the page events, you find interesting recurring events in Lund. We are in contact with some guides that offer guided tours on request for larger groups in different languages at some expense. We also offer free greeter service in English or Swedish, aimed at smaller groups of maximum 6 persons. If you have any questions during planning or before your visit to Lund, you are most welcome to contact us.
Our tourist information is mobile friendly, free of charged and advertising. It opens directly in the mobile phone; no app needs to be downloaded. We do not sell anything, even our greeter service is for free. We are a non-profit tourist organisation operated by locals living in Lund.
Plan your visit to the Lund Carnival 2026
You almost have to experience the Lund Carnival, the absolute largest event in Lund. The planning of the Lund Carnival 2026 has now started, and it will tentatively be arranged May 22 to 24, 2026. The Lund Carnival is usually organized by about 7,000 students at Lund University. About 500,000 visitors are coming during the three days that the event takes place, from Friday to Sunday. In the large visitor guide about the Lund Carnival, you will find information about everything you need to know about the Lund Carnival to experience it as much as possible.
Discover interesting places and attractions in Lund
In Lund, there are many interesting places with fascinating history to discover. Nowadays Lund is an important student city with one of the largest and most popular universities in Sweden. The north east part is one of the largest research areas in northern Europe, still growing with the establishment of European Spallation Source (ESS) and MAX IV, the brightest X-ray source in the world, due to their homepage. With our visitor guides you can guide yourself to discover some interesting places in Lund.
Since we are fully voluntary and non-profit, we have not been able to produce so much information in English yet. We do have a page on Instagram were we post photos about Lund now and then with information in English.