Pictures from Skåne - Sweden - Lund

Excursions:
Allhelgonaklostret - in Lund. The monastery was founded as a Benedictine monastery in the 1000s. It was one of Denmark's oldest monasteries. What is left today of the monastery are a few small remains behind the university library on Helgonabacken.
Allhelgonakyrkan - -.
Blåtandstenen - is a runestone near the water tower in Lund, erected in 1999 to celebrate the release of Bluetooth 1.0 by Ericsson that year. The stone features a figure of Jesus with a laptop and a mobile phone.
Borgarparken - a park in the north of Lund, including playground, beach arena.
Bosebo kyrka - -.
Botanical garden - an oasis with a variety of plants from around the world, meadows, grass areas used by students for study. Picnic and sunbathing. Visit the greenhouses. Coffee in Café Botan.
Lunds domkyrka - was founded around 1100. The crypt was consecrated in 1123 and is one of the oldest preserved parts. The entire church was commissioned in 1145 and dedicated to Saint Lawrence. The astronomical clock dates back to the 15th century.
Drotten churchruin - in central Lund is the remains of a stone church built in the 1000's and was demolished during the Reformation. It was found during excavations around 1980 and was after many discussions built into the house that was built on the site.
Efterljus - Afterlight installation, by Lund art and design school, 29 Nov 2009 - 10 Jan 2010.
Flyktinggravarna - at the North Cemetery. Here rest the Polish concentration camp prisoners who died shortly after they arrived in Lund on the white buses in 1945. Most of the gravestones bear the name of the person buried there, but some of the graves are anonymous.
Framtidsvandring Brunnshög - a walk through the future Brunnshög in Lund, and how it looks today.
Fredentorp cemetary - cemetery in northern Lund. When excavations were carried out in the Repslagaren quarter in 1978, the foundations of a medieval church and associated cemetery were found. In 1983, the over 2,000 remains were moved here for a second resting place.
Fencing - about a fencing competition at Fäladsgården in Lund.
Handball WC - January 2011: There is an ongoing Handball World Championship for men in town. Briefly about my experiences of the festivities.
Historical museum - in Lund at Krafts torg behind the cathedral is part of Lund University, including finds from the excavations in Uppåkra.
Holmbergska tomten - a somewhat deliberately overgrown plot in Lund. Once a garden built in the late 1800's by one of Lund's richest men, Carl Holmberg. In the spring the ground is covered with scilla.
Hunnestadsmonumentet - was erected during the Viking Age around 985–1035, consisted of eight stones and originally stood at Hunnestad northwest of Ystad. Four of the remaining carved stones stand today in the entrance to the historical museum in Lund.
Höje å - Hikes along Höje river and treatment ponds in southern Lund.
Höjeåbron - over Höjeå in southern Lund. Skånska Cementgjuteriet built the bridge in 1926.
Hökeriet - The Kulturen in Lund museum shop, a grocery store with a cafe. Here you can buy such as candy, juice, jam, tea, and crafts.
Klosterkyrkan - is a 14-century church of brick, and has been part of a monastery. One of Lund's two medieval churches.
Klosterängshöjden - an artificial hill in the north of Lund near the highway E22, constructed of waste dirt from construction. Converted subsequently to a recreation area. From the highest points there are views over the district. Migrant garden flora.
Konsthallen - at Mårtenstorget in Lund. Building is designed by Klas Anshelm and opened in 1957. Focusing on contemporary art, primarily Swedish.
Kulturen - Cultural Association of Southern Sweden with the world's second oldest open-air museum, and the White House with conventional museum exhibitions, temporary and permanent exhibitions.
Kulturens runstenar - in Lund consists of seven stones. Four are standing outside on a lawn. The other three, parts of the Hunnestad Monument, are inside the White House.
Lagom - the unit 'lgm' was established by the Uarda Academy on April 29, 1992, and takes the form of a Vånga granite stone featuring a hollow.
La Strada - walks past La Strada in Lund, ex- school, restaurant, hostel. For many years deserted, decay with good graffiti. Partly demolished, sealed. Burned down. Gone.
Livets museum - a nice little elongated and narrow Museum in Lund. Medical history and how our body works.
Lund ljusrum -
Lundagårdsstenen - is a runestone that stands in the foyer of the University Library in Lund. It is narrow and more than four meters high. On it is a rune loop, ornaments and face mask.
Max IV - is a synchrotron light source fascilty at Brunnshög in northeast Lund.
Medieval festival - in Lund, with dance, fashion show, market, fighting style, jesters, jousting.
Midsommarafton - in Vallkärra north of Lund. The maypole is raised, refreshments served, dancing around the maypole.
Märgelgraven - at Klosterängshöjden.
Norra Fälad trail - is a walk around Norra Fäladen.
Norra kyrkogården - is a green oasis in the city and close to the center. Through the grave caretaker's inscriptions, you can see many names of famous Lund residents.
Nöbbelöv bog - outside Lund is an oasis close to the city. It consists of meadows and pastures, ponds and wetlands and has a rich animal and plant life.
Sewage ponds - in Lund. Even during cold winters, it freezes rarely at the sewage treatment plant ponds, therefore you can in the winter see lots of birds there.
Rinnebäcksravinen - a small ravine at which is today Värpinge village in western Lund. At the last glacial period water from the melting ice created the small ravine. It is not so long, about 500 hundred meters, but beautiful.
Runstenskullen - hill at the university place in Lund, with six rune stones. The hill is a memorial to mark the university's 200th anniversary in 1868. It is said to be the grave of a large number of rats.
Museum of sketches - with collections of sketches, models, and preparatory works for Swedish and international public art.
Battle at Lund - on December 4, 1676, one of the bloodiest battles in history took place just north of Lund. By nightfall, almost half of the participants had died. Around 9,000 dead and dying remained on the battlefield.
Sankt Hans hills - of northern Lund. Previously, it was a dump. The dump is now a popular recreationarea.
S:t Lars cemetery - in the south of Lund is a place of tranquility and contemplation. Here was buried the mentally ill, who were hospitalized at St. Lars Hospital, usually with a simple iron cross and with a number engraved.
Spektrum - light portrayals at Lundagård November 28, 2010 until 9 January 2011.
Spårvägen - in Lund. It runs from Clemenstorget to ESS on Brunnshög. It was inaugurated on December 13, 2020. Hikes in stages along the tramway.
Stadsparken - green oasis in Lund with pond, restaurant, cafe, city wall, playground, sculptures, fountains, plants, scene. The location of Lunda race and last April celebration. Inaugurated 1911.
Tegnérmuseet - Esaias Tegner major Swedish author and poet in the early 1800s, a professor at Lund University. His home in Lund is now a museum about him.
Tekulturen - teahouse with shop and serving in Lund. Large tea assortment.
The Loop - a combined conference/concert/office building at the Science Village at Brunnshög in Lund, with a large plant wall inside.
Valborg - about Walpurgis night celebrations in Lund, with a visit to the youth partying in the city park, and a bonfire lit in the pot at Sankt Hans Hills.
Vipeholmsstenen - at the North Cemetery. From 1935 to 1965, patients at Vipeholm Hospital for the mentally retarded were buried in this grave. Only a few received their own stone with their names, the rest are anonymous.
Östra Kyrkogården - Lund is located at the Botanical Garden. Several impressive burial places and famous citizens of Lund have their final resting place here. Green oasis in the summer.

Sankt Hans hills