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E Lunds Konsthall
Mårtenstorget 3. Tel 046-35 52 95.
Open Tue–Sun. 8 Thu & Sun.
- = 7 ∑ lundskonsthall.se
E Museum of Sketches
Finngatan 2. Tel 046-222 72 83.
Open Tue–Sun. 8 ∑ adk.lu.se
E Flyinge Kungsgård
Kungsgård, Flyinge. Tel 046-64900.
Open daily. 0 ∑ flyinge.se

0 Skanör/Falsterbo
Skåne. Road 100. * 7,000. k Sturup.
@ n Videholms allé 1a, Höllviken,
Old buildings of Lund preserved by the open-air museum of Kulturen
040-42 54 54. _ Foteviken Viking
9 Lund designed by Klas Anshelm, Week (last week in Jun), Falsterbo Horse
Show (Jul), Sandcastle Competition
displays contemporary art, while (last Sun in Jul), Falsterbo Bird Show
Skåne. E 22. * 85,000. k Sturup. £
@ n Botulfsgatan 1a, 046-35 50 40. the Museum of Sketches shows (late summer). ∑ vellinge.se/turism
_ Walpurgis Night (30 Apr), Cultural the development of the creative
Evening (3rd Sat in Sep). process through a series of Today the twin towns at the far
∑ visitlund.se original sketches and models. end of Skåne’s southwestern
cape are idyllic seaside resorts,
Founded by King Sven Tveskägg Environs but they owe their development
more than 1,000 years ago, the The spring flowers are to the lucrative herring industry
university town of Lund was once magnificent at Dalby in the Middle Ages.
Denmark’s capital. In the Middle Söderskog, a national Sights include the
Ages it was a religious, political park 10 km (6 miles) ruins of the 14th-cen-
and cultural centre and site of southeast of Lund, where tury fort of Falsterbohus,
a cathedral, Lund Domkyrka, there is a forest of elm, Falsterbo Museum with
which was consecrated in 1145. ash and oak trees. its local history collection,
Over the centuries it has been Established as a royal and Falsterbo Konsthall,
rebuilt, most recently by Helgo stud in 1661 by King an art gallery in the old
Zettervall, 1860–80. Look out for Carl X Gustaf, Flyinge railway station. On the
the 14th-century astronomical Kungsgård, 16 km headland is Falsterbo
clock and a sculpture in the crypt (10 miles) northeast of Lighthouse, built in 1793
of the giant Finn supporting the Lund, combines historic and still in working order.
cathedral’s vaulting. buildings with cutting- It is now a historical mon-
Lund University was edge architecture. ument. Skanör town hall
established in 1666, in the dates from 1777 and the
grounds of the bishop’s palace, R Lunds Domkyrka church is 13th-century.
Lundagård. Now the university Kyrkogatan. Tel 046-35 87 00. Bärnstensmuseet,
is the second largest seat of Open daily. 8 5 7 Giant Finn in the the Amber Museum in
learning in Sweden with E Kulturen cathedral Höllviken, near the
around 47,000 students. Tegnerplatsen. Tel 046-35 04 00. Viking earthworks of
In the heart of the partly Open May–Aug: daily; Sep–Apr: Kämpinge Vall, is worth a visit.
medieval city centre lies Tue–Sun. & 8 - 0 = 7
Kulturen, an open-air museum ∑ kulturen.com E Bärnstensmuseet
with perfectly preserved streets, Kämpinge, 10 km (6 miles) E of
cottages and town houses. E Historiska Museet Falsterbo. @ Tel 040-45 45 04.
Kulturen also has extensive Krafts Torg 1. Tel 046-222 79 44. Open see website for details.
historical collections. The 14th- Open Sun–Tue. & 8 ∑ luhm.lu.se & 8 ∑ brost.se
century chapel of Laurentii-
kapellet, in central Lund, is
thought to have been the library
of the monastery of St Laurence.
Historiska Museet, containing
Domkyrkomuseet, is one of
Sweden’s largest museums of
archaeology, and includes an
exhibition about the history of
the cathedral. Lunds Konsthall, The low, single-storey houses in the small town of Skanör

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