SELF-WALKTOURCENTRALLUND

1.TheLundCathedralTheLundCathedral(Swedish:LundsDomkyrka)istheLutherancathedralinLund,Scania,Sweden.ItistheseatofthebishopofLundoftheChurchofSweden.ACathedralwasbuiltinLundbefore1085,butitisdifficulttoknowifthepresentbuildingwasbuiltinthesameplace.In1234thechurchsufferedanextensivefire.Whenthechurchwasrebuiltalecturewall,newvaultsandanewfacadetothewestwereadded.TaketoopportunitytoentertheCathedralandhavealookaround.ThistextisfromWikipedia,moreinformationaboutLundCathedralisavailableone.gWikipeida.

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2.MainSquareFromtheEntranceoftheCathedral,walksouthonKyrkogatanabout100m.ThereareseveralcafesandrestaurantsintheareaaroundthemainsquareinLund.Severaloftheshoppingstreetsstartshereaswell.Inthesouth-eastpartofthesquare,yourcanfind,LundCityHall.3.LillaFiskaregatanFromthenorthpartoftheMainSquare,walkwestandcrossKyrkogatan.Youwillfindasmallshoppingstreet,LillaFiskaregatan.Hereyoucanfindclothesshops,jewelers,cafesetc.4.BantorgetAfterwalking200mwestonLillaFiskaregatan,youwillreachBantorget.ThisisasmallparkinfrontoftheGrandHotelinLund.Hereyoucanfindseveralrestaurants.ThosewhowantamoreexclusivemealordrinkshouldvisittheGrandHotel,butthereareseveraloptionsaroundthesquare:Indian,Chinese,Thaiorpubfood.5.NygatanOnthesouthendofBantorgetthereisasmallstreetheadingsouththisisNygatan.FollowNygatan250mandcrossSvanevägen.NowyouwillenterStadsparken(theCityPark).6.StadsparkenStadsparkenisoneofthetwolargerparksincentralLund(TheotheroneistheBotanicalGardens,locatedeastofthecitycentre).ThelocalsuseStadsparkenforrecreation.HereyoucanhaveawalkaroundandmaybetakeanIceCreamintheparkcafelocatedinthewestendofthepark.WhenyouareleavingtheparkwalktotheeastuntilyoureachtheroadGyllenkroksallé.FollowGyllenkroksallénorthandtaketoGrönegatan.7.GrönegatanWhenyouwalknorthonGrönegatanyouwillhavealargeschoolbuildingtotheright.ThisisKatedralskolan.Theschoolwasfoundedin1085andisthustheoldesteducationalinstitutionintheNordicregion.Thecurrentmainbuildingishoweverfrom1896.

Afterwalking270monGrönegatan,takearightintoKattesund.8.KattesundAfterwalking50monthesmallroadKattesundyouwillhaveasmallmuseumtotheleft.Thisisanundergroundmedievalmuseumwithanexcavatedstonechurchfromthe1000's.ThemuseumcontainsexcavatedremainsofoneofLund'soldestandmostinterestingchurchbuildingsandfindsfromtheexcavations.Afteranother50myouwillreachStoraSödergatan,crossthatroadandturnrightandthantakethefirstlefttoVästraMårtensgatan.FollowVästraMårtensgatanandyouwillhaveSaluhallenonyourleftside.9.SaluhallenIfyouarestartingtogethungryhereyoukindfindsomethingtoeatanddrink.SaluhallenistheoldindoorfoodmarketinLund.Thebuildinghasrecentlybeenrefurbishedandhousestodayseveralplaceswhereyoucangetasnackorevenameal.10.LundagårdandAkademiskaFöreningenIfyouenterSaluhallenfromthesouthyoucanwalkthroughandexitonthenorthside.ThewalknorthonSvartbrödersgatanandturnleftonSkomakaregatan.After100myouareonceagainattheMainSquare.HereyoucanturnrightuponKungsgatanandwalk100muptotheCathedral.ContinuenorthtotheparkLundagård.HereyouwillfindtheUniversityAulaandAF-BorgenTheparkisintheheartofthecity,anditisasoldasthecityitself.Thereisalotofhistoryconnectedtothispark.Nowadaysitismostfamousforthestudentcarnivalthatisheldhereeveryfouryears.