Lund is the 11th biggest city in Sweden, it is situated in southwest Scania (Skåne) in the south o the country. Lund is Sweden's oldest city, founded in 990, and was part of Denmark until 1658. Actually, between 1716-1718, when Sweden was facing war and other troubles, the city of Lund was, in practice, the capital of the country.

University of Lund

Today, Lund, is mostly known for being an important university and student city. The University of Lund (original name Regia Academia Carolina) is a most prestigious universities, and the second oldest (after University of Uppsala).

Lund in CouchSurfing

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Attractions

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Useful Links

About Lund

More information on Lund can be found on the municipality's homepage where you also can find some useful tourist information.

Wikipedia is a good alternative source of information on the city's history, climate, culture etc.

Finding Accomodation

If you plan on living in Lund for more than a few nights and you're looking for something than just a couch. Lunds University provide a page with many good housing options. We have listed some of the best ones bellow.

Student dorms: International Housing Office provide most exchange students with housing, while AF Bostäder provides housing for most of the native students (you generally have to be accepted to Lunds University in order to apply for dorms, but it is very easy to get one).

Apartments: Two popular websites with housing ads are Blocket.se and Bopolen.se.

Studying in Sweden

The Swedish Institute (SI) promotes interest in Sweden abroad and are also involved in the portal Sweden.se where you can find information about studying in Sweden and even information on scholarships available for foreigners studying in Sweden.