Exploring Lund, Sweden

Exploring Lund

Oh! to sleep in a bed. We got a solid 8 hours thanks to exhaustion and very heavy curtains, but I can already see how easily a sunset of 9:58pm and sunrise of 4:18am could whittle that away.

Breakfast

We are starting to gather that ‘breakfast included’ is quite normal in Sweden and they are not shy about what they offer. 

Pastries, salad, bread, meat and cheese, eggs and bacon, pickled fish, pancakes, fruit, yoghurt, cereal, boiled eggs, and potatoes. 

It is tempting to eat it all.

Walking to the city centre

With more energy than the night before we decided that a half-hour walk with our packs toward Lund Central would go someway to combating the consequences of breakfast. 

Our path led through the botancial gardens, quiet side streets and the old district.  We were constantly impressed (well slightly concerned) about how quiet it was. 

Nobody was out.  It is 9am on a Tuesday. Where are they all?  We did see two automatic mowers slowly devouring clover heads from front lawns – but they were the only things moving.

Anonymouse at the Skissernas Museum

The best thing about not having any plans is discovering little wonders. We had some trouble storing our luggage; apparently, you need a Swedish mobile number to activate the lockers. Debbie went in search of an e-sim and accidently befriended Peter, the owner of the 7-11, who has a son in Sydney, so we could leave our bags with him, as long as they had no drugs in them.  We kept mum about the pills and pills of HRT.

With several pack-free hours, we headed slightly north to the Skissernas Museum a celebration of the artistic process and public art.  As universty students our entry was free and we spent an hour looking at the preliminary sketches and models for art-works from all eras.

While there we were treated to a very special and cute exhibition. 

I have no photos, as the works were located too close to the ground, but in 2016, two artists started secretly installing minature mouse businesses in random gaps in building walls. The works made from discarded and found objects were fascinating.  Read all about it here. https://en.lundcity.se/event/anonymouse/

The train to Jonkoping.

As our exploration of Lund came to an end, we boarded the 14:11 slow train to Jonkoping, with one change in Alvesta. What we didn’t know then was that the train travelling the last 30-minutes of our journey had been cancelled. So, another 30-minute wait at Nassjo station pushed our arrival at the Elite Stora Hotellet in Jonkoping out to 7pm.