Lund Cathedral

Lund was the archbishopric for the whole Nordic region when this was built, and the cathedral consecrated in 1145 is the most substantial Romanesque building in Sweden - two square west towers, an apsed east end, and a crypt of heavy columns underneath, one of which carries the carved figure people call Finn the Giant, with a folk story attached about the man who built the church. The astronomical clock in the north aisle dates from about 1425, was dismantled in the nineteenth century and reassembled in 1923; it runs a procession of figures and plays at midday and three in the afternoon on weekdays. Zettervall restored the exterior heavily in the 1860s and 70s.

What you actually see

• A Romanesque cathedral of 1145 - the most substantial in Sweden.
• The crypt - heavy columns, and the carving called Finn the Giant.
• An astronomical clock of about 1425 - with figures, twice daily.
• Zettervall's exterior restoration - much of what you see outside.

When to go

Year round; time a visit for the clock. An hour.

Honest expectations

The clock performance is brief and draws a crowd. Services close the building. Much of the exterior is nineteenth-century recutting. The interior is austere.

Nearby

Kulturen open-air museum is a short walk; Malmo is south.