Lunds domkyrka

The Romanesque cathedral in Lund is the oldest cathedral in Scandinavia. Construction work began around 1080, and the cathedral was consecrated around 65 years later. At that time, the city of Lund was part of the Danish kingdom and, with its 27 churches and monasteries, of great cultural and religious importance for the region - but only the cathedral survived the Reformation in 1530.

Legend has it that Saint Laurentius, who is considered the builder of the church, made a pact with the giant Finn. The pact stated that the giant would help build the church. If Laurentius did not manage to find out the name of the giant by the time the church was completed, he would lose his eyesight. So Laurentius secretly crept to the giant's wife and heard her call her husband by name. Enraged by this carelessness, Finn jumped into the crypt of the church and froze to stone against a pillar.

A special highlight of the church is the astronomical clock, which dates from the late 14th century and is possibly the work of the famous engineer Nikolaus Lilienfeld.