St. Peter's Church (Sankt Petri kyrka) is one of those places that quietly impresses you the longer…read moreyou're inside. From the outside it's classic brick Gothic, very "serious medieval church energy," but inside it opens up with high vaulted ceilings, calm light, and a peaceful vibe that makes you instinctively lower your voice. It's Malmö's oldest church, dating back to the 1300s, and it feels like it. The details stand out. Carved wooden altars, old murals, and side chapels that feel like little time capsules. It's not flashy or overwhelming, just a really nice pause from the city where you can wander, look up, and appreciate how much craftsmanship went into a building that's been standing here for centuries. A good stop if you want history without a long lecture.

Breathtakingly beautiful church. So much detail. It's a definite must visit when in Malmo. One can…read morepicture royalty being wed here. When I visited on a weekend morning, there were only a couple seated worshippers, and a handful of other visitors admiring the architecture.

This place was eerie. How else do you describe underground church ruins, cold, dimly-lit, ghostly…read morequiet, finding yourself utterly alone after climbing down a spiral stone staircase? This reminded me of the type of place immortals would meet in the Highlander universe, you know, on holy ground in order to dispel any conflict. Not to nerd it up unnecessarily in here, but that just happened. I stayed in Lund for a couple weeks and went on a walking tour where I tried to hit a handful of places on the map I found at the Cathedral Information Center. The signage from the streets that led lil ol tourist me to get down here into a basement to view the ruins couldn't have been more clear. My Swedish is terrible so I relied on Google Translate to help me read the different displays and plaques. I did appreciate that the videos had an English option. They have a nicely organised timeline of Swedish history over the past thousand years down here as well as preserved items from the ruins. The only soul with a beating heart down here at the time was me, which made for a truly unique and interesting experience. Unsettling in the best way. Lund is an amazing city with much more to see than I could in the few days I gave myself to explore it. It is also a hub of archaeological study, my hostess and friend having earned her degrees at Lund University. This is so evident that I literally walked right by a busy dig site smack in the middle of the city during my wanderings. As I will repeat a million times as I work through my reviews from my Scandinavian travels: VISIT LUND!

An impressive Romanesque cathedral that towers over the small town. We were able to tour around…read morethe building after services. We were there in time to see the astronomical clock go off - it is neat to see, but I wouldn't go out of my way to make it on time just for that, its a short display.