Lund Greeters
Free Walk with a Local
Discover Lund through a free walk with a Local
Discover Lund, a charming Swedish city where history and youthful exuberance blend seamlessly. Get to know this city with the free service provided by Lund Greeters. These local volunteers give you an insight into everything that makes this place so unique.
They take you on a walk through the city to places you wouldn’t necessarily find with a guidebook and tell you local stories about everything from the city’s roots to its current home to many students who make it such a lively place. Visit the thousand-year-old Lund Cathedral or stroll among exotic plants in the tranquil Botanical Garden. With the informative and hospitable Lund Greeters, exploring Lund is a great way to discover the city.
Please note: We are only able to perform Greets in English and Swedish.
Click here to request your greet
Remember: A Greet means meeting a local resident to walk around town with you as new friends. The first step will be to talk to the Greeter about the details of your personalized tour. It's not about taking part in a standardized tour, but about exploring the city with an expert volunteer .
Maximum six people!
Our core value #2 reads "Greeters welcome individuals and may serve small groups of up to six people."
The reason is that each Greet should be an opportunity to talk to each other and that seems impossible in bigger groups.
Also important: we do not mingle people from different requests but serve only you (and your friends).
Meet a local volunteer
Our core value #1 reads "Greeters are volunteers, a friendly face for those visiting a city."
It's true: Our Greeters love their city or town and they are proud to share this with guests.
How could you better discover the most interesting spots of a place?
Free service, no tipping
Our core value #3 reads "Meeting a Greeter is free of charge."
We do not follow a "give what you think is ok (but please give)" strategy. Greeters honestly do not like any tipping because what they give comes from their heart not because of any tipping expectation.
If you would like to support the Greeters as a whole you are welcome to donate to the International Greeter Association here.
Submit Feedback here after your Greet
We were very pleased with the arrangement. Our greeter has planned a 1½ hour tour in the old town, and he took us places we never would have found ourselves – among that the remaining of the first church in Lund. Our greeter had a huge knowledge of the history of Lund and the told about it in a very inspiring and enthusiastic way. We had a great tour in the old town.
Me and my mother were shown around by two lovely locals in the beautiful town of Lund and we had a great experience. Our greeters were well prepared and enthusiastic about the tour and showing us some hidden gems of the town. They also recommended an excellent lunch spot for us where we went back to. Overall we had a great time and recommend fellow tourists to make use of this fantastic initiative!
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