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I can see my house Malmö McDonalds from here!

The geography of Lund is pretty much like the geography of Champaign-Urbana: really flat. There is a slight hill to the town, where the university is north and up, and downtown is south and downhill (just like Santa Cruz, actually)… not a lot of good views.

But apparently, there is ONE hill. According to Wikipedia, it’s called Sankt Hans Hill. Of course, it’s fake (a former dump). My friend Philip showed me this place on Sunday, which was conveniently the only clear day this month, meaning we actually had a view!

Let’s check it out. Pretend you’re me, and we will face northish, and turn counterclockwise in a circle.

To the north, you can see a bunch of cute, middle-class houses with red roofs.

Turn west, and there’s wind turbines, and a train passing by every once in a while.

If you start facing southwest, you can actually see all the way to Malmö (okay, it’s not actually very far away) and its iconic Turning Torso.

Continuing, we can see the Lund Cathedral with the double-towers (our landmark, I suppose), which is where downtown starts.

Turning toward the east, we can see school. The LTH observatory is sort of the north end of campus, but since it’s the technical school that’s sorta home base for me.

And finally, turning once more and completing the circle, we see the most important landmark of them all….McDonalds. No, I haven’t been there.

It’s here if you want to find it! (the HILL, not McDonalds…come on now, guys)

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