Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #7 in Uppsala, Sweden

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Number of sights 13 sights
Distance 6.7 km
Ascend 160 m
Descend 157 m

Experience Uppsala in Sweden in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Activities in UppsalaIndividual Sights in Uppsala

Sight 1: Frodeparken

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Frodeparken is a park in central Uppsala from the 1930s. It is limited in northeast by Salagatan and in the southwest by the railway track. There is a playground and flower plantings.

Wikipedia: Frodeparken (SV)

677 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 2: Baptistkyrkan

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The Baptist Church is a Christian free church in Uppsala, connected to the Uniting Church. The congregation was founded in 1861 and is thus the oldest free church in Uppsala.

Wikipedia: Baptistkyrkan, Uppsala (SV), Website

454 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 3: Pumphuset

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Pumphuset is an information and meeting place with exhibitions and education for school children. The house is located by the Island Bridge next to the Fyrisån river in Uppsala and was built starting in 1874 by the then Gothenburg-based architect Adrian C. Peterson. For almost 100 years, the building was Uppsala's waterworks, and then became a municipal engineering museum.

Wikipedia: Pumphuset, Uppsala (SV), Website

262 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 4: Stadsträdgården

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Stadsträdgården

Stadsträdgården, often referred to as Stadsparken, is a park in Uppsala, Sweden. The park is bounded to the north by Svandammshallarna and Flustret, to the east by Fyrisån, to the south by Studenternas IP and to the west by Akademiska sjukhuset. The City Garden is a city park and the city's largest park. The park has a playground, the café Gula villan and the open-air theatre Parksnäckan. During the winter of 2011 and 2013, the cultural event Isfestivalen was held in the City Garden, when a number of statues of ice were erected in the park.

Wikipedia: Stadsträdgården, Uppsala (SV)

642 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 5: Uppsala konstmuseum

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Uppsala Art Museum is a municipal museum of contemporary and modern art located in the south wing of Uppsala Castle in Uppsala.

Wikipedia: Uppsala konstmuseum (SV), Website

6 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 6: Uppsala slott

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Uppsala Castle is a 16th-century royal castle in the city of Uppsala, Sweden. Throughout much of its early existence, the castle played a major role in the history of Sweden. Originally constructed in 1549, the castle has been heavily remodeled, expanded, and otherwise modified. Today the structure houses the official residence of the governor of Uppsala County, various businesses, and two museums.

Wikipedia: Uppsala Castle (EN)

431 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 7: Gunilla Bell

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Gunilla Bell Created by Flickr user seamusiv and and originally uploaded to Flickr under the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.0 License. / CC BY-SA 2.0

The Gunilla bell hangs in the bell tower that stands on top of the bastion Styrbiskop at Uppsala Castle, and has become one of the symbols of the city of Uppsala and its university.

Wikipedia: Gunillaklockan (SV)

469 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 8: Engelska parken

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Engelska parken Ingen maskinläsbar skapare angavs. Kaeriksson antaget (baserat på upphovsrättsanspråk). / CC BY-SA 3.0

The English Park, or actually Carolina Park, is the park to the west behind the Carolina Rediviva University Library in Uppsala.

Wikipedia: Engelska parken (SV)

596 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 9: Botaniska trädgården

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Botaniska trädgården

The Botanical Garden of Uppsala University, near Uppsala Castle, is the principal botanical garden belonging to Uppsala University. It was created on land donated to the university in 1787 by Sweden's King Gustav III, who also laid the cornerstone of Linneanum, its orangery.

Wikipedia: Botanical Garden (Uppsala University) (EN)

277 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 10: Museum of Evolution

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The Museum of Evolution of Uppsala University is a natural history museum in Sweden, and holds Scandinavia's largest fossil collection of dinosaurs. The number of items in today's collection, which spans zoological, paleontological and mineralogical specimens, is approximately 5 million unique pieces, of which only a fraction are exhibited. Expeditions to China in the 20th century unearthed numerous unique paleontological treasures. The museum's collection contains three teeth of the Peking Man, found by paleontologist Otto Zdansky during an expedition to Zhoukoudian in 1921. Due to its large collection of type specimens the museum is an important establishment in the field of biological systematics, and it maintains an active exchange with other scientific institutions worldwide.

Wikipedia: Museum of Evolution of Uppsala University (EN), Website

444 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 11: Bror Hjorths Hus

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Bror Hjorths Hus

Bror Hjorths Hus is a museum located in Uppsala, Sweden. The museum is housed in the former studio of sculptor and painter Bror Hjorth (1894–1968).

Wikipedia: Bror Hjorths Hus (EN), Website

1115 meters / 13 minutes

Sight 12: Fredriksbergsparken

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Fredriksbergsparken is a park in Uppsala, Sweden. There is a playground, lime trees and lawns.

Wikipedia: Fredriksbergsparken (SV)

1316 meters / 16 minutes

Sight 13: Flogstaparken

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Flogstaparken is a park in Uppsala, Sweden. There is a playground.

Wikipedia: Flogstaparken (SV)

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