Uppsala

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Uppsala is a city in Uppland province in Svealand, south central Sweden.

Table of contents
	uppsala Travel Guide : 1 Get In 2 Get Around 3 See 4 Drink 5 Getting Online 6 Sleep 7 External links

Get In

The train from Stockholm takes 35 minutes. Bus 801 go to Arlanda Airport.

Get Around

There are many local green busses. A city ticket is SEK 20.

See

• Uppsala University. Established in 1477 the oldest university in Scandinavia. The University Museum in the Gustavianum house opposite the university main building.
• Uppsala Cathedral. Being Sweden's Lutheran Archbishop's seat it is the most important church in Sweden.
• Uppsala castle. With big halls and paintings, as well as older remnants of the 16th century castle built by the Vasa dynasty.
• Carl Linnaeus' Hammarby. Mansion outside of Uppsala.
• Carl Linnaeus Garden with the Orangery.
• Botanical Gardens, the bigger garden at the university.
• The Uppland Museum, located in a former water mill building.
• Bror Hjort House for those who like naivistic paintings.
• Carolina Rediviva university library with the Silver Bible.

Drink

The university has a mandatory student club system called Student Nations (http://info.uu.se/fakta.nsf/sidor/uppsala.student.id66.html). There are thirteen nations, each with a headquarters where one can dance, drink, and meet people. To get in there you need to know a student and get a guest card. Café: Ofvandahls is a traditional old café that has old roots and atmosphere. Being a college town there are many bars and clubs beyond just the Nations. One near the train station seems to have a fairly active calendar of internationally touring acts.

Getting Online

There are several possibilities to get on the Internet in Uppsala. The City Library (http://www.uppsala.se/uppsala/templates/StandardPage____14932.aspx) offers several computers for free (using a queue system). Also Sidewalk Express have two Internet cafés where you can get online for about 2 Euro/h, one at the central station and one at the fast food restaurant "Saffets", situated on the main square.

Sleep

• Uppsala City Hostel 1 (http://www.uppsalavandrarhem.se/eng_index.html) has some of the cheapest accommodations in town and free wifi.

External links

• Uppsala University (http://info.uu.se/fakta.nsf/sidor/uppsala.university.id5D.html)
• Official Tourism page (http://www.uppland.nu/turist/eng_index.html)
• Carpe Diem (http://www.uu.se/carpediem/) - online webcam
• Online maps (http://kartor.uppsala.se/SCRIPTS/hsrun.exe/extwebb/int/MapXtreme.htx;start=PrintFrameset?cmd=start&theme=TURIST) (in Swedish)

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