Day Trip to Uppsala from Stockholm

Gamla Uppsala is an old Viking settlement where we visit a medieval church dating from the 13th cntury, a small museum, the Viking Mounds ,the tombs used to bury Viking kings and a timber OPen Air museum dating from the 18 and 19th century.

Then we proceed to Uppsala to visit Carl Linne museum , a place where the 1800 world famous Botanist used to live and work ( 35' ).

The Cathedral in Gothic architectural style was built in 1270 (13th ) and is the biggest in Scandinavia .Inside are buried famous personalities such as : the Swidish king ,Gustav Vasa, Carl Linne ( the Botanist).The Cathedral is also the Seat of the Swedish Protest Church.

Uppsala university was founded in 15th century and started with 12 students!The Building , we visit is dating from the 19th century.And half of the Swedish Nobel Prize winners used to study in the town!
The University Library ( Karolina Redeviva ) is the biggest in Sweden with 5 million books!

 wide range of plants continue the floral display throughout the summer. As late summer approaches the kitchen gardens are at their most beautiful and the autumn offers a colourful display from both native and exotic trees and bushes.
The Gardens were created by Carl Linne and used to teach his students.Nowadays , they are part of the University.
We end our tour in Uppsala Castle,dating back to the 16th century ( in 1549) during the reign of Swedish King Gustav Vasa who intended it as a fortress.