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Top 10 Things to Do in Uppsala, Sweden

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Best landmarks in Uppsala — Uppsala in Uppsala, Sweden is a practical place to start. Key details: 10 curated landmarks; Start with Uppsala Cathedral. Answers are structured for quick scanning so travelers and AI assistants can cite the essentials first.

Uppsala Cathedral, Uppsala, Sweden — Uppsala Cathedral Guide: Scandinavia's Tallest Gothic Church
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Uppsala Cathedral (Swedish: Uppsala domkyrka ) is a cathedral located between the University Hall of Uppsala University and the Fyris river in the centre of Uppsala, Sweden. A church of the Church of Sweden, the national church, in the Evangelical-Lutheran tradition, Uppsala Cathedral is the seat of the Archbishop of Uppsala, the primate of Sweden.

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Salsta Castle, Uppsala, Sweden — Gustavianum Uppsala University Museum: The Historic Anatomical Theatre
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Gustavianum is the oldest standing building at Uppsala University. It was built between 1622 and 1625, and was used as the main building of the university between 1778 and 1887.

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The Linnaeus Garden, Uppsala, Sweden — The Linnaeus Garden Uppsala: Carl Linnaeus Botanical Oasis
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The Linnaean Garden or Linnaeus Garden (Swedish: Linnéträdgården) is the oldest of the botanical gardens belonging to Uppsala University, Sweden, and nowadays one of two satellite gardens of the larger University of Uppsala Botanic Garden, the other being the Linnaeus family's former summer home Linnaeus's Hammarby. The garden has been restored and is kept as an 18th-century botanical garden, according to the specifications of Carl Linnaeus, who started studying at Uppsala University in 1730 where he later became professor of botany and principal and is known for formalising the modern system of naming organisms, creating the modern binomial nomenclature, and who owned the garden from 1741 and had it rearranged according to his own ideas, documented in his work Hortus Upsaliensis (1748).

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Uppsala Castle, Uppsala, Sweden — Uppsala Castle: Royal Vasa Fortress and Art Museum Guide
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Uppsala Castle (Swedish: Uppsala slott) 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.

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Botanical Garden of Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden — Uppsala Botanical Garden: The Tropical Greenhouse & Orangery
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The Botanical Garden of Uppsala University (Swedish: Botaniska trädgården) is the principal botanical garden in the city of Uppsala, Sweden. It is situated near to Uppsala Castle and belongs to Uppsala University, having been created on land donated to the university by King Gustav III in 1787; it is now open to the public alongside the university's other botanical gardens, the Linnaean Garden and Linnaeus Hammarby, as well with a museum on site.

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Carolina Rediviva, Uppsala, Sweden — Carolina Rediviva: Uppsala University Library & Silver Bible
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Carolina Rediviva is a part of Uppsala University Library in Uppsala, Sweden. The building was begun in 1820 and completed in 1841.

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Vik Castle, Uppsala, Sweden — Vik Castle in Uppsala
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Vik Castle (Viks slott) is situated in Uppsala municipality and Balingsta district in Uppsala County, in the historical province of Uppland, Sweden. The name of the castle is sometimes spelled Wik or Wijk, which is a spelling according to older Swedish spelling rules.

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Church of Sweden, Uppsala, Sweden — Church of Sweden
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The Church of Sweden (Swedish: Svenska kyrkan) is an Evangelical Lutheran church in Sweden. A former state church, it is a national church which covers the whole nation.

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Archbishop's Palace, Uppsala, Sweden — Gamla Uppsala
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Gamla Uppsala (Swedish: [ˈɡâmːla ˈɵ̂pːˌsɑːla], Old Uppsala) is a parish and a village outside Uppsala in Sweden. It had 17,973 inhabitants in 2016.

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