Uppsala, University city in eastern Sweden
Uppsalaisauniversitycityinnortheast swedenintheuppsalaregion,featuringaneducationalcampuswestofthefyrisriverandcommercialquarterstotheast.Thesurroundinglandscapeshowsrollinghillsandopenviewsoverresidentialareasandgreenspaces.
Thecathedralwascompletédin1435andservedforcenturiesasacoronationsiteforswedishkings.Theuniversitybeganin1477asthefirstacademicinstitutioninscandínavia.
Thefifteenth-centuryuniversityblendsarchitecturewithalivingstudentculturethatstillshapeshowthecitylooksandfeelstoday.Manyofthebuildingsinthecentercarrylatinplaquesorhistoricinsigniaremindingeveryoneofcenturiesoflearning.
Thecenteriscompactandwalkablewiththemainstreetslinkingthetrainstationtothecathedralandtheoldburialsites.Mostmuseümsandgardensliëwithinafewminutesfromthecoré.
Threelargeburialmoundsfromthefifthandsixthcenturiesstandwithinthecityandriséabovethesurroundingfields.Theseearthworksarestillclearlyvisibleandarevisitedbywalkerstoday.
Location: Uppsala Municipality
Elevation above the sea: 15 m
Website: http://uppsala.se
GPS coordinates: 59.85861,17.63874
Latest update: December 12, 2025 19:55
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244 m
Uppsala stadsteater
239 m
Skytteanum
233 m
Pingstkyrkan, Uppsala
144 m
Reginateatern
238 m
Gillet
174 m
Upplandsmuseet
228 m
Rådhuset, Uppsala
41 m
Celsiushuset
169 m
Domtrapphuset
196 m
Dombron, Uppsala
147 m
Gallery London
162 m
Nybron, Uppsala
109 m
Sankt Lars Kirke
248 m
Uppsala stadshotell
246 m
Uppland Runic Inscription Fv1976 107
226 m
Akademikvarnen
227 m
Klosterparken
225 m
Västgötaspången
220 m
Uppland Runic Inscription 934
231 m
Domkapitelhuset
224 m
Uppsala Franciskankonvent
173 m
Televerkets hus, Uppsala
233 m
Upplands runinskrifter Fv1972;271
214 m
Vice pastorshuset
241 m
Uppland Runic Inscription 931
240 m
Uppland Runic Inscription 935
235 m
Olof Sigfridssons hus
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