Gillet, Historic hotel building in Uppsala, Sweden

Gillet is a three-story building in Uppsala whose exterior design dates from 1873 and was created by architect Adrian Crispin Peterson. Today it houses an art gallery, offices, and various retail shops sharing the same structure.

The building was constructed in 1712 as a poorhouse and transformed into a restaurant in 1811 when the Uppsala Gille association took over the property. It operated as a hotel from 1908 to 1973 before undergoing extensive renovation in 1994.

The name comes from the Uppsala Gille society, which bought the property in 1811 to run a restaurant and created a banquet hall. The building is still commonly called "Gamla Gillet" (Old Gillet), especially after a new hotel took the name at Dragarbrunnsgatan in 1973.

The location sits in central Uppsala with good access for pedestrians and easy navigation from main streets. Visitors can freely explore the retail spaces and gallery at their own pace without fixed time constraints.

On 7 March 1932, after the von Sydow murders, Fredrik von Sydow took his own life and that of his wife in the hotel's vestibule. The killings and the suicide are the building's darkest episode, and the entrance hall where it happened is still part of the house on Fyristorg.