Observatorieparken, Uppsala, park and architectural ensemble in Luthagen, Uppsala, Sweden

Observatorieparken is a park with historic buildings and instrument structures in Uppsala that has been used for the study of stars and planets since the mid-1800s. The space includes an old stone observatory with a domed roof, multiple specialized instrument pavilions built over different decades, a weather station, two staff residences, and other structural elements carefully arranged on solid rock foundations.

The astronomical observatory was inaugurated in 1853, and the first plantings around it were made under astronomy professor Gustaf Svanberg, who noted in his autobiography that the sparse plantings on the poor, rocky ground were later called Observatorieparken in Uppsala descriptions. The meteorological institution was built in the southern part of the park in the late 1800s, its buildings later taken over by the seismological institution, and a new meteorological building was completed in the north in 1949. The university institutions moved out during the 1990s, and in 2000 the astronomical institution moved to Ångströmlaboratoriet.

Musicum, built in 1930 at the corner of Skolgatan and Kyrkogårdsgatan, houses the Kungliga Akademiska Kapellet and is the only university institution still in the park. The Uppsala Amatörastronomer keep their club room in the Wallenquistpaviljongen and hold public astronomy viewings; seismographs blasted into the bedrock beneath the former seismology premises still record continuously.

The park is easily reached on foot from the city center and can be visited anytime to explore the buildings and green spaces. Special stargazing evenings with active telescopes take place on clear nights and require no advance booking - visitors should simply rely on weather forecasts and dress warmly.

Musicum, built in 1930 at the corner of Skolgatan and Kyrkogårdsgatan, houses the Kungliga Akademiska Kapellet and is the only university institution still remaining in the park. The astronomical department itself left in 2000 for Ångströmlaboratoriet, but telescopes in the park are still used by Uppsala Amatörastronomer, whose club room is the Wallenquistpaviljongen.