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Gamla Uppsala (5 km)
UPPSALA
Linnéträgården
Concert Hall
2
Library
Stadshuset
Östra Station
Bus
Station
STORA
TORGET
Domkyrkan
ERIKS-
TORG
FYRIS-
TORG
University
Train
Station
Gustavianum
Filmstaden
(Cinema)
H.T.
Kyrkan
N
Carolina
Rediviva
0
200
Castle
Botanical
Gardens
metres
Bror Hjorth Museum
ACCOMMODATION
Best Western Svava
Clarion Gillet
Grand Hörnan
Park Inn
Sunnersta Camping
Uppsala
Uppsala Kvarntorget
Vandrarhem
Uppsala St Persgatan
BARS, CLUBS &
LIVE-MUSIC VENUES
Birger Jarl
Flustret
Hyllan
Kathalin and all that jazz
O'Connors
Pipes of Scotland
7
CAFÉS & RESTAURANTS
Amazing Thai
Domtrappkällaren
Fågelsången
Güntherska
hovkonditori
Hambergs fisk
Lingon
Villa Anna
6
3
8
4
9
2
1
5
Ofvandahls
Peppar Peppar
Stationen
Svenssons Åkanten
Svenssons Taverna
Tilltugg
Villa Romana
4
12
7
5
3
2
6
5
6
3
2
4
1
8
9
13
11
10
1
Concert Hall
Vaksala torg 1 • Mon-Fri 9am-6pm, Sat 10am-4pm • Free • W ukk.se
From the train and bus stations, it's best to make the new Concert Hall your first port of
call, barely a five-minute walk away on Storgatan, just the other side of the train tracks.
A mammoth structure of brushed steel and glass, whose facade resembles the keys of a
giant piano keyboard, it's certainly divided local opinion; many people believe it's little
more than a huge carbuncle. Be that as it may, venture inside and take the escalators to
the top floor for a superb view of the entire city. It hosts Swedish-language theatre as
well as musical productions.
Domkyrkan
Domkyrkoplan 2 • Daily 8am-6pm • Free • W uppsaladomkyrka.se
From the concert hall, Vaksalagatan leads back under the train tracks and up towards
the great Domkyrkan , Scandinavia's largest cathedral and the centre of the medieval
town. Built as a Gothic boast to the people of Trondheim in Norway that even their
mighty church, the Nidarosdom, could be overshadowed, it loses out to its rival only
on building materials - local brick rather than imported stone. The echoing interior
remains impressive, particularly the French Gothic ambulatory, flanked by tiny chapels
and bathed in a golden, decorative glow. One chapel contains a lively set of restored
fourteenth-century wall paintings that recount the legend of St Erik, Sweden's patron
 
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