Travel Reference
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ACCOMMODATION
Best Western
Svava Bangårdsgatan 24
T
018 13 00
30,
W
hotelsvava.com
. Modern hotel with all creature
comforts, including specially designed rooms for people
with disabilities and those with allergies. Outside the
summer period, a free light e
vening meal is inc
luded in the
room rate Mon-Thurs & Sun.
1150kr/1593kr
Clarion Gillet
Dragarbrunnsgatan 23
T
018 68 18 00,
W
clarionhotelgillet.se.
A contemporary beauty with
Scandinavian designer rooms and stylish bathrooms with
black-and-white tiles, all just a stone's throw from the
cathedral
. The pool, sauna
and gym complex is the best in
Uppsala.
1130kr/1430kr
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Grand Hörnan
Bangårdsgatan 1
T
018 13 93 80,
W
grandhotellhornan.com.
Dating from 1907, this
wonderfully elegant place boasts rooms decorated in
grand, late nineteenth-century style, many with
chandeliers and drapes. Rooms vary in size but the very
best are at th
e front, overlooking the Fyrisån River.
1295kr/1645kr
Park Inn
Storgatan 30
T
018 68 11 00,
W
parkinn.se
/hotell-uppsala.
A trendy hotel next to the concert hall
and the train station. Invitingly cosy designer rooms
containing the latest Scandinavian chic. The larger business
rooms (4
00kr extra) ha
ve bathtubs - quite unusual for
Sweden.
920kr/1820kr
Uppsala
Kungsgatan 27
T
018 480 50 00,
W
profilhotels
.se.
Style-concious hotel close to the Linnaeus garden with
Scandinavian colours and designs taking pride of place,
resulting in eye-catching natural fabrics and woods
which help
make this hotel one of Uppsala's best.
849kr/1650kr
Uppsala Kvarntorget Vandrarhem
Kvarntorget 3
T
018 24 20 08,
W
uppsalavandrarhem.se.
Bright,
modern and sizeable STF hostel with 148 regular beds,
rather than bunks, in its rooms. There are also doubl
es with
private f
acilitie
s for around 100kr more. Dorms
240kr
,
doubles
595kr
Uppsala St Persgatan Vandrarhem
St Persgatan 16
T
018 10 00 08,
W
uppsalacityhostel.se.
Though just a
third of the size of its neighbour in Kvantorget, this STF
hostel is more centrally located and consequently fills
faster. Dorms and d
ouble r
ooms ava
ilable
with bunks and
regular beds. Dorms
170kr
; doubles
400kr
Villa Anna
Odinslund 3
T
018 580 20 00,
W
villaanna
.se.
Undoubtedly one of the best hotels in Sweden, this
intimate place has just eight rooms and three suites, all
individually decorated, in an elegant nineteenth-century
residence close to the
cathedra
l. The staf 's attention to
detail is second to none.
3000kr
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CAMPING
Sunnersta Camping
Mälärvägen 2,
Graneberg
T
018
727 60 84.
Located 7km south of the centre (take bus #20
from outside the train station), the campsite also has
cabins
by Lake Mälaren
for re
nt. Open May-Aug. Tents
150kr
, two-berth cabin
300kr
EATING
In keeping with its status as one of Sweden's largest cities and major university centres, Uppsala boasts an impressive range
of sophisticated
restaurants
. Almost all of them are located in the grid of streets bordered by the Fyrisån River, St
Olofsgatan and Bangårdsgatan, and since it can be busy in Uppsala in summer, booking a table is worthwhile.
Güntherska hovkonditori
Östra Ågatan 31
. Gloriously
old-fashioned café dating from 1870 which serves simple
lunch dishes for around 80kr, and a mouthwatering selection
of cakes and pastries under the mellow light of ageing
chandeliers.
Mon-Sat 8am-6pm, Sun 10.30am-5pm.
Hambergs fisk
Fyris torg 8
T
018 71 21 50.
A smartly
tiled seafood restaurant with a massive lobster hanging in
the window. It serves a good selection of Mediterranean
fish which is imported directly from France, as well as the
usual Swedish classics like salmon. Particularly popular at
lunchtime. Reckon on 170-270kr per dish.
Tues-Sat
11.30am-10pm.
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Lingon
Svartbäcksgatan 30
T
018 10 12 24.
Upmarket Swedish home cooking served in genteel
surroundings resembling an elegant country manor or
alfresco at the rear. Mains are 160-235kr and feature
classics such as fried meatballs, Wallenbergare and
whitefish roe.
Mon-Fri 11am-2.30pm & 5pm till late,
Sat & Sun noon-4pm & 5pm till late.
CAFÉS AND RESTAURANTS
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Amazing Thai
Dragarbrunnsgatan 46
T
018 15 30
10.
This place has even won awards from the Thai
government for its tasty food and is the best Thai in town:
stir fries and curries from 139kr or the daily buffet (from
5pm) for a tremendously good value 159kr.
Mon-Thurs
11am-10pm, Fri & Sat 11am-11pm, Sun noon-10pm.
Domtrappkällaren
St Eriks Gränd 15
T
018 13 09 55.
One of the most chi-chi places in town, with an old vaulted
roof and a great atmosphere. Mains such as honey-fried
reindeer fillet with raspberry sauce or oven-baked halibut
go for 175-325kr; excellent set lunches, too, for just 95kr.
Mon-Fri 11am-11pm, Sat 5-11pm.
Fågelsången
Munkgatan 3.
Plying the masses with
caffeine since 1954, this agreeable café is an Uppsala
institution, renowned for its terrific selection of pastries
and cakes as well as good-value sandwiches: a cheese and
ham ciabatta costs just 40kr.
Mon-Fri 7.30am-7pm, Sat
& Sun 9am-6pm.
