Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Scandinavia's first university was founded here in 1477. Two famous grads
are Carolus Linnaeus (father of modern taxonomy) and astronomer Anders
Celsius (who developed the temperature scale that bears his name). The fol-
lowing two university buildings are interesting and open to non-students.
▲▲Gustavianum
—Directly across from the cathedral is the university's
oldest surviving building, with a bulbous dome that doubles as a sundial
(notice the gold numbers). Today it houses a well-presented museum that
features an anatomical theater, a cabinet filled with miniature curiosities,
and Celsius' thermometer. The collection is unaccountably engaging for the
glimpse it gives into the mind-set of 17th-century Europe.
Cost and Hours:
50 kr, June-Aug Tue-Sun 10:00-16:00, Sept-May Tue-
Sun 11:00-16:00, closed Mon year-round, tours in English Sat-Sun at 13:00,
Akademigatan 3, tel. 018/471-7571,
www.gustavianum.uu.se
.
Visiting the Gustavianum:
Find the elevator (hiding near the gift shop/
ticket desk) and ride it up to the fourth floor, then see the exhibits as you
walk back down. Up top is a collection of artifacts discovered at Valsgärde,
a prehistoric site near Uppsala used for burials for more than 700 years.
Archaeologists have uncovered 15 boat graves here (dating from
A.D.
