Uppsala (archaically spelled Upsala) is the capital of Uppsala County and the fourth-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmö. It had 168,096 inhabitants in 2017.
Located 71 km (44 mi) north of the capital Stockholm it is also the seat of Uppsala Municipality. Since 1164, Uppsala has been the ecclesiastical centre of Sweden, being the seat of the Archbishop of the Church of Sweden. Uppsala is home to Scandinavia’s largest cathedral – Uppsala Cathedral. Founded in 1477, Uppsala University is the oldest centre of higher education in Scandinavia. Among many achievements, the Celsius scale for temperature was invented there.
Uppsala was originally located a few kilometres north of its current location at a place now known as Gamla Uppsala (Old Uppsala). Today’s Uppsala was then called Östra Aros (Eastern Aros, to differentiate it from Western Aros). (Old) Uppsala was, according to medieval writer Adam of Bremen, the main pagan centre of Sweden, and the Temple at Uppsala contained magnificent idols of the Norse gods. The Fyrisvellir plains along the river south of Old Uppsala, in the area where the modern city is situated today, was the site of the Battle of Fyrisvellir in the 980s. The present-day Uppsala was at that time known as Östra Aros and was a port town of Gamla Uppsala. In 1160, King Eric Jedvardsson was attacked and killed outside the church of Östra Aros, and later became venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church. In 1274, Östra Aros overtook Gamla Uppsala as the main regional centre, and when the cathedral of Gamla Uppsala burnt down, the archbishopric and the relics of Saint Eric were moved to Östra Aros, where the present-day Uppsala Cathedral was erected; it was inaugurated in 1435. The cathedral is built in the Gothic style and is one of the largest in northern Europe, with towers reaching 118.70 metres (389.4 ft).
Situated on the fertile Uppsala flatlands of muddy soil, the city features the small Fyris River (FyrisÃ¥n) flowing through the landscape surrounded by lush vegetation. Parallel to the river runs the glacial ridge of UppsalaÃ¥sen at an elevation around 30 m (98 ft), the site of Uppsala’s castle, from which large parts of the town can be seen. The central park Stadsskogen (literally “City Forest”) stretches from the south far into town, with opportunities for recreation for many residential areas within walking distance.
Only some 70 km (43 mi) or 40 minutes by train from the capital, many Uppsala residents work in Stockholm. The train to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport takes only 17 minutes, rendering the city easily accessible by air.
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We arrive at the Uppsala Central Station with little time on hand and start a speedy walking tour from there.
First, we see the inner city with some shoppings streets on this winter day. One attraction of Uppsala is the Uppsala Castle (Uppsala Slott) built by Gustav Vasa in 1549.
We walk along the Fyris river and then uphill until we can enjoy the view up there over the town. After circling the castle we go downhill again we have a minute to see the Uppsala Cathedral before we head back to the city centre. We end our tour where we started at the train station.
Filmed in November 2019
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Note : This is the first episode of Walking Around Upsalla, Sweden. You can find the second episode in here :
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