City walk Uppsala 1h - funny anecdotes from Uppsala University's history
Uppsala
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Experience the different history of the Nordic region's oldest university; hear about the founding to be better than the Danes, brutal student housing in the 17th century, the university as a city in the city with its own judges, prisons, police, craftsmen, etc. and the student in the 18th century who signed a contract with the devil. 2 people are required for the tour to run.
We walk around central Uppsala with a focus on the buildings, professors and student housing that are preserved. Hear about Celsius, Rudbeck and Linnaeus and students. Uppsala University, Anno Domini 1477, is the oldest in the Nordic countries and has many different sad, dreary and exciting stories attached to it. The...
Highlights
1 hour
Offered in Swedish
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
1 hour
Offered in Swedish
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
All Fees and Taxes
gratitudes
Meeting Points
Departure
Riddartorget
On the south side of the cathedral is Riddartorget where the tour starts.
Return
City walk Uppsala 1h - funny anecdotes from Uppsala University's history
Uppsala
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Experience the different history of the Nordic region's oldest university; hear about the founding to be better than the Danes, brutal student housing in the 17th century, the university as a city in the city with its own judges, prisons, police, craftsmen, etc. and the student in the 18th century who signed a contract with the devil. 2 people are required for the tour to run.
We walk around central Uppsala with a focus on the buildings, professors and student housing that are preserved. Hear about Celsius, Rudbeck and Linnaeus and students. Uppsala University, Anno Domini 1477, is the oldest in the Nordic countries and has many different sad, dreary and exciting stories attached to it. The...
What's Included
All Fees and Taxes
gratitudes
Meeting Points
Departure
Riddartorget
On the south side of the cathedral is Riddartorget where the tour starts.
Return
Highlights
1 hour
Offered in Swedish
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
1 hour
Offered in Swedish
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
Items | City walk Uppsala 1h - funny anecdotes from Uppsala University's history
Itinerary
1
Riddartorget
Hear about the founding of the university by Jacob Ulvson and the medieval teaching before and after the university was founded until Gustav Vasa's rise in the 1520s.
10 minutes
2
Dekanhuset
Discover briefly about the state racial biology institute in Uppsala.
10 minutes
3
Museum Gustavianum
Experience the different history of the Nordic region's oldest university; hear about the founding to be better than the Danes, brutal student housing in the 17th century, the university as a city in the city with its own judges, prisons, police, craftsmen, etc. and the student in the 18th century who signed a contract with the devil. Gustavianum is strictly for renovation but takes the exterior of the anatomical theater etc., the building itself has an exciting history that awaits ..
20 minutes
4
Uppsala University Main Building
We visit the University House, the largest party building and hear about the park where Uppsala farm was located where essential teaching in German, French, dance, riding and drawing occurred for the children of the nobles who enrolled at 8-9 years of age at the university. We enter the University House if it is open. Hear about the architect so it went bankrupt and the scandal house.
15 minutes
5
Carolina Rediviva University Library
We end the tour outside the University Library Carolina Revidiva. Hear about the silver spade that the university had to redeem from the architect's heirs, about the books that crowded the banquet hall and the letter to the devil a student wrote in the 18th century.
