The Best of Uppsala: A Self-Guided Audio Tour
Description
Uppsala is a city of drama and mystery, where every landmark hides a secret from the past. On this walking tour, you’ll walk in the footsteps of royals like Queen Catherine Jagiellon and scientists like Carl von Linne. Their remarkable stories demonstrate how this Swedish city is a hub of innovation. The tour begins in front of the gate to Linnaeus Garden – the country’s oldest botanical garden. You’ll see Uppsala Cathedral, where you’ll hear turbulent stories about royals and discover how the Sture Murders changed the course of Swedish history and paved the way for a new era of kings. As you continue your walk, you’ll pass a small medieval church, the grand Uppsala University Library, and the Royal Gardens on your way to Uppsala Castle. The tour finishes at a magnificent city viewpoint outside the castle. By the end of this tour, you’ll have a deeper appreciation for Uppsala – a city of royals, scholars, and enduring legends that shaped Sweden into what it is today.
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Itinerary
This self-guided audio tour begins in front of the gate to Linnaeus Garden – the country’s oldest botanical garden.
You'll cross over the Jarnbron bridge and hear about student traditions that are still practised to this day.
As you stroll through the Old Town’s charming streets along the Fyris River, you’ll learn about Carl von Linne’s unlikely journey to becoming a famous botanist, and hear the quirky tale of how Uppsala University was founded.
On this tour, you'll have an opportunity to touch Runic Inscription 489, a real Viking-age stone artifact.
You’ll see Uppsala Cathedral, where you’ll hear turbulent stories about royals and discover how the Sture Murders changed the course of Swedish history and paved the way for a new era of kings.
As you continue your walk, you’ll pass Helga Trefaldighets Kyrka (a small medieval church), the grand Uppsala University Library, and the Royal Gardens on your way to Uppsala Castle.
As you continue your walk, you’ll pass Helga Trefaldighets Kyrka (a small medieval church), the grand Uppsala University Library, and the Royal Gardens on your way to Uppsala Castle.
On this tour, you'll have a chance to admire the Castle’s Gunilla Bell, which was used to communicate with citizens on the Bastion Styrbiskop.
On this tour, you'll have a chance to admire the Castle’s Gunilla Bell, which was used to communicate with citizens on the Bastion Styrbiskop.
The tour finishes at a magnificent city viewpoint outside the castle, where you can learn about modern Uppsala’s strong science and innovation scene.
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Important Information
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(8)
Nice walk from the train station with good directions to follow along the way. Lots of good facts and history, too.
Very informative. Directions easy to follow. We enjoyed having this self-paced tour. We could take time for photos.
Truly interesting story and very straightforward to use! Highly recommend
I recommend. The app is very convenient and the tour is great. A great mix of history and fun facts. Good production with sound effects and pleasant voice of the guide.
The platform was new to me, a good idea that the app can sync the speech with the gps location - if it works, as it now did. However, the texts were rather short and there was embarrassingly long silences (if I compare to other corresponding products like the one I took in Copenhagen from Viator).
It is a great audio tour! Pleasant voice, easy to listen, clear directions, interesting stories and great route. 100 % recommended 👌
Pleasant voice, great storytelling, interesting facts, impressive locations and a well-functioning app. Just great! The whole experience felt like walking with a personal guide, but with more flexibility - I was able to stop in restaurants or museums. It is my second audio tour with VoiceMap app and tours made by this guide and I really loved them both! I became a fan of this way of travelling.
This tour exceeded my expectations! The most interesting I have ever had! Instead of some info about the main landmarks as usual in audio tours, in this tour I followed a dramatic life story of a queen Katarina and one scientist while going from location to location. This helped to get much deeper understanding of these places and their importance. And was also much more intriguing. Learned a lot of new!
