Οι καλύτερες ποδηλατικές διαδρομές στην Ουψάλα

Εκεί μπορεί κανείς ως Γερμανός μόνο να ζηλέψει. Σε ό,τι αφορά τα ποδήλατα, οι Σουηδοί μας ξεπερνούν κατά πολύ. Στον σταθμό υπάρχουν πιθανώς εκατοντάδες θέσεις στάθμευσης για το δίτροχο.

Νιώθεις σαν να βρίσκεσαι σε ένα εντελώς διαφορετικό μέρος του κόσμου όταν τρέχεις/ποδηλατείς/περπατάς κατά μήκος του ποταμού.

Κατά τη διάρκεια της υπαίθριας δραστηριότητάς σας, μπορείτε να σταματήσετε εδώ για να ξεκουραστείτε, να κάνετε διατάσεις και να απολαύσετε μια σύντομη συνεδρία άσκησης.

Το όμορφο παλιό κτίριο του σταθμού φιλοξενεί τώρα ένα εκπληκτικά αξιοπρεπές εστιατόριο με καθίσματα ακριβώς δίπλα στα τρένα που φτάνουν/αναχωρούν.

Built from 1549 onwards as a fortress by Gustav Vasa, the castle was only rebuilt into a grand Renaissance palace after a fire in 1572. The old cannons on the Styrbiskop bastion still bear witness to its fortified early years.

Within the remaining ruins of Uppsala's original 16th-century castle, the Vasaborgen Museum offers insights into the history of Swedish rulers, recounting tales of kings and queens, princes and princesses. Guided tours led by costumed guides also reveal gruesome details of gruesome and violent sudden deaths. The museum is open from June 1st to September 1st.

What would old fortresses be – anywhere in the world – without these decorative old cannons?

The Gothic Uppsala Cathedral (Uppsala Domkyrka), consecrated in 1435, is the cathedral of the Archdiocese of Uppsala, the parish church of the Uppsala Cathedral parish, and a national shrine of the Church of Sweden. It houses the relics of Sweden's national saint, Saint Erik, and a relic of Saint Bridget. The church is traditionally the coronation and burial church for Swedish kings and queens. Following a fire in the former cathedral (in Gamla Uppsala), the Pope granted permission in 1258 to move the bishopric to present-day Uppsala (then Östra Aros). The move to Domberget took place in 1273. Initially, the existing Saint Erik Chapel was used for services while French builders, under the direction of Etienne de Bonneuil, began constructing a new cathedral. The construction would continue for over a century and a half. The cathedral's towers are the tallest church towers in Scandinavia, reaching 118.7 meters. The most powerful of its five church bells, called Storan, weighs 7,360 kilograms, making it Sweden's largest church bell. The Church of Sweden estimates that around half a million people visit Uppsala Cathedral each year.