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HOME AT FIRST'S
UPPSALA HOTEL Classical,
Central, Cultural, Comfortable, & Convenient.
UPPSALA: MEDIEVAL OLD
TOWN WITH LANDMARK GOTHIC CATHEDRAL
PEDESTRIAN-FRIENDLY UPPSALA
SUPERIOR DOUBLE BEDROOM AT HOME AT FIRST'S UPPSALA HOTEL
THE NARROW GAUGE 'LENNA CAT' STEAM TOURIST RAILWAY
NOTE: Our cooperating Uppsala hotel is one of many small, quality lodgings through Sweden, Norway, and Denmark that participate in Home At First’s Scandinavian travel program. With Home at First’s help, guests choose from among many locations to design a very personal Scandinavian travel experience. AVAILABILITY: For current availability information, call Home At First at (800) 523-5842, or contact us by e-mail at: info@homeatfirst.com UPPSALA'S CENTRAL RAILWAY STATION — JUST A BLOCK AWAY FROM HOME AT FIRST'S UPPSALA HOTEL More information about Home At First's travel program to: SCANDINAVIA |
THE SETTING:
Home At First’s Uppsala Hotel is located just 3 blocks from the city’s Central
Rail Station, and 3 blocks from the city’s landmark cathedral. The Fyris River, which
divides the city into eastern and western halves, flows by the hotel, which is on its east
bank. The eastern half of Uppsala has undergone extensive renovation since World War II
and today is the city’s busy commercial and administrative center. The western half
of Uppsala maintains something of the flavor of the medieval city, with winding cobbled
alleyways, colorful old houses, serene parks, the 19th century "new" university
building, the 17th century "old" university building (the Gustavianum, which now
houses Nordic and Egyptian museums), the 16th century castle (also housing museums), and,
most dramatically, the 13th-15th century Domkyrka, largest church edifice in Scandinavia.
THE LODGINGS: Home At First’s Uppsala Hotel is a four-star-rated hotel
built in 1906 in the center of one of Sweden’s oldest and culturally richest towns,
the university town of Uppsala. Completely renovated since 2002, the hotel’s
facilities are modern, comfortable, and new. And, with 36 rooms on four floors, the hotel
provides the kind of personal service not possible in larger establishments.
ACTIVITIES:
Visitors come to Uppsala for its medieval university atmosphere—in stark contrast to
the commercial rush of modern Stockholm. Uppsala is eminently walkable—and bikeable.
There are several museums—especially in the Gustavianum and the castle—worthy of
a few hours visit. A visit to the cathedral is more than a religious experience. The
cathedral is important architecturally as one of Europe’s major Gothic churches, and
historically as the resting place of kings and notables including Sweden’s great King
Gustav Vasa and its great botanist Carolus Linnaeus. Just outside of town 3 miles are the
remnants of Gamla Uppsala, the pre-Christian old city, now centered around three royal
burial mounds from Viking times and related museums.
Railfans and anyone
interested in visiting rural Sweden at a slower, pre-modern time will enjoy traveling by
the narrow-gauge "Lenna Cat" restored steam train from Uppsala Φstra (East
Station, 1/2 mile south of Uppsala Central Station) into the pretty countryside east of
Uppsala. The Uppsala Tourist Office (open year round), between the hotel and the cathedral
on the cathedral side of the river, will help you plan other activities like visiting
castles, walking, and touring.