Uppsala: City Highlights and Hidden Gems Walking Tour｜Sweden

Explore the legendary city of Uppsala on a walking tour. Hear stories that date back all the way to the Viking days, and how Uppsala has uncovered one of the largest archaeological findings of about 30,000 rune stones that tell the story of how the Vikings lived in their day-to-day.

See the home to the country's first king, Gustav Vasa's, castle – a pink castle – and his resting place in Uppsala Cathedral, which is one of the most beautiful and oldest cathedrals in Sweden.

Continue to walk and learn about one of the world's oldest universities - Uppsala Universitet. Carl Linnaeus, father of taxonomy - the classification of species - studied and practiced here, among the beautiful flowers of the Botanical Gardens.