A Brief Tour of Uppsala

As part of my Swedish lessons there are some tours that we go on. The first was a tour of Uppsala. We went to the library, the cathedral, the main university building, and a museum (there are 14 museums which are all free for students of the university.)

The main university library. We went in (no pictures allowed) and saw some very old books including the first book found written in Swedish. Some books were given to the library as gifts, some bought, and many stolen by the Swedish army.



I apologize for the bad pictures as no flash was allowed. In the museum we saw the most impressive gift that was created purely for one person's amusement. It supposedly has 300 pieces inside the cabinet. Some of them were on display along with the cabinet.

The items ranged from small toys to a table and piano.



Other interesting items included an exhibit on Anders Celsius who taught astronomy at Uppsala University.



One of the prototype thermometers made by Anders Celsius.



Our last stop was the cathedral.



One privilege of all Uppsala University students is that if we die in Sweden they will chime all of the bells in the cathedral for us. Inside the cathedral there are two organs and many graves in the floor. You cannot walk around without stepping on someone.



Another post will show more of Uppsala. Tomorrow I'm off to tour Stockholm.

Hej då.