Things to do

• 07/30/2015 13:24

  Fyrishov

  Fyrishov, a grand and modern swim bath. Swim, exercise, relax and enjoy!   There is a large pool complex with several pools at Fyrishov. The water park, one of the largest in Sweden, has paddling pools for toddlers and hair-raising water slides for the brave-hearted....

• 09/16/2015 11:22

  Canoeing

  Try out canoeing with a guide from the Swedish Outdoor Association. Paddle up the Fyris river from lake Mälaren like the Vikings did more than a 1000 years ago. In calm water you will paddle safely in open canoes and experience nature at close quarters about 10 km south of Uppsala. We will be out...

• 08/25/2015 17:40

  Sigtuna

  Once upon a time … In 970, King Erik the Victorious looked out at the surroundings and pointed out the location where Sigtuna town would be built – a new era in the Swedish history was about to begin… Today we can go back in time and visit medieval churches, ruins, castles and rune stones from the...

• 08/25/2015 11:11

  Skokloster Castle

  Skokloster Castle   Skokloster Castle is considered one of the great castles of Baroque Europe. Skokloster Castle, built between 1654 and 1676, is a monument to the Swedish Age of Greatness – a period in the middle of the seventeenth century when Sweden expanded to become one of the major...

• 08/25/2015 11:20

  Steninge manorhouse

  Steninge Palace   Steninge was completed in 1705 and has been named Sweden’s finest Baroque palace!     The palace is located overlooking Mälaren, Sweden’s largest lake, and is southwest of Sigtuna, Sweden’s oldest town. Steninge’s history dates back to the 13th...

• 09/20/2015 09:04

  Österbybruk & Dannemora

               Österbybruk is small community with a couple of thousand inhabitants, about 45 km north-east of Uppsala. There is a grand manor house with stables, ponds, outbuildings, smithies, and an old forge spread round a big park. The setting is very beautiful...

• 09/18/2015 13:11

  Sala Silver mines

  Sala Silver Mine was the largest and most important producer of silver in Sweden for 400 years. The mine has a long and interesting history. No one knows exactly when they first discovered silver in Sala, though there are reasons to believe that the mine is from...

• 07/30/2015 10:22

  Aland

  ÅLAND Come and spend some days on the Åland Islands with the most hours of sunshine in the Nordic region. Go sea-fishing, take a bike ride and visit a farm café, see our cultural history. Watch the sun go down over the sea, visit Bomarsund fortress ruins, hold the steering wheel on the sailing ship...

• 07/28/2015 20:25

  Örskär

  Örskär, the island Welcome to Örskär, a small island in the northernmost outpost of the Uppland archipelago. On Örskär you can swim and fish from round, smooth rocks, hike on forest trails in the nature reserve and climb the magnificent lighthouse, designed by the royal architect, Carl...