{"id":1303115,"date":"2026-09-26T20:28:05","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T20:28:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/?page_id=1303115"},"modified":"2026-10-01T16:37:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T16:37:14","slug":"uppsala","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/europe\/sweden\/uppsala\/","title":{"rendered":"Uppsala"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":0,"parent":1302759,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"hw-hub-city","meta":{"footnotes":"","hw_hub_hero_eyebrow":"","hw_hub_hero_h1":"","hw_hub_hero_intro":"","hw_hub_hero_image":"","hw_hub_hero_overlay":"","hw_hub_hero_cta":"","hw_hub_why_title":"","hw_hub_why_body":"","hw_hub_why_link_label":"","hw_hub_why_link_url":"","hw_hub_why_cards":"","hw_hub_stats":"","hw_hub_countries_title":"","hw_hub_countries_intro":"","hw_hub_featured":"","hw_hub_regions":"","hw_hub_hostels_title":"","hw_hub_hostels_intro":"","hw_hub_hostels_cta_label":"","hw_hub_hostels_cta_url":"","hw_hub_hostels_source":"","hw_hub_hostels_location_type":"","hw_hub_hostels_location_id":"","hw_hub_hostels_currency":"","hw_hub_hostels_count":"","hw_hub_hostels_cache":"","hw_hub_hostels":"","hw_hub_when_title":"","hw_hub_when_intro":"","hw_hub_seasons":"","hw_hub_costs_title":"","hw_hub_costs_body":"","hw_hub_cost_rows":"","hw_hub_cost_note":"","hw_hub_money_reads":"","hw_hub_rail_title":"","hw_hub_rail_body":"","hw_hub_rail_link_label":"","hw_hub_rail_link_url":"","hw_hub_rail_image":"","hw_hub_routes":"","hw_hub_events_title":"","hw_hub_events_intro":"","hw_hub_events_source":"","hw_hub_events_continent":"","hw_hub_events_count":"","hw_hub_events_cache":"","hw_hub_events_cta_label":"","hw_hub_events_cta_url":"","hw_hub_events":"","hw_hub_events_pills":"","hw_hub_reads_intro":"","hw_hub_article_rows":"","hw_hub_show_read_time":"","hw_hub_all_title":"","hw_hub_all_body":"","hw_hub_all_cta":"","hw_hub_trips_title":"","hw_hub_trips_note":"","hw_hub_trips":"","hw_hub_faq_title":"","hw_hub_faq_note":"","hw_hub_faqs":"","hw_hub_cta_title":"","hw_hub_cta_body":"","hw_hub_cta_buttons":"","hw_hub_newsletter_title":"","hw_hub_newsletter_body":"","hw_hub_newsletter_shortcode":"","hw_hub_hub_term":"","hw_hub_scope_rows":"","hw_hub_country_hero_eyebrow":"","hw_hub_country_hero_h1":"","hw_hub_country_hero_intro":"","hw_hub_country_hero_image":"","hw_hub_country_hero_overlay":"","hw_hub_country_hero_cta":"","hw_hub_country_stats":"","hw_hub_country_intro_title":"","hw_hub_country_intro_body":"","hw_hub_country_facts":"","hw_hub_country_cities_title":"","hw_hub_country_cities_intro":"","hw_hub_country_cities_live":"","hw_hub_country_cities":"","hw_hub_country_trips_title":"","hw_hub_country_trips_intro":"","hw_hub_country_trip_types":"","hw_hub_country_do_title":"","hw_hub_country_do_body":"","hw_hub_country_do_points":"","hw_hub_country_do_tag":"","hw_hub_country_do_more":"","hw_hub_country_food_title":"","hw_hub_country_food_body":"","hw_hub_country_food_points":"","hw_hub_country_food_tag":"","hw_hub_country_food_more":"","hw_hub_country_nightlife_title":"","hw_hub_country_nightlife_body":"","hw_hub_country_nightlife_points":"","hw_hub_country_nightlife_tag":"","hw_hub_country_nightlife_more":"","hw_hub_country_transport_title":"","hw_hub_country_transport_body":"","hw_hub_country_transport_points":"","hw_hub_country_transport_tag":"","hw_hub_country_transport_more":"","hw_hub_country_money_title":"","hw_hub_country_money_body":"","hw_hub_country_money_points":"","hw_hub_country_money_tag":"","hw_hub_country_money_more":"","hw_hub_country_safety_title":"","hw_hub_country_safety_body":"","hw_hub_country_safety_points":"","hw_hub_country_safety_tag":"","hw_hub_country_safety_more":"","hw_hub_country_entry_title":"","hw_hub_country_entry_body":"","hw_hub_country_entry_points":"","hw_hub_country_entry_tag":"","hw_hub_country_entry_more":"","hw_hub_country_season_title":"","hw_hub_country_season_intro":"","hw_hub_country_season_note":"","hw_hub_country_season_rows":"","hw_hub_country_budget_title":"","hw_hub_country_budget_intro":"","hw_hub_country_budget_note":"","hw_hub_country_budget_rows":"","hw_hub_country_budget_currency":"","hw_hub_country_events_title":"","hw_hub_country_events_intro":"","hw_hub_country_events_source":"","hw_hub_country_events_country":"","hw_hub_country_events_count":"","hw_hub_country_events_cache":"","hw_hub_country_events_cta_label":"","hw_hub_country_events_cta_url":"","hw_hub_country_events":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_title":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_intro":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_cta_label":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_cta_url":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_source":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_location_type":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_location_id":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_currency":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_count":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_cache":"","hw_hub_country_hostels":"","hw_hub_country_faq_title":""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city guide","hw_hub_city_hero_h1":"Things To Do In Uppsala","hw_hub_city_hero_intro":"A university town forty minutes from Stockholm, with Scandinavia's largest cathedral, royal burial mounds older than the Vikings, and student clubs that run the cheapest bars in Sweden.","hw_hub_city_hero_image":"1303117","hw_hub_city_hero_overlay":"light","hw_hub_city_hero_cta":"Where to stay | #areas\r\nWhat it costs | #money","hw_hub_city_live_stats":"1","hw_hub_city_stats":"1477 | Uppsala University founded, the oldest in the Nordic countries\r\n118 m | The cathedral towers\r\n13 | Student nations, each with its own pub","hw_hub_city_intro_title":"A university town that was a royal centre before Sweden existed","hw_hub_city_intro_body":"Uppsala is Sweden's fourth city and its oldest university town. The university, founded in 1477, is the oldest in the Nordic countries, and students set the rhythm of the place.\r\n\r\nLong before that, Gamla Uppsala, just north of the modern town, was a royal and religious centre. Its great burial mounds date from the sixth century and are among the most important early Scandinavian sites.\r\n\r\nThe cathedral, with twin spires 118 metres high, is the largest church in Scandinavia and the burial place of Swedish kings and of the botanist Carl Linnaeus.\r\n\r\nLinnaeus, who devised the system for naming plants and animals still used today, taught here, and his garden has been restored.\r\n\r\nThe student nations \u2014 thirteen societies, each linked to a region of Sweden \u2014 run pubs, clubs and caf\u00e9s that are among the cheapest places to eat and drink in the country. Some are open to visitors, with conditions.\r\n\r\nIt is forty minutes from Stockholm and makes a good day trip or a cheaper overnight. One or two days.","hw_hub_city_facts":"Getting in | Train from Stockholm about 40 minutes. Arlanda airport is 20 minutes away\r\nGetting around | Walkable and flat, and a very cycling-friendly town\r\nCurrency | Swedish krona (SEK), roughly 11 to the euro\r\nStudent nations | Cheap pubs, some open to visitors. Rules vary and change\r\nValborg | 30 April, the biggest day of the student year\r\nCash | Rarely accepted. Bring a card","hw_hub_city_areas_title":"Where to stay","hw_hub_city_areas_intro":"A compact centre on the Fyris river, with the cathedral above it.","hw_hub_city_areas_map":"1","hw_hub_city_areas_zoom":"14","hw_hub_city_hostels_pins":"1","hw_hub_city_areas_live":"","hw_hub_city_areas":"City centre | First-timers | Around the cathedral and the river: the university buildings, caf\u00e9s and most of the beds. | 59.8580 | 17.6390 |  | \nNear the station | Value and transport | East of the river: good trains to Stockholm and Arlanda, and a short walk to the centre. | 59.8590 | 17.6460 |  | ","hw_hub_city_itin_title":"How long have you got?","hw_hub_city_itin_intro":"The routes we would walk, in the order we would walk them.","hw_hub_city_itin":"","hw_hub_city_do_title":"Things to do in Uppsala","hw_hub_city_do_body":"The cathedral is free to enter and is the largest church in Scandinavia, with spires of 118 metres. Swedish kings are buried here, and so is Carl Linnaeus.\r\n\r\nGo out to Gamla Uppsala, about twenty minutes by bus, to see the great royal burial mounds from the sixth century and the museum that explains them. It is one of the most important early sites in Scandinavia.\r\n\r\nThe Gustavianum, the university museum, holds the anatomical theatre of 1662, a steep wooden dissection theatre under a dome, and the Augsburg Art Cabinet, an extraordinary seventeenth-century curiosity cabinet.\r\n\r\nThe Linnaeus Garden, restored to the botanist's original plan, is small and charming.\r\n\r\nThe castle, pink and on a hill, gives a view over the town.\r\n\r\nThen eat and drink cheaply at a student nation, if one is open to visitors while you are there.","hw_hub_city_do_points":"The cathedral | Free. The largest church in Scandinavia\r\nGamla Uppsala | Sixth-century royal burial mounds\r\nThe Gustavianum | A 1662 anatomical theatre under a dome\r\nThe Linnaeus Garden | Restored to his original plan","hw_hub_city_do_tag":"things-to-do","hw_hub_city_do_more":"All things to do in Uppsala","hw_hub_city_free_title":"Free things to do in Uppsala","hw_hub_city_free_body":"The cathedral is free.\r\n\r\nThe Gamla Uppsala mounds are free to walk around; only the museum charges.\r\n\r\nThe castle hill and its view are free.\r\n\r\nThe Fyris river walks through the centre and the University Park are free.\r\n\r\nThe Carolina Rediviva university library has a free exhibition hall with the Silver Bible, a sixth-century Gothic manuscript written in silver ink on purple parchment.","hw_hub_city_free_points":"The cathedral | Free, and vast\r\nThe Gamla Uppsala mounds | Free to walk around\r\nThe Silver Bible | A sixth-century manuscript, free to see\r\nThe castle hill | Free, with a view","hw_hub_city_free_tag":"free-things-to-do","hw_hub_city_free_more":"All free things to do in Uppsala","hw_hub_city_food_title":"Eating and drinking in Uppsala","hw_hub_city_food_body":"Cheaper than Stockholm, largely because of the students. Dagens lunch is 110 to 140 SEK (\u20ac10\u201313).\r\n\r\nThe student nations run pubs and caf\u00e9s that are among the cheapest places to eat and drink in Sweden. Some are open to non-members and visitors; the rules vary between nations and have changed over time, so ask locally.\r\n\r\nFika is taken seriously, and the caf\u00e9s around the cathedral are good.\r\n\r\nA beer in an ordinary bar is 70 to 100 SEK (\u20ac6.50\u20139), and cheaper in a nation.\r\n\r\nStrong alcohol is sold only at Systembolaget, closed on Sundays.","hw_hub_city_food_points":"Student nations | The cheapest pubs in Sweden. Ask about entry\r\nDagens lunch | 110\u2013140 SEK (\u20ac10\u201313)\r\nA beer | 70\u2013100 SEK (\u20ac6.50\u20139) in town, less in a nation\r\nFika | Good caf\u00e9s around the cathedral","hw_hub_city_food_tag":"food","hw_hub_city_food_more":"All food guides for Uppsala","hw_hub_city_nightlife_title":"Going out in Uppsala","hw_hub_city_nightlife_body":"The student nations are the nightlife. Each of the thirteen runs pubs and club nights, and they are cheap. Access for non-students varies \u2014 some welcome visitors, some require membership or a student card \u2014 and the rules have changed over time, so ask locally.\r\n\r\nOrdinary bars in the centre fill the gaps.\r\n\r\nValborg, on 30 April, is the biggest day of the student year: a raft race on the Fyris river, champagne breakfasts, huge crowds and celebrations through the night.\r\n\r\nOut of term the town is noticeably quiet.","hw_hub_city_nightlife_points":"The student nations | Cheap pubs and clubs. Access varies\r\nValborg | 30 April, and enormous\r\nOrdinary bars | In the centre\r\nQuiet out of term | The students set the pace","hw_hub_city_nightlife_tag":"nightlife","hw_hub_city_nightlife_more":"All nightlife guides for Uppsala","hw_hub_city_transport_title":"Getting around Uppsala","hw_hub_city_transport_body":"The town is small, flat and walkable, and it is one of the most cycling-friendly towns in Sweden.\r\n\r\nBuses cover the town and reach Gamla Uppsala.\r\n\r\nTrains to Stockholm take about forty minutes, and Arlanda airport is about twenty minutes away, which makes Uppsala a practical first or last night.\r\n\r\nPay by card or app \u2014 there are few cash options.","hw_hub_city_transport_points":"Walk or cycle | Small, flat and bike-friendly\r\nStockholm | About 40 minutes by train\r\nArlanda | About 20 minutes away\r\nGamla Uppsala | By local bus","hw_hub_city_transport_tag":"transport","hw_hub_city_transport_more":"All transport guides for Uppsala","hw_hub_city_money_title":"What Uppsala costs","hw_hub_city_money_body":"Cheaper than Stockholm. Dorms are 250 to 450 SEK (\u20ac23\u201341), dagens lunch 110 to 140 SEK (\u20ac10\u201313), and a beer 70 to 100 SEK (\u20ac6.50\u20139).\r\n\r\nA day is \u20ac55 to \u20ac95.\r\n\r\nYou pay in kronor, almost always by card.\r\n\r\nThe cathedral and the Gamla Uppsala mounds are free, and the museums are modestly priced.\r\n\r\nBeing twenty minutes from Arlanda and forty from Stockholm, Uppsala is a cheaper place to stay at the start or end of a trip.","hw_hub_city_money_points":"Dorm bed | 250\u2013450 SEK (\u20ac23\u201341)\r\nA day, all in | \u20ac55\u201395\r\nStudent nations | The cheapest eating and drinking\r\nA cheaper first night | Twenty minutes from Arlanda","hw_hub_city_money_tag":"budget","hw_hub_city_money_more":"All budget guides for Uppsala","hw_hub_city_safety_title":"Staying safe in Uppsala","hw_hub_city_safety_body":"Uppsala is a very safe town and crime against visitors is low.\r\n\r\nValborg on 30 April brings huge crowds and heavy drinking, and the Fyris river raft race draws dense crowds onto the bridges and banks. Watch your footing and your belongings.\r\n\r\nThe river is cold and fast in spring. Do not swim in it.\r\n\r\nWinter brings ice on pavements and short days.\r\n\r\nEmergency number is 112.","hw_hub_city_safety_points":"Valborg crowds | Dense on the bridges and heavy drinking\r\nThe river in spring | Cold and fast\r\nWinter ice | On pavements\r\nEmergency | 112","hw_hub_city_safety_tag":"safety","hw_hub_city_safety_more":"All safety guides for Uppsala","hw_hub_city_trips_title":"Day trips from Uppsala","hw_hub_city_trips_intro":"Royal mounds, a baroque castle and the capital.","hw_hub_city_trips":"Stockholm | 40 minutes | Train, about 100 SEK (\u20ac9) | The capital, with the Vasa and the archipelago. |  | 1303118\nSigtuna | 40 minutes | Bus or train and bus | Sweden's oldest town, with rune stones and ruined medieval churches. |  | 1303119","hw_hub_city_trips_tag":"day-trips","hw_hub_city_trips_more":"All day trips from Uppsala","hw_hub_city_season_title":"When to go","hw_hub_city_season_intro":"April to June and September. 30 April is Valborg.","hw_hub_city_season_note":"Average highs. Term time is when Uppsala is at its best \u2014 July and August are warm but noticeably quiet.","hw_hub_city_season_rows":"January | -2 | 2 | Cold and dark\r\nFebruary | -2 | 2 | Cold\r\nMarch | 2 | 3 | Brightening\r\nApril | 9 | 5 | Valborg on the 30th, the student highlight\r\nMay | 16 | 5 | Excellent\r\nJune | 20 | 5 | Midsummer and graduation season\r\nJuly | 22 | 4 | Warm, students gone\r\nAugust | 20 | 4 | Warm and quiet\r\nSeptember | 15 | 5 | Term restarts\r\nOctober | 9 | 3 | Autumn\r\nNovember | 4 | 2 | Dark\r\nDecember | 0 | 3 | Christmas, and Lucia on the 13th","hw_hub_city_events_title":"What is on while you are there","hw_hub_city_events_intro":"The biggest student celebration in Sweden, every 30 April.","hw_hub_city_events_source":"api","hw_hub_city_events_count":"8","hw_hub_city_events_cache":"24","hw_hub_city_events_cta_label":"All events in Uppsala","hw_hub_city_events_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/events\/europe\/sweden\/uppsala\/","hw_hub_city_events":"Valborg | 30 April | Citywide | A raft race on the Fyris river, champagne breakfasts, a ceremony on the library steps and huge crowds. The biggest day of the student year. |  | \nLucia | 13 December | The cathedral | Candlelit processions, with the cathedral a fine setting. |  | \nGraduation season | June | Citywide | Students in white caps across the town. |  | \nTerm time | September to June | Citywide | When the nations are open and busy. |  | \nMidsummer | Late June | Countrywide | Maypoles and the longest days. |  | ","hw_hub_city_budget_title":"What your trip will cost","hw_hub_city_budget_intro":"Pick how you travel. Per person per night, in euros \u2014 you will pay in kronor, at roughly 11 to the euro, and mostly by card.","hw_hub_city_budget_note":"Shown in euros for comparison; you pay in kronor. Student nation prices can bring the food line lower still.","hw_hub_city_budget_rows":"Shoestring | 23 | 14 | 4 | 2\r\nMiddle of the road | 38 | 28 | 6 | 12\r\nComfortable | 70 | 50 | 10 | 25","hw_hub_city_budget_currency":"\u20ac","hw_hub_city_hostels_title":"Where to stay in Uppsala","hw_hub_city_hostels_intro":"A small scene in the centre, and a cheaper base than Stockholm. Live from Hostelworld.","hw_hub_city_hostels_cta_label":"All hostels in Uppsala","hw_hub_city_hostels_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/hostels\/europe\/sweden\/uppsala\/","hw_hub_city_hostels_source":"api","hw_hub_city_hostels_count":"12","hw_hub_city_hostels_cache":"12","hw_hub_city_picks":"Best for solo travellers |  |  | \nBest for a party |  |  | \nQuietest |  |  | ","hw_hub_city_hostels":"","hw_hub_city_faq_title":"Uppsala travel questions","hw_hub_city_faq_note":"The ones we get asked most.","hw_hub_city_faqs":"What are the student nations? | Thirteen student societies, each linked to a region of Sweden, which run pubs, clubs and caf\u00e9s. They are among the cheapest places to eat and drink in the country. Access for visitors varies \u2014 some welcome non-members, others need a student card \u2014 and the rules change, so ask locally.\r\nWhat is Valborg? | The celebration on 30 April, and the biggest day of the student year: a raft race on the Fyris river, champagne breakfasts, a ceremony on the university library steps and crowds all day and night.\r\nIs Uppsala worth a day trip from Stockholm? | Yes \u2014 forty minutes by train. The cathedral, the Gamla Uppsala burial mounds and the Gustavianum's anatomical theatre make a full day.\r\nWhat is Gamla Uppsala? | The site just north of the town where sixth-century kings were buried in great mounds. It was a royal and religious centre before Sweden existed as a country, and is one of the most important early sites in Scandinavia.\r\nWho was Linnaeus? | Carl Linnaeus, the eighteenth-century botanist who devised the system still used for naming plants and animals. He taught at the university and is buried in the cathedral, and his garden has been restored.\r\nIs it cheaper than Stockholm? | Yes. Dorms 250 to 450 SEK (\u20ac23\u201341), and a day around \u20ac55 to \u20ac95. It is also twenty minutes from Arlanda airport, which makes it a useful first or last night.\r\nDo I need cash? | No. Cards are accepted almost everywhere and cash often is not.","hw_hub_city_cta_title":"Say yes to hostels, meet the world","hw_hub_city_cta_body":"Compare Uppsala hostels \u2014 live prices, real reviews and free cancellation on most bookings. Then meet the people already there in the app.","hw_hub_city_cta_buttons":"Find hostels in Uppsala | https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/hostels\/europe\/sweden\/uppsala\/\r\nGet the app | https:\/\/hostelworld.onelink.me\/IdiK\/f5a50nhd","hw_hub_city_newsletter_title":"Get the good stuff monthly","hw_hub_city_newsletter_body":"New city guides, deals and route ideas. 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