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• 09/23/2015 09:01

  Suggestions for Servas Hosts

  If you plan to stay on in Sweden after the "Welcome to Sweden" event in Uppsala, there are a number of Swedish Servas hosts who have expressed particular interest in hosting at the beginning of September. Contact us at servasuppsala@gmail.com if you would like a detailed list of these hosts You can...

• 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...

• 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 16:09

  One year to go ...

  It is now exactly one year until we all meet in Uppsala. We hope the weather will be as nice as it is now, 25°C in the daytime and 15°C in the night. The sun has been shining constantly for several weeks now and we really need a little rain to keep the gardens green. But to be on the safe side,...

• 08/25/2015 11:57

  Third meeting

  We all met up at Hågaby and looked round the site where we will have our first get-together with the guests. We also decided who would take charge of the various activities, such as Transport, Economy, Party food, etc.

• 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...

• 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...

• 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....