Among the Flower King’s leafy halls – Get to know Uppsala, the city of Linnaeus.

Uppsala. The City of Linnaeus. Since 1728. Experience Uppsala’s green gifts

–Find wonder in all things, even the most com- through the unique legacy he left behind in our parks. monplace, was the motto of Carl Linnaeus, as Carl Perhaps Uppsala itself has also been shaped by Linnaeus. von Linné is better known in English. Today, we might Our curiosity, spirit of discovery and desire to meet talk about mindfulness, or seizing the day. Linnaeus was people from all over the world are things we Uppsala ahead of his time in many things. His message was that residents are proud of. you should observe and be curious about what you see around you. If you do, you will never be bored – for as That is why we want to share Linnaeus with you, and Nowhere abroad have I found a region long as you live! take a walk in his footsteps together. We hope this broc- hure will inspire you to explore Linnaeus’ Uppsala, and richer than our country in the remarkable Linnaeus is one of the world’s most famous scientists. He learn more about Linnaeus and his contribution to our things in Nature’s realm; none that can was born and grew up in Småland, in southern Sweden. lives today. Come and enjoy the experience of Linnaeus’ However, it was here in Uppsala that he studied, resear- parks and gardens. display so many, so amazing, of nature’s ched, taught and lived for nearly 50 years. masterpieces! Linnaeus was a physician, botanist, geologist, zoologist and philosopher. He travelled, observed, recorded, tested, From Linnaeus’ inaugural address at Uppsala University in 1741 analysed and wrote, just as scientists always have and still do today.

Linnaeus was already famous in his own lifetime, not only for his research but also for his teaching ability. He loved to impart knowledge to others. His view of learning was ahead of its time in many ways, and his methods are still used today in modern education.

Linnaeus is ever-present here in Uppsala. He enriches the life of every Uppsala resident in various ways, not least

3 Linnaeus in one minute

Linnaeus made the rules for organising and naming Linnaeus described himself as a small, rather skinny per- nature’s species. To this day, his fundamental work is son with a big head, very intense brown eyes and straight still important throughout the scientific world. In Lin- brown hair. This corresponds well to descriptions of him naeus’ most famous work, Systema Naturae, he organised given by many of his friends and colleagues. In particular, nature’s three kingdoms: plants, animals and minerals. the intensity of his eyes and his clear, open gaze are said He organised plants in a sexual system, according to the to have made a big impression. number of stamens and pistils. This made him famous in his lifetime, but is no longer used today. His binomial nomenclature, with each species having a two-part name, is still used, however.

Here are some important dates from Linnaeus’ life and heritage:

Born: 23 May 1707 in Råshult, 1728: Begins studying medicine at 1788: The Linnean Society of Småland, as Carl Linnaeus. Uppsala University. London is founded, based on Died: 10 January 1778 in Uppsala, 1735: Becomes a doctor of medicine Linnaeus’ collections. Uppland. Buried in Uppsala and publishes Systema Naturae. 1917: The Swedish Linnaeus Society Cathedral. 1741: Becomes professor of medicine is founded. Favourite flower: Twinflower, at Uppsala University. 2007: Uppsala, Sweden and the Linnaea borealis, named after 1743: Moves to Botaniska huset world celebrate Linnaeus’ him; now the provincial flower (Director’s Lodge) in what is tercentenary. of Småland. now Linnéträdgården (Linnaeus 2010: Sweden’s government Likes: Wild strawberries. Garden). puts Linnaeus’ cultural heritage Family: Wife Sara Lisa, and children 1753: Introduces the binomial on UNESCO’s tentative list of Carl, Lisa Stina, Sara Lena, Lovisa, nomenclature in his work Species world heritage sites. Sara Stina, Johannes and Sophia; Plantarum. Famous works: Systema Naturae, Sara Lena and Johannes die in 1758: Buys Hammarby and Sävja Species Plantarum, Genera childhood. farms, outside Uppsala. Plantarum, Philosophia Botanica, 1762: Ennobled, becoming Carl von Flora Svecia, Fauna Svecia and Linné. Materia Medica.

www.linnaeusuppsala.com 4 5 Linnéträdgården – a unique oasis in the busy city centre

Leave the city bustle behind, and step into Some start flowering in early spring, and then they follow Linnaeus’ day-to-day world behind the fence on Svart- in succession all through summer. The beds are planted bäcksgatan. This is where he lived, researched, taught and in accordance with Linnaeus’ sexual system. Only plants corresponded with people around the world. that Linnaeus is known to have cultivated are grown here. When the Swedish Linnaeus Society restored Linnéträd- What hides behind the tall green wooden fence along gården in the early 1900s, they followed Linnaeus’ scru- Svartbäcksgatan? Well, it is Sweden’s oldest botanical pulous notes, sketches, treatises and letters. garden, founded in 1655 by professor of medicine Olof Rudbeck the Elder. Nowadays it is called Linnéträdgår- The academic orangery den (Linnaeus Garden) after Linnaeus, but in his time it was Uppsala University’s academic garden. The university kept an academic garden mainly for the cultivation of medicinal plants for medical research and education. According to Linnaeus, an orangery was vital An oasis in the city to an academic garden, so he had one built for keeping The fence separating Linnéträdgården from the outside delicate plants during winter. world enables you to move from the city’s pulse into the 1700s, and the heart of Linnaeus’ achievements. Linnaeus World-famous visitor destination lived and worked here for 35 years. Linnéträdgården is one of Uppsala’s most distinctive oases. Whether you are Today Linnéträdgården, with its Orangeriet (Orangery) on a shopping trip or you are a gardening enthusiast, you and Linnémuseet (Linnaeus Museum), is one of Uppsala’s can find your own moments of inspiration and relaxation internationally best-known visitor destinations. The gar- in Linnaeus’ garden. den is open to visitors from May to September. Orangeriet can be hired for conferences and functions throughout the year. A 1700s market is held once a year, with the garden Painstaking restoration full of people in period dress, and exciting attractions A lot is packed into a small space here – more than 1300 such as historical games. The summer restaurant serves species of Swedish and foreign herbs, flowers, trees, food, coffee and drinks under a canopy of lime trees. The shrubs and hedges, including perennials and annuals. garden’s shop sells many of Linnaeus’ treatises and books, as well as Linnaeus souvenirs, etc.

6 7 Linnémuseet – the birthplace of modern biology

Linnaeus did most of his work in the official residen- It was an affluent home, and Linnaeus’ wife Sarah Lisa ce in Botaniska huset, now Linnémuseet. The house is a ran the large household with a firm hand. In addition to living document of daily life in the 1700s, and a priceless their five children, they frequently had guests for every- scientific achievement. day and special occasions, plus a number of farmhands and maids. In the spring, the Siberian corydalis still Linnémuseet (Linnaeus Museum) has preserved the flowers in front of Linnémuseet. Linnaeus sowed it in the special atmosphere from the time of Linnaeus. Hand- belief that it was Bleeding heart. With the help of ants, it painted linen wallcoverings, period dado panels and has subsequently spread all over Uppsala. much of Linnaeus’ furniture and objects reinforce the feeling of stepping straight into the 1700s. Here he sat in The museum opened in 1937 after extensive restoration, his room writing scientific papers and letters to friends and is now run by the Swedish Linnaeus Society. and colleagues who sent him plants and seeds from all corners of the world. He observed, reflected and wrote, and went out into the garden to follow the seasonal chan- ges. He gave private tuition here, with the garden’s plants close at hand.

Sciences are a light, which is as little noticed by those that dwell in it, as it gleams splendidly for those that wander in darkness.

8 9 Temple honouring Linnaeus Botaniska trädgården The garden also contains various buildings. In the baroque garden is the magnificent Linneanum, built in honour of Linnaeus on the initiative of his disciple Carl – a living textbook for all the senses Peter Thunberg. The Linneanum, which houses Orang- eriet (Orangery), is where delicate plants are kept in winter. The plants are moved out into the garden in sum- mer, freeing the magnificent rooms for art exhibitions, Botaniska trädgården (Botanical Garden) is You can see garden styles from different eras and different concerts and functions. a living museum with common and exotic plants parts of the world in Botaniska trädgården. There is from around the world. You can use all your senses to everything from the grand baroque garden of the 1600s experience flowers and plants here, independently or with to the contribution of the 2000s: the family tree of the Tropical winter magnet and leafy garden café knowledgeable gardeners. The garden café is a leafy oasis flowering plants, and a Scandinavian rock garden with a Tropiska växthuset (Tropical Greenhouse) has Uppsala’s in summer, with delicious refreshments and lunches. pond, stream and mountain plants. There is ample space only rainforest with palm trees, coffee shrubs and for beauty, artistry and creativity. Linnaeus used aesthetic orchids. In spring, you can hear the fluting of poison dart experiences to help the brain better understand and learn frogs, and in August see the Victoria water lily in bloom. new things, which is something today’s educators agree The master gardeners’ hundred-year-old bake house and with. washhouse is now the leafy garden café Victoria, serving coffee, tea and sandwiches, and salads often decorated From castle to university with edible flowers and herbs from the garden. Botaniska trädgården was actually the garden of Uppsala castle, but was donated to Uppsala University, and Events and activities developed after Linnaeus’ death. The garden currently A lot happens in Botaniska trädgården throughout the contains 8000 species, for teaching, research and bio- summer. There are boule championships, exhibitions in diversity conservation. Botaniska trädgården aims to be a the garden and orangery, treasure hunts, courses and living textbook with inspiration, movement and play. As concerts. Botany Day, with a plant market and competi- Linnaeus put it, “When you are learning, all the senses tions for gardeners, is held on an August Sunday. must be engaged”. The garden is also a popular venue for concerts, theatrical performances and garden events.

10 11 Linnés Hammarby – an excursion to the rural life of the 1700s

Enjoy the tranquillity of Hammarby, the summer Linnaeus’ plants live on home of Linnaeus and his family. You can experience a Some 40 Linnaean plants planted by Linnaeus, or their rural 1700s setting here, in the buildings, the garden and direct descendants, still survive today. It is the largest the surrounding cultural landscape, which is cultivated as living Linnaean plant collection in the world, and makes it was in Linnaeus’ time. Hammarby unique. The Siberian apple tree still stands in the courtyard, and Linnaeus’ garden is now a park full of Linnaeus was able to live a more relaxed country life his exotic plants. at Hammarby. It is said that sometimes he would only be wearing a nightshirt when his students from the city joined him for their morning excursions. Linnés Productive agriculture Hammarby (Linnaeus’ Hammarby) is situated 15 km After Linnaeus’ death, his family moved here permanent- southeast of Uppsala, and was the family’s rural retreat ly, and took over the farm that had hitherto been run by from the city’s noise and unhealthy environment. It was tenants. The Hammarby farm extended to 340 hectares, also a place where Linnaeus could grow and experiment and provided the family and livestock with cereals and with numerous plants for which there was no room in the grazing. In the vegetable garden they grew fruit, vegeta- academic garden at Svartbäcksgatan. bles and plants that were saved for the winter, such as nutritious cabbage and swedes, and hops for beer making. Illustrations of plants on the walls Stylistically, Hammarby has some of the best-preserved “My palace in heaven” farm buildings from the 1700s. Built in 1764, the house You can wander around Hammarby on the many small is open for tours during the summer. Linnaeus had the paths. Do not miss the little natural history museum up walls in both the study and the bedroom covered with il- on the hill just behind the house, overlooking the fields. lustrations of plants instead of wallpaper, something that Linnaeus built it as fireproof storage for his collections, has inspired many of today’s designers. and he also taught his private students there.

12 13 Walks and refreshments The land around Hammarby is a cultural reserve where Linnés Sävja the agricultural landscape of the 1700s has been re- created. Take a walk along Kulturstigen (Cultural Trail), and you can see two-field crop rotation, hayfields and – rural tranquillity for a stressed soul outland. Danmarksvandringen (Herbatio Danensis), one of the trails in Linnaeus’ excursion system Herbationes Upsalienses, leads from the harbour in central Uppsala out to Hammarby. You can join one of Uppsala’s know- In 1758, Linnaeus bought two estates: Ham- garden are on display during the summer. Children have ledgeable Linnaeus guides for a walk in the countryside, marby and Sävja. These were investments for the future, sheep, horses, dogs and chickens to get acquainted with ending with refreshments in the visitors’ centre. There ensuring the family would have homes and incomes after (cautiously!). You can also book a Linnaeus guide in is a café with delicious pastries and a shop where you Linnaeus’ death, because they would no longer be able to period dress who will take you on a walk from Uppsala to can buy books, beautiful cards, plant presses, games, live in the professor’s residence in the academic garden. Sävja along Herbatio Danensis. When you arrive, enjoy teas and other unique souvenirs from Linnaeus’ Uppsala. Today, Sävja is a rural cultural idyll with a farm café, refreshments or a light lunch in the farm café. If you cannot manage the whole route, you can take a museum, herb garden and cultural events. break at Linnés Sävja, which you can read about on pages 15 and 20. Hammarby was the family’s country estate, where Lin- naeus both worked and received visitors and students. Sävja was a forest estate whose timber was probably used for the new house at Hammarby. Linnaeus had two new rooms built at Sävja. Perhaps they were intended for renting out to students, perhaps Linnaeus someti- mes withdrew there to live the country life without the Keep my grove, that I planted in family, refine his theories and write new treatises. It was somewhere he could be undisturbed, somewhere his soul your time, vigorous, and if the found peace. And it was Sävja where Linnaeus sought his trees do not survive, plant others last refuge when he felt his life drawing to a close.

in their place. Museums, culture and guided tours Linnés Sävja (Linnaeus’ Sävja) has a sparkling cultural scene during the summer with art exhibitions, concerts and activities. Linnaeus’ dwelling house is now a mu- seum, with an old ash planted by him in the courtyard. The museum and the medicinal plants in Linnaeus’ herb

14 15 Gränby Linnéminne – all about the women around Linnaeus

At Gränby Linnéminne (Gränby Linnaeus Memorial) Art as a memorial you can learn more about the women around Linnaeus. Gränby Linnéminne was opened in 2003. One of

Linnaeus’ daughters, Sara Stina, lived at the farm Gränby Women did not take up studies in Linnaeus’ time, but gård from 1798 until 1835. The house she lived in burnt there were many clever women who did have interests. As down in 1972, and a work of art now stands as its the father of several daughters, Linnaeus was in favour memorial. The garden is still there, providing pasture for of women taking up botany. He therefore translated the livestock from the nearby 4H farm. Some of the plants sexual system into Swedish. He furthermore believed there today, for example horse chestnut, Turk’s-cap lily women would advance botany because they were, ac- and Hammarby houseleek, were probably taken from cording to him, closer to nature. He corresponded with Hammarby by Sara Stina. In the large green area around many women in his network, and encouraged them in the site you can still make out the fields belonging to the their work. farm.

In her father’s footsteps Of Linnaeus’ daughters, Lisa Stina was the one most interested in following in her father’s footsteps. When she was 19, she saw something very remarkable at Hammar- by. There seemed to be a flash of light from the nastur- tium flowers in the twilight. Linnaeus helped her write a paper about this, which was published. They thought it was electricity passing through the flowers, but it was in fact an optical phenomenon caused by the colour of the flowers.

16 17 Go on a treasure hunt Become Linnaeus’ disciple for a day The trails Herbatio Ultunensis, Herbatio Hogensis, Solving the various puzzles gives you the location of the Herbatio Upsaliae-antiquae and Herbatio Husbyensis secret treasure. You can pick up the treasure hunt map are slightly different from the first four, and are aimed at Biotopia in Vasaparken, starting point of the trail, or – discover the mysteries of Herbationes Upsalienses specifically at children. You do not have to walk the whole download it from the internet. You can also borrow a GPS trail. There are starting points and junctions where you at Biotopia. Along the walks, Linnaeus is available as your can meet up. There are various tasks to solve along the way guide on your mobile. The phone number is given at the and, here and there, places where exciting things happen. various junctions. Calls are charged at the standard rate. If you would like to spend a whole day in the spirit through nature so they could see species in their natural of Linnaeus, walk one of the eight trails in Linnaeus’ habitats. But he also thought exercise in the fresh air was excursion system Herbationes Upsalienses, which offer good for us. The eight excursions were carefully planned you the joy of discovery, knowledge, exercise and recrea- to give students the chance to see a variety of habitats tion. Or bring out your hidden child: take your mobile during the season. The students assembled before the phone with you and find the secret treasures. Herbationes excursion, and Linnaeus gave them various tasks. For Upsalienses gives you the chance to use all your curiosity example, one student made notes of everything said and and your thirst for discovery. done. Today’s Herbationes Upsalienses are based on the records made during the excursions, and the stopping In warmer weather, Linnaeus often moved some of his points are Linnaeus’ own teaching locations. teaching outdoors, and took excursions with his students Nearly 350 of the plants Linnaeus demonstrated still live along the trails that wander through forests, over ridges and alongside fields and rivers. So put on comfortable clothes and rugged footwear, and pack your lunch in your backpack!

Walking in Linnaeus’ footsteps Linnaeus’ eight walking trails, called herbations, are all waymarked. There are information boards along the trails Herbatio Danensis, Herbatio Gottsundensis, Herbatio Waxalensis and Herbatio Jumkilensis. They give you advice and recommendations for feeling, smelling and seeing everything there is to experience in nature. You can choose whether to walk the trails in sections or walk all day.

18 19 The eight trails Gottsundavandringen (Herbatio Gottsundensis, 6 km) Gamla Uppsalavandringen (Herbatio Upsaliae- Kunskapsparken currently starts at Gläntan in the city forest, Stadsskogen. antiquae, 10 km) has five junctions, and leads you from Here you can gaze out over Norby marsh, now built on, Linnéträdgården out of the city and into the countryside where Linnaeus demonstrated cloudberries. After a stroll to the ancient royal burial site at Gamla Uppsala. If you – learning in the spirit of Linnaeus through the city forest, you continue alongside the river dare, you can sneak up to Sjödyn, a swamp said to be the Hågaån. The trail ends at Lurbo bridge. home of a huge blood-sucking monster!

Ultunavandringen (Herbatio Ultunensis, 7 km) has Vaksalavandringen (Herbatio Waxalensis, 9 km) starts Kunskapsparken (Knowledge Park) is a protected Linnaeus and his students walked to the small lake, today six junctions, and begins at Slottstullen. The landscape in Nyby, and continues out across the fields and meadows garden in the middle of the SLU campus in the shadow located in the middle of Kunskapsparken, where they here testifies to the ravages of the Ice Age. The brave east of the town to Vaksala church. And then beyond, of the Uppsalaåsen ridge. You are welcome to visit Kun- found both water soldier and frogbit. Originally, crucian venture out across the marshy ground on the Sunnerstas- across the meadows at Eke and Jälla to the farm Törnby, skapsparken at any time of year. carp, a popular culinary fish in the 1600s and 1700s, were pången walkway at the end of the walk. whose income paid Linnaeus’ professorial salary. farmed there. SLU, the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, advances knowledge about everything that lives and Hågavandringen (Herbatio Hogensis, 6 km) starts at Husbyvandringen (Herbatio Husbyensis, 17 km) starts Meeting place for people who thirst for knowledge Carolina Rediviva and ends in the village of Håga by. The at Finn Malmgrens plats, and has six junctions. You can grows in our nature. SLU is in Ultuna, an area that was trail has four junctions, and locations with everything cycle or walk, and play landscape detective along the river the objective of one of Linnaeus’ excursions, Herbatio Researchers, teachers, students and anyone interested in from the city’s pulse to the comforting aroma of manure. Fyrisån, whose rich flora and fauna today includes fish Ultunensis. horticulture, environmental conservation and landscape Travel in time and space from tobacco cultivation to and rare species of mussel. development come together in Kunskapsparken. The park sheep and horses. includes unusual crops such as tobacco, soy and grapes, as Jumkilsvandringen (Herbatio Jumkilensis, 7 km) is the well as various medicinal plants and herbs, tulips, sum- Danmarksvandringen (Herbatio Danensis, 16 km) only walk that starts outside the city. From Jumkil church, mer flowers, hedges and plants dating back to Linnaeus. starts in the harbour and leads out to Kungsängen, where go through Örnsätra and westwards into the forests, In the park there is the opportunity of trying out 30 or all the snake’s head fritillaries flower in May. From there where you can still see twinflower blooming during the so different kinds of park benches, also rockeries, and it follows the river Sävjaån towards Linnaeus’ Sävja, and summer. The walk ends at Studentvilan (Students’ Rest). of discovering quite a number of room-dividing trellis then on to Linnaeus’ Hammarby. solutions.

Education in the spirit of Linnaeus Linnaeus often gave his classes outdoors in order to be able to see, feel and experience with all the senses. Kunskapsparken aims to work in the spirit of Linnaeus, and to be an active and vibrant park that works to convey knowledge beyond its boundaries.

20 21 Stadsträdgården – a lively park resonant with history

Stadsträdgården (City Garden) is Uppsala had been a hop garden, pasture and clay pit. The more residents’ green living room, and a natural destina- crowded the industrialised city became, the greater the tion throughout the year. There are flowerbeds, expanses need for parks for beneficial, relaxing walks. In the 1800s, of grass, an outdoor stage, a large playground and the people liked exotic, strange plants and colours. They were myth-shrouded “Island of Bliss” in the small lake, which fascinated by the diversity of nature, and wanted to show was once a brick pit. it in all its splendour. But the parks were not for everyone. Entry usually required membership of a horticultural Are you longing for soothing greenery and floral splen- society. dour? Or would you prefer to spend your time people- watching on a beautiful autumn Sunday? Stadsträd- The city park’s master gardener lived in Gula villan, a gården is Uppsala’s green living room, and somewhere building that is now a café in the summer. Walking on we all long to visit now and again. The park begins at the grass was forbidden in those days, and the gardeners Flustret, the famous dance and entertainment venue, and kept a close watch over visitors. continues alongside the river Fyrisån. You can have a beer outdoors at Flustret, watch the boats, fish or just sit on Plenty to do the jetty and dangle your legs as the sun sets. During the summer, people gather with their picnic blankets along- Stadsträdgården is a very popular park. In summer, there side the river and have barbecues, play frisbee or just lie in are concerts on the Parksnäckan outdoor stage at least the sun. There is a pedestrian and bicycle path alongside once a week. Fitness classes, Tai Chi or Qigong sessions the river. Cross Kungsängsbron bridge and you can see and various activities are organised frequently throughout Uppland’s provincial flower, the snake’s head fritillary, the year. Behind Parksnäckan there is an open-air dance along the other side of the river in early summer. floor where dances are held during the summer. The park has a large, much visited playground, with lots of play equipment available for children of all ages. Diversity and splendour When Uppsala Horticultural Society started the city garden in the late 1800s, it was laid out on land that

22 23 L ycksalighetens ö over visitors and delight all the bumblebees. In the south part of Stadsträdgården there is a rosarium, home to not Linnaeus’ presence is felt in Stadsträdgården, too. It was only a multitude of rose varieties, all neatly identified, but Vasaparken called Tegelhagen (Brick Field) in his day. According to also a profusion of clematis and perennials. Linnaeus, it was a very fertile meadow that they passed on his Ultunavandringen excursion. The water lily pond – an experimental park for nature lovers is surrounded by perennials. At its centre is Lycksalig- Parade plantings hetens ö (Island of Bliss). The small lake was there in Uppsala Municipality’s gardeners have produced a floral Linnaeus’ time, and was where several aquatic plants that programme based on a succession of four years, each with Linnaeus had written about were found. The island was Vasaparken is home to one of Uppsala’s most excit- different colour and design themes. It starts all over again named in the early 1900s by Uppsala students. Perhaps ing playgrounds, and the nearby Biotopia museum makes in the fifth year. Having a common thread throughout they were inspired by the old folk tale of the same name, it unmissable for all nature lovers with inquiring minds. the city’s plantings enables high-quality plants to be which is about eternal youth. There is also a myth-shrou- ordered in good time. Stadsträdgården has the bulk of ded silver willow, said to be a former gardener’s walking Vasaparken is an experimental park with spaces for lear- Uppsala’s beds of summer flowers, known as annuals. stick that took root when he stuck it in the ground. ning, playing and relaxed meetings with friends. There You can enjoy this year’s floral programme here between is a new pond near the café’s outdoor seating area, plus April and September. an outdoor classroom and planting that attracts animals, Rhododendrons and roses birds and insects. Near the playground, in the shade of ancient oaks, is the rhododendron garden. In May, they lavish their colours Vasaparken was laid out in 1911 to show plants from the various parts of Sweden. The park was divided into three sections representing Götaland, Svealand and Norrland, the three “lands” of Sweden. Today, there is an exciting playground in the park, plus the biological museum Biotopia. The museum houses a variety of exhibits on animals and nature, while creativity finds an outlet in workshops on nest boxes, animal droppings, etc.

Biotopia frequently organises events in the park: in winter, a snow sculpture exhibition; in summer, bird- ringing sessions and colourful nest boxes in the trees. The playground is always busy with children. Many preschools visit every day, and the most fun is to be had playing on “Klätterlinden” (a climbing tree). In Biotopia’s old entrance there is a café serving light lunches.

24 25 Årummet – Uppsala’s green waterside

The waterside gives city residents somewhere to and Islandsfallet. There are floral decorations and flower meet, think, lunch, eat ice cream, drink coffee and stroll. boxes on bridges the full length of the waterside. Various In Uppsala, we have our beloved Årummet, our riverside artworks add yet another dimension to the experience. spaces where we enjoy an open-air city life all summer. Årummet has won awards, and is a model for urban developers from other cities. The river Fyrisån runs through the city, and continues via Flottsund on to lake Ekoln. The environment around Årummet ends at Islandsfallet, but the waterside walk Fyrisån had great significance for Linnaeus’ work and for continues southwards with recently built moorings, and several of his excursions. Riverside benches, sun decks, ramps that give people with disabilities easy access to the jetties, lawns, plantings and lighting have been installed water, too. recently. It has become Uppsala residents’ new shared city-centre living room – and we love it!

Flowery rooms and flowing drama The first warm day of spring sees Årummet packed with Uppsala residents hungry for sun, and then throughout Mix a little delight into summer we visit as often as we can. Rosénparken, Artedi park and Gotlandsparken become like small flowery extra your serious pursuits. rooms, in contrast to the dramatic weirs of Kvarnfallet

26 27 Universitetsparken Carolinaparken – meeting place for Walpurgis Night celebrations – the place for picnics and robust games

On Walpurgis Night, or as we say, “Sista april” Garden with popular entertainment Carolinaparken, better known as Engelska If you prefer not to laze on a blanket, the park has plenty (last day of April), the Orphei Drängar choir presents parken (English Park), is ideal for taking your blanket, of good-sized picnic tables. And there is ample room There was a walled garden as early as the 1700s. At that a free concert in Universitetshuset (University Hall). your picnic basket and a thick novel to read. Once you to play frisbee, boule and other games in the extensive time, there were no university buildings, but there was a Loudspeakers convey the beautiful music from a packed have settled down, you want to stay. grassed areas. The park is part of Slottsstråket, a pathway military training establishment called Exercitiegården. auditorium to all the people who have gathered in Uni- in the area round Uppsala slott (Castle). To the west lies Here students could learn riding, fencing, languages and versitetsparken (University Park) to listen. Once the song The park is located behind the university library, Carolina Uppsala University’s humanities campus, including art dancing. Public displays of gymnastics and athletics were “Vintern rasat” (Winter raged) begins, we know spring Rediviva, and is one of Sweden’s first public parks, built history, literary studies and theology. still being arranged as late as the beginning of the 1800s. has finally arrived in Uppsala! at the beginning of the 1800s. The park is a natural oasis for Uppsala residents on hot summer days. As the You’ve certainly heard of Peter-No-Tail, whose tail was Universitetshuset was built in the 1880s, with Universi- Runes and a history professor sunlight glitters down through the foliage, the majestic bitten off by a rat. Peter is Uppsala’s best known fictional tetsparken laid out in front of it. Its design reflects the ro- larches and deciduous trees offer cooling shade. cat and also its most good-natured. In the Carolina Park There are also six runestones, found in Uppland, and in mantic ideal of a park that prevailed in the late 1800s. The is the Peter-No-Tail Play Area. Among the houses in the middle of the park there is a statue from 1888 of the then rector and botanist Thore Fries wanted an educatio- What we now refer to as English parks began to be laid this play area, which are miniatures of houses in “Peter’s poet Erik Gustaf Geijer, who was also a professor of his- nal park in the spirit of Linnaeus. He had a variety of trees out in England in the 1700s, as a reaction to the more World”, children can climb, play, swing and slide. A plea- tory at the University of Uppsala. The Universitetsparken planted so the young students could go out and learn to rigid baroque style. An English park was designed to look sant and fantastical place for both children and parents. setting is a Swedish cultural heritage site. recognise them. Today there are nearly 100 trees of more natural and to create an idealised landscape. The grass than 40 species. More than half the trees were planted in the park is not cut during summer, but allowed to when the park was laid out. Several are strange mutations grow tall and create a beautiful flowery meadow. Then in of common trees with unusual leaf shapes and colours. August the grass is mown using an old-fashioned mowing machine, pulled by heavy horses that work their way through the park at a leisurely pace.

28 29 Artediparken Rosénparken – home of the tamed beast ODjur – a rippling gem for meeting friends, and for reflection

Near Årummet is a small park that was previously a lopment. They had many intense discussions about plants, Rosénparken is a little gem of a park, between Rosén – the father of paediatrics car park. Today, it is the home of a small bronze animal rocks and animals. They divided the plant and animal Upplandsmuseet (County Museum) and Saluhallen The park was restored and reopened in 2007 – in time that enjoys beautiful music. kingdoms between them, and promised eternal mutual (Market Hall), where you can take a break from the for the Linnaeus Tercentenary – by the world-famous friendship – and that should one die before the other, the bustle of the city. On hot summer days, the proximity to photographer Lennart Nilsson. The park was named after The highly talented Peter Artedi was one of Linnaeus’ survivor would publish the other’s scientific work. the river Fyrisån and the rippling animation of Asptrap- Nils Rosén von Rosenstein, who was a very good friend of closest friends while studying in Uppsala. Artedi is pan (an asp ladder) bring a welcome feeling of coolness. Linnaeus. In 1740, Linnaeus awarded Rosén the coveted thought to have been very significant in Linnaeus’ deve- Drowned among the fishes chair of theoretical medicine at Uppsala University. Though located in the centre of Uppsala, Rosénparken When Linnaeus was made professor of practical medi- For a while, both Linnaeus and Artedi lived in the is a popular place to meet friends, gather your thoughts, cine, in the following year, the two friends exchanged Netherlands, at the time one of Europe’s scientific cen- chat during your lunch hour or discover new profusions appointments, because each was actually more interested tres. One evening, Artedi fell into one of Amsterdam’s of flowers by the rippling stream, which also features a in the other’s speciality: Linnaeus in botany and Rosén in canals and drowned. The grieving Linnaeus kept his fish ladder for the asp, the provincial fish of Uppland. medical care. Rosén is considered the father of paediatrics promise, and published Artedi’s manuscript in his spe- because he wrote a pioneering book on children’s diseases. cialist field, fish. Artedi’s achievements have drifted into obscurity over the centuries. Naming the park after him has helped keep his name prominent.

With a choir as its neighbour Artediparken is located near Årummet next to the grand KFUM-borgen, the home of one of Sweden’s most famous male choirs, Orphei Drängar (OD). So here you will find Orphei Drängars plats, and the little “ODjuret”, a bronze sculpture by artist Catherine Sundkvist Zohari. ODjuret is inspired by Greek myths that recount how the legendary musician Orpheus played so beautifully that wild animals became tame.

30 31 Klosterparken Gunnar Leches park – sheltered herb garden from a bygone era – welcome to Uppsala, welcome home

Right in the centre of the city, on Klostergatan When Gustav Vasa assumed the throne of Sweden in Gunnar Leches park will make your wait more plea- between the pedestrianised area and the river Fyrisån, the early 1500s, there was a move from Catholicism to sant, whether you are travelling or meeting someone. It is there is a small unassuming park with a fascinating Protestantism, and the monastery was dissolved. It was also an enjoyable part of weekdays for tens of thousands medieval history. On a spring or summer day, the herb demolished following a fire in the city, and its materials of commuters – and welcomes you to the city of Lin- garden’s fragrances can be intoxicating. used for buildings such as Uppsala slott. Stones from the naeus. monastery with Latin inscriptions can still be seen in Klosterparken (Monastery Park) is a memorial to the places in the castle. The newly landscaped Gunnar Leches park was formerly ancient ruins of a Franciscan monastery that stood here called Järnvägsparken, after the railway. Just like Lin- from the 1200s to the 1500s. Catholic monks, Fran- The ancient ruins of the monastery remain buried. There naeus, Gunnar Leche is a constant presence in Uppsala. ciscans who came to Sweden from southern Europe, have been excavations in the area, for example in 1972. Leche was the city architect here for nearly 35 years, and brought with them the use of brick for building. They When the area was restored in the mid-1990s, it was de- designed the Tuna and Salabackar districts, Vaksalasko- also laid out herb gardens with medicinal plants they had cided to make the monastery’s history clearer by building lan (a school) and Stadsteatern (Municipal Theatre). brought from countries farther south. Among the uses of new walls to illustrate the old. A new herb and medici- these plants was curing illness. nal garden was also laid out, with plants believed to be Gunnar Leches park gives a first impression of Uppsala, similar to those the monks cultivated. There are also fruit and welcomes visitors to the city of Linnaeus through trees, vines, roses, hops and other plantings, and many its plant-inspired design idiom. The green foliage on the benches and walls where you can find a sunny spot to sit bus-shelter glazing and the flower plantings, inspired by sheltered from the breeze (early March-late September). the beds in Linnéträdgården, build a picture of Uppsala’s identity while shielding you from Kungsgatan’s traffic.

The artistic interpretation of the water features using artificial light, the work of Helena Laukkanen and Gert- Ove “Tarzan” Wågstam, not only increases the sense of security when it is dark but also gives the park an air of God created, Linnaeus excitement. organised.

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