Uppsala

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Uppsala is a historic Swedish city north of Stockholm, known for its prestigious university, medieval cathedral, and role as a cultural and ecclesiastical center.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf city
municipality
connectedByRailTo Gävle
Stockholm
coordinateLatitude 59.8586
coordinateLongitude 17.6389
country Sweden
distanceToStockholm approximately 70 km
foundedInCentury 13th century
governingBody Uppsala Municipality Council
hasAirportNearby Stockholm Arlanda Airport
hasCathedral Uppsala Cathedral
hasClimate humid continental climate
hasFestival Walpurgis Night celebrations
hasInstitution Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) main campus nearby
hasLandmark Botanical Garden of Uppsala University
Carolina Rediviva library building
Gamla Uppsala burial mounds
Uppsala Castle
hasPopulation over 150000 inhabitants
over 200000 in municipality
hasSportsClub IK Sirius Bandy
IK Sirius Fotboll
hasStudentTradition student nations
hasTransport Uppsala Central Station
hasUniversity Uppsala University
historicalPredecessor Gamla Uppsala
isArchdioceseSeatOf Archdiocese of Uppsala
isRegionalCapitalOf Uppsala County
knownFor Uppsala Cathedral
Uppsala University
ecclesiastical center of Sweden
historic university town
language Swedish
locatedIn Uppland
Uppsala County
locatedNorthOf Stockholm
postalCodeRange 75000–75999
religiousSignificance former religious center of pre-Christian Sweden at Gamla Uppsala
seat of the Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
river Fyris River
timeZone CET
timeZoneDST CEST
twinTown Frederiksberg
Haarlem NERFINISHED
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