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of various kinds, a number of swords, daggers, and bows, the sword of
Ziska, ihe famous Hussite leader, the sword used by the executioner at
the ‘Blood-bath of Linköping’ (p. 308j, and the shield of Emp. Charles
V., said to have been executed by Benvenuto Cellini, and captured at
Prague in 164S.
Near the chateau is the handsome Gothic *Skokyrka, which
originally belonged to the monastery, it contains the
burial-chapel of Marshal Herman Wrangel and an equestrian statue of
his son, a handsome pulpit, and an interesting altar-piece. The
font and a figure of the penitent Magdalene were brought from
the monastery of Oliva near Dantsic. Here, too, is buried Hedvig
Charlotta Xordenjlycht, ’the Swedish Sappho’, who on account of
a disappointment in love threw herself into a river (1763). — The
overseer of the estate provides visitors with board and lodging it
required. The traveller may now row in about an hour to Alsike,
and drive thence to the (7 Kil.) Knifsta railway-station (p. 355].
Beyond Skokloster the steamer enters the Fjärd Ekoln. On
the right are the church of Alsike and the estate of Krusenberg
(station); on the left the churches of Åker, Dalby, and Näs. To
the right, farther on, is Kungshamn, where the kings of Upsala
are said once to have kept their fleet. At stat. Flötsund the
steamer enters the muddy Fyriså. To the right stretches the fertile
plain of Upsala. with the churches of Danmark, Yaksala, and
Gamla Upsala. On the left is the agricultural school
(Landbruks-Institutet) of Vltuna. The river expands considerably at two places,
beyond which Upsala comes into view and is soon reached.
47. Upsala.
Railway Station on tbe E. side of tbe town (Pl. D, E, 3, 1).
Steamboats stop opposite tbe Slrömparlerre (Pl, D, i, 5), on tbe S. side.
Hotels. Hotel Svea, Jeknvags-Hotel (PI. 10; D, 4), and Geflej all
in Kungs-Catan, near tbe railway-station. Hotel St. Erik, Bangårds-Gatan
(Pl. D, 4). — ’Stads - Hotellet, Drottning - Gatan (Pl. C, 4), with good
restaurant and cafe".
Restaurants. -Upsala Gille, Vestra Agatan G; Hotel Phanix, also in
Vestra Ågatan; ’ Vauxhall (Pl. D, 3; known as Rullan), at tbe station, in
summer only. Among the cafes may be mentioned that of tbe
-Slrömpar-terre (Pl. D, 4, 5), called by the students ’Flustre’ or ‘Stora Förderfvet’,
at the steamboat-pier, with a pleasant garden where a band plays in the
evening.
Baths. Hydropathic Establishment, by the Slollskitllan, below the
Slott. River and Swimming Baths by the Dombro and beyond the
Svart-häckstull (on the road to Gamla UpsalaJ.
Reading Room, with foreign newspapers, at the Upsala Gille,
Yed-Torget; admission 50 ii., or for a month 1 kr.
Bookseller. Akademiska Bokhandeln, Dombro; Lundeqvistska
Bokhandeln, Drottning-Gatan and Östra Ågatan. Fine series of views of
Upsala and Sigtuna by Billmark, 24 kr.: Upsala i Taflor, twelve views
by Nay, 6 l<r.
Cabs (Akare) at the railway - station and the steamboat-pier. Drive
in the town for 1 pers. 50, for 2 pers. 75 ii.; to Gamla Upsala 2 kr., with
two horses, 3-4 pers.. 4 kr.: to Eklvndshof, 1-2 persons. 50 ii.: to Uliana
1> -j-2 kr.
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