Vaksala
Vaksala is a locality in Uppsala Municipality, Uppsala County. Vaksala is situated nearby to the neighborhood Brillinge, as well as near the suburb Årsta.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Uppsala Central Station and Linnaeus Garden.
Uppsala Central Station
Railway station
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Uppsala Central Station is a railway station in Uppsala, Sweden. It lies on the East Coast Line, which runs south to Stockholm and north to Gävle and Sundsvall.
Linnaeus Garden
Garden
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The Linnaean Garden or Linnaeus Garden is the oldest of the botanical gardens belonging to Uppsala University, Sweden, and nowadays one of two satellite gardens of the larger University of Uppsala Botanic Garden, the other being the Linnaeus family's former summer home Linnaeus's Hammarby.
Uppsala Cathedral
Church
Uppsala Cathedral is a cathedral located between the University Hall of Uppsala University and the Fyris river in the centre of Uppsala, Sweden. A church of the Church of Sweden, the national church, in the Lutheran tradition, Uppsala Cathedral is the seat of the Archbishop of Uppsala, the primate of Sweden. Uppsala Cathedral is situated 3½ km southwest of Vaksala.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Uppsala and Uppsala countryside.
Uppsala
Uppsala is a university city in Sweden. While Uppsala sometimes stands in the shade of Stockholm it maintains a sophisticated identity of its own. Compared to the Swedish capital, Uppsala is less frantic, with more of a small-town atmosphere, influenced by the student culture and academic traditions of Uppsala University.
Uppsala countryside
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The Uppsala countryside is the part of Uppsala municipality, Uppsala kommun, outside metropolitan Uppsala itself. Some 60,000 people live in Uppsala's suburbs and surrounding villages.
Gamla Uppsala
Suburb
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Gamla Uppsala is a parish and a village outside Uppsala in Sweden. It had 17,973 inhabitants in 2016. As early as the 3rd century AD and the 4th century AD and onwards, it was an important religious, economic and political centre. Gamla Uppsala is situated 3½ km northwest of Vaksala.
Vaksala
- Type: Locality with 24,200 residents
- Location: Uppsala Municipality, Uppsala County, Svealand, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
59.876° or 59° 52′ 34″ northLongitude
17.6864° or 17° 41′ 11″ eastPopulation
24,200Elevation
36 metres (118 feet)Open location code
9FFVVMGP+CHGeoNames ID
8132916
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