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The best things to do in Uppsala: outdoors

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The best things to do in Uppsala: outdoors

Number 1
Attraction

Älvkarleby Disc Golf Park

Play an 18-hole round in Älvkarleby, with hole maps at each tee and UDisc available for scorekeeping.

Älvkarleby

Number 3
Attraction

Lingnåre culture reserve

Go to see preserved traces of Viking-era and older medieval life alongside fields and meadows shaped by grazing and late mowing.

Number 4
Attraction

Strömsbergs bruk

Visit to see Sweden’s only Vallon ironworks settlement described as preserved in its entirety.

Number 5
Attraction

Tierp PadelCenter

The centre combines seven indoor padel courts with three outdoor courts and an 18-hole golf simulator.

Tierp

Number 6
Attraction

Trollsjön in Tierp

Go to see a lake whose planned bathing use was built into the design of a site created in connection with an E4 route.

Tierp

How this list is made

Ranked by the Herald score: recognition (guides, heritage, visitor numbers, the tourism boards), interest from abroad (English Wikipedia), what Sweden Herald readers rate and read, how recently the facts were checked, and the editors. Nothing a place pays changes its place in the list.

Updated 3 November 2026

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