Uppsala castle ruins

Uppsala castle has many uses today. But it’s great to see the actual historical castle looking old and neglected. The rough passageways are cool in the summer heat, and one can ascend to the base of the collapsed tower, with a new wooden roof. It is like an archaeological site and a construction site combined. There are tours offered, which may help to further bring it to life. The whole place was staffed by one very helpful and conversational guy who tells great stories. It’s a great place to visit to feel the true age of Uppsala.

Cool museum with a reasonable admission price, enjoyed roaming the ruins and reading up on its history.

The Vasaborgen is open seasonally and encompasses the ruins of the old castle. It's part of a bigger complex (you'll see the art museum as you enter and there's also a new museum I think slated to open in 2025). The ruins themselves are not quite what you'd expect- there are various rooms but they've been covered over to create it's own structure. Over various floors (the second is closed off due to I think fire safety) you'll learn more about the castle and its inhabitants starting with the kind of basement t level and working your way up to the royal apartments. There are a few bits of furniture however for the most part it's lots of brick with some original stucco and floor tiles so a bit of imagination is required! Some of the signs do have translations however not all do but I found Google Translate helpful! I would say if you're interested in history, its worth a visit. With the second floor closed, it is a bit expensive and I think possibly needs a bit of TLC with its displays to really bring out the history a bit more. That said- they do also do guided tours which I think is the best way to see the site and understand it's significance so I'd recommend checking out the times and planning around that!

Well if you don't have other things to do, this is ok for a 10-20 minutes stay. But not worth the ticket price.

Interesting castle ruins that only opens in the summer. I joined the guided tour (in English) performed in Saturday at 1pm. They have more guided tour schedule in Swedish (check their website for the schedule as it may change). Not much to see by yourself but the guide is very knowledgeable and entertaining, he certainly provided more information than the small printed sign in each room/exhibits (available in Swedish, English, Russian, and German, which is much appreciated). Learned a lot about the Vasa family and the history of Uppsala castle. Will highly recommend joining the guided tour!

Its cool to see and walk in place where kings and queens lived before. I enjoyed to see for example where they ate dinner and slept and had kids rooms. Seems hard to understand nowadays as its sort of dark and i imagine was cold sometimes and windy. There are some floorings and wall drawings left.

Heavily overpriced. Did not get our money's worth at all. There are better museum for free that offer so much more. This museum is a waste of your time and money (5-10 min). It has nothing to offer besides a few printed wall posters and bricks. Visited 07.2024 I recommend: AVOID!!

An amazing looking castle with a small art gallery inside. A lovely cafe which was worth the visit a lone.

Uppsala Slott/Uppsala Castle is a 16th century royal castle in Uppsala. We visited last week when we were in Uppsala for the day. The castle is home to a couple of museums - the Uppsala Art Museum and the Vasaborgen ("Vasa Fortress"), a museum in the ruins of the original foundation of the 1549 royal apartments. We didn't visit the museums, but we did climb up the hill to the castle and walked around its perimeter. I took a lot of photos of the castle and of the views from the castle. It's a great viewpoint of the whole city, so even if you don't have time to or interest in visiting the museums in the castle, it's worth a visit!