On top of a hill, the pink colour makes it easy to stop in the city. The building itself is not very beautiful but the history is interesting. The best side of the castle is the view of the city!
This university library is a living library, with lots of students during the generous opening hours. But it also host a small museum with the famous Silver bible, it holds some old maps and other old books and - best of all in my opinion - they have plenty of reading rooms. Some quiet ones, which is excellent when you need to focus. And a secret - take the elevator to the top, and at the window there you have an excellent view of Uppsala!
I strongly recommend a visit at Carolina for all visitors in my home town. In my opinion this is one of Sweden's most beautiful buildings. If you take the lift up to the 4'th stock (I believe it is no 4, it is part of the library that is open to public visitors) you have one of the best views of Uppsala. Also make sure to devote time for the exhibition of antique books and maps, which also includes some war treasures. If you bring children make sure to have an extra hour for playing in the fantastic play area in the park behind the library.
This is the oldest building in this Uppsala University - which is the oldest university of Sweden, so it worth visiting.There's only the ground floor small exhibition of old maps and silver bible is open when I visited. I also went inside the library reading rooms just to see how many books are there... And I saw quite a number of students studying there, reminded me of those good days spent in university...The library building itself is not very fantastic if compare to the State library in Melbourne, Australia, which really impressed me!But in general it is a good place to visit and refresh yourself.
This library had an exhibit of historical treasures including the amazing Carta Marina, an sea monster inhabited map of Scandinavia produced in the 1500s, and the Silver Bible, written in silver ink in Ravenna Italy in the 500s. The exhibit has one part that varies, we saw one on crystallography. In an amazingly small space, this library encapsulates the historical and scientific importance of Uppsala University and its treasures. Bring cash to have lunch at the small cafeteria across the entrance hall from the exhibit space and walk into the library main room to see the lovely architecture and breathe in the scholarly history unparalleled almost anywhere else in Europe.
There are many intersting things here, but it's a bit of a hodgepodge with little explaination. There is a book in English at the entrance that can be borrowed that gives more information. The hioghlights are the Silver Bible and some Mozart scores.
This library has some of the oldest books in the world; quite an impressive collection: Mozart, king's drawings or golden bible. Definitely, worth visiting
As a bunch of library staff, we had to visit this place :) Only went into the exhibition to see the silver bible and other treasures; very impressive, especially the large maps. Didn't take too long but it's a short and pleasant walk from the station so no reason not to see it.
The main exhibits, such as the Silver Book, are worth seeing, but take time to appreciate other exhibits.
Check out the Silver bible in a dead language or sit and study or read some. The café is ok but the scenery in the old reading hall is fabulous. You can not take in bags but you can leave it in a guarded wardrobe.