Enter the past

How to use Visir

1. Download the Visir Uplandia app.2. Open the app when visiting

a historical landmark you wish to know more about.

3. Aim the camera of your phone/ tablet towards what you can see.

4. Want to test the app at another location? Select ‘offsite mode’.

5. Experience history in Augmented Reality.

The Visir app takes you on a journey into the past,hundreds of years back in time. Explore your current

location in another century and take on important tasksfrom people who lived then. Everything you see and

experience is based on interpretations of historical facts.Visir has been developed in cooperation between

Region Uppsala, municipalities of the county anddestination companies as well as private companies in

programming and 3D visualisation. Scholars and experts from Uppsala University and Uppland Museum

have also contributed along with the destinations featured in the app. The app is free to download.

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POINT OF INTEREST 1. The Archbishop’s Castle2. The Archbishop’s Small Residence3. The Consistory House4. St Barbara’s Chapel and Brick House5. The Cathedral School6. Church of the Holy Trinity7. St Erik’s Chapel8. Academia Carolina9. Skytteanum

10. The Helgeand House11. The Shops12. The Academy Mill and Kvarnholmen13. St Erik’s Well14. The Campanile15. Cathedral Stairs 16. The Cathedral

ADVENTUREUppsala in Need: A. Jakob Ulvsson, Archbishop

B. Sister Ragnhild of the Bridgettine Order C. Gustav Vasa D. Albrecht, The Garnison of the ArchbishopE. Agnes the CobblerF. The Surprise

Key to the Poorhouse:Ⅰ. BeggarⅡ. SheriffⅢ. Poorhouse

Uppsala Cathedral 1509

What would you do if Gustav Vasa asked a favour of you?

Uppsala Cathedral is the largest in the Nordic countries. It dates to the 13th century and was

designed in the French Gothic style. Following the Protestant Reformation, it was used for coronations of Swedish monarchs for a lengthy period of time. The cathedral now houses the tombs of several influential historical figures, including Gustav Vasa, John III, Carl Linnaeus, Olaus Rudbeck, and Emanuel Swedenborg. Here is also the Finsta chancel, where the family of St Bridget is buried.

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POINT OF INTEREST 1. Öregrund Bell Tower2. Öregrund’s Church3. The Toll House4. Shipping5. Wrought Iron6. The Town Cabin7. Fishing8. The Shipyard9. The Windmills (one of them)10. Skaten

ADVENTURE A. JohannaB. Louis de GeerC. The DriverD. Town HallE. Drunken HarbourmasterF. Fishing Fleet

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Climb on board Louis de Geer’s ship.

Öregrund 1626

Öregrund was founded in 1491 and quickly became a competitor with Stockholm for shipping to

distant ports. Here lived people who persisted despite war and repeated threats. Visit the city in 1626, when ten years of the first great shipping epoch remained. Later, in the 18th century, Öregrund became the port from which the famous Öreground Iron was shipped out into the world.

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Vik is one of Sweden’s most well-preserved medieval castles. The property has been inherited from the 1300s to the 1800s

Adventure without ever being sold, which is rather unusual. The owners have often been women and one of the most prominent among them is Ramborg Israelsdotter who lived here in the 1300s. Ms Ramborg was a member of the Ands, a highly influential family in Medieval Uppland, and also second cousin to St Bridget. The environment you will encounter in Vik is from the 1570s.

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A. Welcome to VikB. RamborgC. The Legend of the Troll GoldD. From Defensive Stronghold to Noble CastleE. The Tragic Story of Anna von der GrünauF. Vik Castle and Gustav Vasa’s SiegeG. Ancient Graves

1. The Lower Hammer and the Malthouse2. The Lower Mill3. The Coal Storage4. The Carpentry5. The Root Crop Cellar6. The Ice Cellar7. The Manor

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Leufstabruk was once Sweden’s largest ironworks, built by Louis de Geer in the 1620s. It is still an almost intact

18th-century environment with the Leufsta mansion, park and orangery, as well as the houses of the many ironworkers. With this app you can experience the area around the smithy and some other historic buildings in the ironwork’s environment, along with insights in Leufsta’s valuable history.

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1. The Stonehouse2. The Castle3. The Harbour4. The Fish Shed and the Slaughterhouse5. The Bailiff’s House6. The Lord’s Stable7. The Church8. The Lockup9. The Farm

Skokloster Castle, formerly a private palace, was erected by the Wrangel family in the mid- Point of interest 17th

century. It is located on the Sko peninsula at Lake Mälaren in Håbo municipality, between Stockholm and Uppsala. Skokloster Castle is considered one of Europe’s foremost baroque castles. The app shows you what the surrounding area and now disappeared buildings looked like when the castle was new.

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1. The Salmon Island2. The King’s Rill and the Dalecarlian Pit3. The Dalecarlian River4. Salmon fishing and the Monk’s Rock5. Carl von Linnaeus and the Sawmill6. River Men and Carl the XIII’s Bridge7. Famous Travellers8. The Meeting between North and South9. The Svea Military Engineering Troops

Beautiful Laxön lays in the middle of the waterfalls of Älvkarleby. The island got its name from the salmon that

migrated up along the Dalecarlian River to its playgrounds. Right here, species from the north and south of Sweden meet. Along this border line, people have flocked through the ages to claim their share of nature’s resources. Stroll around the once so impressive waterfalls and experience the area in the 1800s and get some insights into the site’s rich history.

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Laxön 1700(The salmon island)

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