• Svartbäcken - Svartbäcksgatan - about the poor Uppsala and the plague in the 18th century.

• All fees and taxes included

• gratitudes

Embark on a journey to uncover Uppsala’s lesser-known past. Visit the dark corners of Swedish history, discovering the 17th-century slave trade secrets, experiencing the happenings within the institute of racial biology, and understanding the laws that dictated who would end up dissected in the anatomical department.

We traverse through the lanes which used to host brothels and the infamous Red Light District of Uppsala in the 1800s. Get a glimpse of the mysterious and often untold history, learning about the disadvantaged, strange, and eerie aspects usually shrouded in silence.

Assemble at the main entrance of Uppsala City Library for an introduction.
Dragabrunnsgatan - The epicentre of Uppsala’s Red Light District in the 1800s.
Svartbäcksgatan - The impoverished Uppsala.
St Erik’s square - The period of plague that hit Uppsala from 1709-1712.
The Cathedral and the Dean’s House - Religious dissent prosecutions and the Swedish Institute of Racial Biology from 1920-1958.
Gustavianum - Delve into the details about the slave trade, anatomical practices, and 19th-century phrenologists. Understand the forced sterilizations of the 1940s.

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