Uppsala University

This was a first, to be shown a University on a tour! This particular university began in 1477 and has been a continually operating school of higher learner for the last 542 years. It is listed in the top 100 universities of the World.

A rather amazing artifact sits outside the University.

In the center photo in dark red is the symbol we now recognize as “bluetooth”.

Not to blow your mind, but your smartphone may right now be displaying the name of an ancient Danish king.

One of the stones was ordered raised by Harald Blåtand (whose name translates, loosely, to Harald Bluetooth), King of Denmark during the 10th century, and it included a testament to his own great reign as king, including uniting Denmark and Norway.

Fast-forward a millennium later and an engineer at Intel heard about Bluetooth’s legend from a co-worker and — voila! — your phone now has a feature named for a viking. 

You just never know what you may learn from traveling!

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