This Swedish city has created a brain-boosting ‘IQ tourism’ path

EuroNews · 🇫🇷 public France · Apr 01, 2026 · 454 words · By Dianne Apen-Sadler

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What to know about This Swedish city has created a brain-boosting ‘IQ tourism’ path

Visitors to Uppsala are invited to discover more about the area’s history from the Vikings to more modern day inventions like the Celsius scale.

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What happened

Visitors to Uppsala are invited to discover more about the area’s history from the Vikings to more modern day inventions like the Celsius scale.

Why it matters

Selfie tourism has taken over some of the world’s top destinations, with travellers queuing for hours to secure “the shot” without actually engaging with whatever it is they are pointing their camera at.

Common ground

One Swedish destination has come up with a novel way to combat the trend: An “IQ Tourism” programme.

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What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that This will include the unwashed pane of glass in Uppsala Cathedral that gives a glimpse of what the building looked like before its 19th-century renovation, the paving stone outside Östgöta Nation that declares 'nothing happened here' in 1965, and the mouse houses created by artists Jekaterina Pertoft and Zilmara Suarez that are dotted around the city?
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Claim 1: “This will include the unwashed pane of glass in Uppsala Cathedral that gives a glimpse of what the building looked like before its 19th-century renovation, the paving stone outside Östgöta Nation that declares 'nothing happened here' in 1965, and the mouse houses created by artists Jekaterina Pertoft and Zilmara Suarez that are dotted around the city.”

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Claim 2: “Anders Celsius created the 100-degree thermometer in the 18th century, and you can see his original, which uses 0° for boiling and 100° for freezing, in the Gustavianum.”

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Claim 3: “Uppsala University is the oldest in Sweden, and its most famous alumni is Anders Celsius.”

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Anders Celsius (Swedish: [ˈânːdɛʂ ˈsɛ̌lːsɪɵs]; 27 November 1701 – 25 April 1744) was a Swedish astronomer, physicist and mathematician. He was professor of astronomy at Uppsala University from 1730 to…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The degree Celsius is the unit of temperature on the Celsius temperature scale (originally known as the centigrade scale in English), one of two temperature scales used in the International System of …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Uppsala University (UU) (Swedish: Uppsala universitet) is a public research university in Uppsala, Sweden. Founded in 1477, it is the oldest university in Sweden and the Nordic countries. The universi…
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Claim 4: “Uppsala, a university city that’s just a 40-minute train ride north of Stockholm, is using an IQ symbol to direct them to experiences that offer 'depth, clever stories, and unexpected layers of history'.”

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — High Potential is an American crime comedy drama television series created by Drew Goddard for ABC. It is based on the 2021 Franco-Belgian television series HPI : Haut potentiel intellectuel. The seri…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Lappeenranta (Finnish: [ˈlɑpːeːnˌrɑntɑ]; Swedish: Villmanstrand) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of South Karelia. It is located in the southeastern interior of the country and in the Fi…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of indoor arenas in Europe by capacity. A broad definition of "Europe" is used here, including the entirety of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Israel, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Turkey. The …
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Claim 5: “Ofvandahls Hovkonditori, a student cafe first opened in 1878, or Arrenius, a coffee roastery where you are likely to get into lively discussions with your tablemates in the spirit of 17th-century English coffeehouses.”

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Claim 6: “Just outside of the city you’ll find Gamla Uppsala museum, built near the royal burial mounds that date back to the Vendel period (550-800 AD).”

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Claim 7: “Visitors to Uppsala are invited to discover more about the area’s history from the Vikings to more modern day inventions like the Celsius scale.”

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Gamla Uppsala (Swedish: [ˈɡâmːla ˈɵ̂pːˌsɑːla], Old Uppsala) is a parish and a village outside Uppsala in Sweden. It had 17,973 inhabitants in 2016. As early as the 3rd century AD and the 4th century A…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Gustavianum is the oldest standing building at Uppsala University. It was built between 1622 and 1625, and was used as the main building of the university between 1778 and 1887. Since 1997, it has bee…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Uppland is a historical province or landskap on the eastern coast of Sweden, just north of Stockholm, the capital. It borders Södermanland, Västmanland and Gästrikland. It is also bounded by lake Mäla…
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Claim 8: “The university museum also features a 17th-century anatomical theatre complete with numerous scientific instruments, anatomical specimens and historical artifacts.”

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Claim 9: “As part of the programme, Uppsala has also created a roaming red tower viewer that will be aimed at small details most people walk straight past.”

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Claim 10: “Here, you can learn about that history as well as the importance of the site during the Viking Age (800-1050 AD) when it was used for sacrifices to gods such as Thor, Odin, and Freyr.”

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