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The Fyris river in winter (February 2010) as seen from Islandsbron, the bridge which marks the point to where the river is navigable
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battle, mentioned in the Icelandic sagas, as it was the belief that the marshy plains called "Föret" was the site of the famous
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Boats can sail up the river from Lake Mälaren all the way to central Uppsala where two
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make further progress impossible. In the summer of 2007 the construction of a
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The "Sala" river in Uppland was changed in the 17th century in memory of the
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The Fyris River in winter as seen from a hotel window in central
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Fyrisån

Uppsala
Swedish
Sweden
Uppsala
Östhammar Municipality
60°12′22″N 17°53′35″E / 60.206°N 17.893°E / 60.206; 17.893
Mouth
Mälaren
Uppsala
59°47′12″N 17°39′20″E / 59.78667°N 17.65556°E / 59.78667; 17.65556

Uppsala

[ˈfŷːrɪsˌoːn]
Swedish province
Uppland
Uppsala
Lake Mälaren
Fyrisvellir
Battle of Fýrisvellir
weirs
fish ladder
asp
potamodromous
spawning
the last day of April
The Uppsala River Rafting Event

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