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Uraniborg

Uraniborg was the observatory of Tycho Brahe; built on Ven, an island in the Öresund; between Zealand and Scania. Uraniborg became a kind of early "research institute[?]", which attracted students from many regions. Nearby was Tycho's Stjerneborg observatory.

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