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Viking History Small Group Tour 5h
Venture a bit out and away from Stockholm to experience the region's Viking heritage on a 5-hour tour. You will see things that can not be seen if you stay in Stockholm city. Viking rune stones, graves, an assembly and the pretty town of Sigtuna, Sweden's oldest town, from 980s!!
Duration 5 hours
Private tour available in French, English, Swedish, German, Spanish
Private tour pricing from 165 EUR per person
Group tour available in English
Group tour pricing from 460 EUR per person
Angus was our tour guide, and he extremely knowledgeable about Viking history. He showed our group several runestones, we learned about Viking history and burial grounds (mounds), and visited the old city of Sigtuna. A special feature was to learn about a female Viking (Estrid) Estrid was a rich and powerful 11th-century Swedish woman whose long family saga has been recorded on runestones. This Estrid was the maternal grandmother of the chieftain Jarlabanke.
Highlights
Get away from the city for a half-day.
Personal and affordable experience.
See the Swedish Countryside.
Loaded with Viking heritage explored in good pace.
Description
Start the morning with being picked up at your central Stockholm accommodation. Seat yourself with maximum of 16 guests in total. This is a personal and very small group tour. It is almost like a private tour but at an affordable price.
Head out into the Swedish countryside with its beautiful forest and less touched land. See red cottages and farms sweeping by!
First, stop a Viking grave-field where archaeologists have done more than 8 years of excavations! Hear in detail about one of the found skeletons, a Viking woman called Esrid.
Second, see the reconstructed Jarlabanki's bro. A viking causeway from the 11th century.
Third, visit the 1000-year old Viking assembly site "Arkils tingstad" in Vallentuna. Learn about the how society was ruled. Go also to the medieval Vallentuna Church.
Lunch stop after the church, at own expense.
Last, walk the cutest town of Sweden, Sigtuna. It holds 3 medieval stone church ruins and 1 brick church ruin within its border. Go down to the main street who originates from the Viking town and still has 18th-century houses as active shops.
After your Sigtuna visit, head back to Stockholm with your group.
Head out into the Swedish countryside with its beautiful forest and less touched land. See red cottages and farms sweeping by!
First, stop a Viking grave-field where archaeologists have done more than 8 years of excavations! Hear in detail about one of the found skeletons, a Viking woman called Esrid.
Second, see the reconstructed Jarlabanki's bro. A viking causeway from the 11th century.
Third, visit the 1000-year old Viking assembly site "Arkils tingstad" in Vallentuna. Learn about the how society was ruled. Go also to the medieval Vallentuna Church.
Lunch stop after the church, at own expense.
Last, walk the cutest town of Sweden, Sigtuna. It holds 3 medieval stone church ruins and 1 brick church ruin within its border. Go down to the main street who originates from the Viking town and still has 18th-century houses as active shops.
After your Sigtuna visit, head back to Stockholm with your group.
What’s included & not included
Everything except lunch.
Lunch. At own expense.
Meeting point
Hotel pick up if within 3km outside Stockholm Central Station or if outside of pick up zone Central Stockholm meeting point at the statue of Nils Ericson outside the main entrance towards Vasagatan street.
Stockholm
Hotel pick up if within 3km outside Stockholm Central Station or if outside of pick up zone Central Stockholm meeting point at the statue of Nils Ericson outside the main entrance towards Vasagatan street.+46766457075
info@swedenhistorytours.se
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