Historical City Walk in Sigtuna - Sweden's Oldest City

City walk in Sigtuna - Discover Sweden's oldest city!

Duration

1 hour

Location: Sigtuna town

Book a cool historical city walk through the centuries back to the starting point for Sweden's oldest city, founded around 970 AD. As the title Sweden's oldest city, it has a lot to offer; church ruins, a medieval massacre and much more.

With your expert knowledgeable tour guide you'll explore the exciting Viking age and medieval history as first royal seat in power struggles about loyalty and then trading town from around the year 1000. It was one of the first metropolises up here and the royal power held great interest in other later built cities, which led to that power was transferred. The end point was the abolition of the monastery under Gustav Vasa who built Svartsjö Castle from the bricks.

Sigtuna today is one of Sweden's most cozy 18th and 19th century environments and a guided walk gives you a lot more than a regular visit with wikipedia and google maps.

Among Viking-era cities, Sigtuna is unique thanks to the high degree of conservation underground and the city holds a special position in Swedish history. This was the site of Sweden's oldest coin, as well as Sweden's first episcopal see.

• Walk along the Viking City's preserved street network.
• Experience the city's oldest Viking Age history and hear about the king's plots that he is believed to have given great men for loyalty.
• Hear about King Olof Skötkonung coin making in Sigtuna.
• See the church ruins of some of the earliest stone churches in Mälardalen.
• Visit one of Mälardalen's oldest brick churches from the Middle Ages!