Excavate Sweden’s amazing Viking history on a private full day tour from Stockholm!

Duration

8 Hours

About

Unveil the mystery of the Swedish Viking History with an expert guide and visit great Viking sites of cultural and archaeological interest. Watch beautiful rune stones and hear the stories they wish to tell you. Experience burial sites, a causeway bridge, a Swedish lake, a Viking assembly and two historic cities with Viking roots and archaeology! Hotel pick up and drop off is included in the tour price.

• Smaller walking distances only (40m maximum from the car on the "longer ones").

Itinerary

Broby bro, one of Sweden’s most important Viking burial grounds

• Learn about and visit Viking burials, both pagan and Christian. Hear what the runes tones of this sight can tell us. Hear about Estrid, a mighty Viking woman and learn about Viking women and their shifting roles in Viking society.

Jarlabanki's bridge, an old partly reconstructed Viking causeway bridge

• About Viking lords, their power, bridges and road buildings, learn more about the mighty Jarlabanke kingroup and their influence. Get an understanding for how the Viking society was organised.

Arkil Assembly site, a Viking Parliament

• Hear about Viking laws, the society of the Vikings and how decisions where made and how disputes were settled. Go down to the local lake, enjoy the scenery and learn some about Viking seafaring and exploration.

Sigtuna, the oldest town of Sweden

• Visit the beautiful wooden town of Sigtuna, the oldest city of Sweden. Walk among the medieval church ruins. Visit the museum to some Viking objects and walk along the main street who still have the same stretching as it had in the viking age, more than a thousand years ago.

Old Uppsala and its 1500 year old grave mounds

• Visit the king mounds at Old Uppsala, one of Swedens most important historical places. Visit the former medieval Cathedral, walk among the 11m high grave mounds while the guide goes true its rich and long history. Old Uppsala is by some historians thought to have been the center of an early Swedish kingdom.

City of Uppsala

• Take a walk around the biggest church in the nordic countries: The Uppsala Cathedral and get a informative crash course in the history of the university and the city.

Pick Up & Drop Off Information

• Pick Up: We will pick you up at your central Stockholm hotel/accommodation (if within 5km of Stockholm).
• We also do port pick up if you are arriving by cruise on the day of your tour.
• Drop off: We will drop you off at your central Stockholm hotel/accommodation (if within 5km of Stockholm).
• We also do port drop off if you are leaving by cruise on the day of your tour.