Stockholm Isles History Walk by Sweden History Tours

Take your chance to visit 3 of Stockholms isles on the same tour. On this extensive and broad city walk you'll get a good understanding of how Stockholm inner city grow up, and how it have evolved thrue time. Hear how Stockholm where going from a small traders town with a harsh relationship of the isles outside of Old town, outside of the city walls. The Södermalm isle inhabitants har a harsh time. They where counted as outside the city of Stockholm, having it's own laws and therefore forbidden to do a lot of things, like restricted trade and free choice of building material. From being the countryside evolving around the 1850:s train station Södermalm today is a posh place to live in. However, behind the buzzing metropol are a dark past both afflicted with plagues, fires and that Södermalm where home for the Stockholm witch hunts.

Equally interesting is the history of old town, the first Stockholm city, and it's traders. We'll visit the german quarter, the ally of Hell, some places for the 19th C brothels and explore dark stories of murders, the Stockholm blood bath and walking in the 60cm narrow street.

Than we'll move to the story of the secret military isle Skeppsholmen, situate in the middle of Stockholm. Here the navy where stationed until 1979 and the isle was therefore off limit for civilians despite being clearly visible from all part of the city. You'll hear the fascinating history of the isle and it's inhabitants who had it's own bars, shops, traders etc who where forbidden to go into the city a few hundred meters away.

Duration:

3 Hours

Meeting place: Outside the gates of Scandic Malmen at Medborgarplatsen. The hotel is right outside the Medborgarplatsen subway station and are located on a central spot on Södermalm.

This city walk also include a darker outlook if wished upon as you se here below. Just notify the guide on spot if you wish that. Get enchanted by Sweden's darker past. On this special and exclusive Stockholm city walk you'll be visiting dark alleys as well as famous sites where the city's history mixes with a darker past. Do the 3h ultimate Stockholm city walk among witch-trials, 19th C legal prostitutes, poor people and soldiers. Hear exiting stories about witchcraft, the pestilence 1710, when the castle burned down as well as the city history. Hear about the 17th C witch trials. Hear the horrors of the accused and visit the gallow-site where they where hanged. Explore and hear about the bad pestilence years 1710-12 and the burial pits filling up with bodies. You'll get to visit Södermalms old quarters with cute, wooden 17th C building and hear about the executioner Mikael as well as ordinary people and their believes. Next is Old Town and the ally hell, the smallest ally and stories of robbery, murders and traders. As a bonus we explore navy base Skeppholmen isle who where secret and off-limit for citizens for nearly 300 years,

Location: Stockholm, Sweden

Meeting point: outside Scandic Malmen, Medborgarplatsen, Stockholm

Places we visit: Södermalm, Old Town, Skeppsholmen