Excavate Sweden’s amazing Viking history on a small group 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 a burial site, an assembly, a causeway, the millennium old town Sigtuna and the medieval university city of Uppsala.

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, on of Sweden’s most famous viking burial grounds

• Learn about and visit Viking burials, both pagan and Christian. Hear what the runestones of this sight can tell us. Hear about Estrid, a mighty Viking woman.

Jarlabanki's bridge, an old partly reconstructed Viking bridge

• About Viking lords, their power, bridges and roads . Learn more about the mighty Jarlabanke kin group and their influence.

Arkil Assembly site, a Viking Parliament

• Hear about viking laws, the society of the vikings and how decisions where made in the society and how disputes were settled. Go down to lake and learn some about the Viking ships and journeys to faraway lands.

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 Viking findings from the excavations) and walk along the big street who still have the same stretching as it had in the viking age.

Old Uppsala and its grave mounds

• Visit the king burial 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 through its rich and long history that stretches back roughly 1500 years.

City of Uppsala

• Take a walk around and inside the biggest church in the nordic countries: The Uppsala Cathedral

Pick Up & Drop Off Information

• Pick Up: We will pick you up at your central Stockholm hotel/accommodation (if within 3 km 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 4 km of Stockholm).
• We also do port drop off if you are leaving by cruise on the day of your tour.

Location: Stockholm, Sweden

Pick-up point: Your accommodation, no further than 5km from Stockholm Central Station

Places we visit: Broby bro, Jarlabanki’s bridge, Arkil Assembly site, Sigtuna, Old Uppsala, Uppsala Cathedral