Private Half Day Tour: Viking History Trip from Stockholm Including Sigtuna
Description
Dive into the exciting Swedish Viking era on a private 5 hour guided tour from Stockholm. Visit important Viking sites of big historical value, an assembly, a bridge and a gravefield. Look at pretty rune stones and hear the messages that they want you to know. See Sweden's oldest still existing town, Sigtuna. You will walk the main street who traces itself back to 980 AD. You will see medieval church ruins and pretty traditional wooden houses from the 1700's. Hotel pick up and drop off are included.
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Itinerary
Visit 3 mightly viking runestones, one mentioning Jesuralem and risen by the women Estrid and visit a viking grave field. Hear about the daily life of the vikings here in Scandinavia. Get a intro to the Viking age, why their name and reputation are as it is today and much more.
Walk over, and admire the runstenes, at a recostructed viking causeway. Hear about the viking lord Jarlabanke and the viking lords, their life and how they ruled the population. About viking roads and trading networks.
Visit one of the best preserved assembly places / Thing-sites in Europe and its runestones. Here about the Skålhamra family and the power who came with creating a assembly place. Dive into some of the Viking age laws and culture customs with kingrop society and more.
lunch stop, own expence.
Do a visit to the cute wodden town of Sigtuna, walk along the main street with it's viking street curving still left today. Visit some of it's church ruins and visit Mariakyrkan.(if open), the only remembrance of a powerful monastery situated right outside the city itself.
Visit to the curch ruin of St Olof, the biggest and most well-preserved church ruin of the 3 around Sigtuna city. It is also the oledst being build around a holy well around 1080-1120.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
All central hotels, ports and other accommodations within 3km from Stockholm central station (no pick up at Nynäshamn harbour but instead travel directions to meeting place in Stockholm). If your tour departs from the cruise pier: If your ship arrives at S165 and S167 STADSGÅRDEN: Please walk a few hundred meters away from your ship while following the BLUE/GREEN lines. Go past the fences and guards, and your guide will wait there, with a sign saying "Viking Tours" on an A4-paper. NOTE: If you enter any other harbour number in STADSGÅRDEN than S165 or S167 please go outside the fences and guards and the guide will meet you there on the time of the tour. If your ship arrives at F638 FRIHAMNEN: Upon debarking the ship, please go through the terminal building. Once you go past the sliding doors (everyone else that departs the ship will walk out this way), the guide will meet you just outside the sliding doors. The guide will be holding an A4-paper saying "Viking Tours". NOTE: If you enter any other harbour number in FRIHAMNEN than F638 please go outside the fences and guards and the guide will meet you there on the time of the tour. If your ship arrives at V523 VÄRTAHAMNEN: Walk from your ship towards the tourist buses, which is less than 10 meters from the ship hull. The guide will wait for you at the tourist bus area, near the buses, with an A4-paper, which says "Viking Tours." The guide will then direct you to the tour vehicle. NOTE: If you enter any other harbour number in VÄRTAHAMNEN than V523 please go outside the fences and guards and the guide will meet you there on the time of the tour. If your Ship Arrives at NYNÄSHAMN: NO PICK UP INCLUDED HERE. That due to it being 50km away from Stockholm central station. We recomend you to contact and with us decide a meeting place in Central Stockholm. We will give directions how to go there either by train or that take one of the cruise busses going from the harbour into Stockholm. If you are unsure of which pier your ship is arriving at, please check with the cruise line.
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Important Information
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- A minimum of 2 people per booking is required
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- The duration of transfers are approximate, the exact duration will depend on the time of day and traffic conditions
- Private tour will have a maximum of 16 persons
Reviews(26)
Olof knew a great deal about the Viking period in Sweden and drove us to several sites that had original rune stones teaching us about runes and the stone monuments He took us to the first capital of Sweden Sigtuna where there has been a lot of excavations revealing Viking life.
Happy to hear about your tour and that both Olof as well as the places with runic ztones and grave fields did give satisfaction. Welcome back again to Sweden History Tours.
Verywonderful. An immersive exploration of the Viking world and the runes they left behind to to speak of their often-neglected human side.
Thanks for taking your time to write this, it is very appriciated. Happy to read thst you like all our stories and fact about the Viking as well as their society and visiting the remains left from that time period.
If you're looking for a tour company in Sweden, this is the company to go with. Had private tours across two days and covered so much ground. Both Calle and Olaf were amazing guides that were very knowledgeable about their country and clearly loved walking us through the history. Definitely check out Sigtuna, Old Town and an archipelago tour - we did a trip to Vaxholm which was amazing. We weren't sure which tours to book at first, so we reached out and they helped develop the perfect schedule to fit our needs and wants. We were in Stockholm for three nights and felt we covered so much ground, left feeling very happy and wanting to return. Thank you!!!
So happy we managed to do a custom itinerary with a customized tour trip with Sweden History Tours that brough such joy to your Sweden trip. Thanks a lot for leaving this review here and to let us know this way that we did a good job, both the behind the tours admin staff and the two diffirent guides you got on your stay. You are more than welcome bck again :-) /Owe
Jakob was very knowledgeable and passionate about the Viking Era (8th-11th centuries). He was able to bring to life the Viking ruins that are left—rune stones and a church. And he didn’t mind being peppered with questions. This not Rome or Athens grade ruins but if you’re truly curious about the time, you’ll enjoy the tour. Pick up (cruise port) and drop off (airport) were convenient.
Happy to hear you did enjoy your tour and that the custom drop off and pick up worked well. Also good thst you got a knowledgeble tour guide and liked the stops the tour made. Welcome on a Sweden History Tours tour again in the future.
We were so lucky to have Gustav as a tour guide! His extensive knowledge of Swedish history brought our tour to life. I highly recommend this tour! If you have time, consider the 9 hour tour. There is so much to see and learn!
Happy to read that you enjoyed bith the locations we have carefully selected, our tour guide Gustav the tour in general. Welcome back in the future. Best regards Owe
If you love history, this is a tour for you. We learned so much about ancient runes and Viking era history. We don’t usually do private tours, but it was wonderful getting all of our questions answered. Enjoyed our time in Sigtuna and visiting the old church there. Interesting hearing about the blending of religions. Erik was an excellent guide.
Thanks a lot for taking your time to write this. Happy to hear Erik did a good job, will send this to him, and happy to read that you really enjoyed the places you visited on the tour and the info Erik gave. Best Regards Jonathan, Sweden History Tours
I believe this was a great tour with a not so great mix of circumstances. Our guide was nice, shared a lot of information and gave us a great day exploring some of Sweden’s Viking past. Unfortunately both of us have some slight hearing difficulties and that, coupled with his strong accent made it very challenging to understand much of what he shared. I did ask him to repeat a few times and he did immediately but I really didn’t want to do that all day long. We still had a fascinating day and learned a lot, but we did not get the full story as many details were simply lost.
Hi, so so sorry to hear about your hearing difficulties who together with the Swedish accent make an issue to understand what the guide is saying. Totally understand that it did became a disapointment as you didnt get the full picture, if I had known i might have been able to stear what guide you got as I have one who lived in USA and don't have an accent. Good that you did enjoy the tour places but so sorry to hear about the accent issue. Also thanks for taking the time to leave this review. /Owe, Sweden History Tours
The history of the rune stones and the viking people. Gabriel was fantastic very informative about the history of the area and the people.
We had an excellent tour with Emma. She gave us much insight into Viking life and ruins. We also enjoyed her story telling ability. Definitely recommend.
Great stories and historical information about the Vikings and their lifestyle. We saw many ruins and got a good sense of their meaning.
