Private Half Day Tour: Viking History Trip from Stockholm Including Sigtuna

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.

Itinerary
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Stop At: Broby Bro, Frestavägen, 187 70 Täby, Sweden

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.

Duration: 55 minutes

Stop At: Jarlabanke Runestones, Taby Kyrkby, Taby Sweden

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.

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Arkils tingstad, Tingvallavägen 27, 186 50 Vallentuna, Sweden

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.

Duration: 55 minutes

Stop At: Sigtuna, Sigtuna, Sigtuna Municipality

lunch stop, own expence.

Duration: 40 minutes

Stop At: Sigtuna, Sigtuna, Sigtuna Municipality

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.

Duration: 40 minutes

Stop At: S:t Olofs Church Ruins, 9 Olofsgatan, Sigtuna, Sigtuna Municipality 193 30 Sweden

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.

Duration: 10 minutes