Private blood, ghosts and folklore Old Town 2h Stockholm tour
Description
Explore the darker past of Stockholm in this ghost walk. Explore bloody history, ghost stories and dark Swedish Folklore on this private historical tour. Explore the Swedish ancient myths of Vaesen. Experience stories of the mediveal undead and dark customs of the past. Explore the darker past of Stockholm in this ghost walk about the pestilence 1709-12. See the ally of the executioner named Hell, meet folklore Vaesen like the myrling or Näcken, the curses the elves blow on you making you sick. And the most terrifying of all; the mediveal and Viking undead crawling spreading sicknesses and death.
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Itinerary
Here at stortorget we will talk about death and the magical use of body parts in folklore. Explore about the executions of around 90 souls around when the Danish King Kristian took Stockholm. We also explore the folklore beliefs in the blood of the dead to use for curses, the gallow parts to brew good tale and how to use other parts of the dead...
We'll walk along Prästgatan, exploring it's part formerly named "Hell" where the excursionist lived.
At the door of a house.we explore the use of protection with iron to protect against the vaesen. Against elves who comes with the mist (souls not getting rest), learn about the Swedish Tomte. Not to forget the all so important protection of the door and the newborn who before the baptism lacks protection against the trolls and the Devil. What protection measures you should use.
We explore the folklore vaesen connected to water. Hear about Näcken, the bäckahästen (the Swedish version of Kelpie), the Sjörå, (sea-rå) and the skepps-rå (skiprå) among others and how they tried to drown people and lure them into the deep.
Here we start exploring the folklore believes of other Swedish folklore Vaesen like the dangerous Skogsrået / huldran, the undead living child Myrling and other folklore creatures of the past sucking blood and spreading death..
We continue visiting the outside of this church and talk about the church door, the weak points of the church, the exorcism of the kid at the baptism and what to do if you had a worst enemy to punish.
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Important Information
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(4)
An incredibly talented and knowledgeable guide! So committed and interested in what he was talking about. Great guidance and perfect length of the tour, two hours. Everyone should do this! Thank you Jonathan!
Many thanks and much appreciated for taking your time to write this. Happy to hear that the length, the spooky stories and guiding skills of Jonathan did hit home with you. More than welcome back to Sweden History Tours private tours.
It seems that not much happened in Old Town Stockholm. Based on the name of this tour, we were expecting many interesting, gruesome, intriguing stories. Instead we were told that a body was found between the walls of the palace and they say her ghost still haunts the palace. Campfire stories are better than this. Our guide was nice, but there isn't much to say.
Hi, so sorry to hear that it was your impression and it is strange cause it is a lot that have happened that are bloody there: all from Stockholm bloodbath, to the killing of the king Gustav III, a lynch mob and the death of an noble to other bloody stories around the the executioner etc etc. Sorry to hear these stories didn't come to light as well as it should have been during your tour and sorry to hear the tour was a disappointment to you. Will talk to the guide who had you and make sure he is better prepared or something cause this isn't the feeling you should have after doing a tour with us.
Very popular Nordic country: we visited the ABBA museum, AVICII, the very typical Skansen park, the Royal Palace, the old town,… we loved it. 😍 We also rented a car to explore the surroundings of Stockholm and the small villages, really great! The people are very smiling and welcoming! We are very satisfied with our trip! 🥰
Happy to hear you had such a good experience while in Stockholm, and thanks for the review :-)
Very knowledgeable host and accommodating! Would recommend to anyone wanting to learn more about Stockholm history.
