Private Tour: 3h Viking History from Stockholm to Runic Kingdom
Description
Join a Viking expert local guide on this 3-hour history tour from Stockholm and get to know the Vikings and their mark on Swedish history. See a preserved Viking parliament and visit one of Sweden's most famous gravefields at Broby bro, view the incredible Jarlabanke's rune stone bridge. Take photos of some 1000-years old rune carvings and decipher their messages. Hear the story about the rich Viking woman Estrid and her grandson, the mighty lord Jarlabanki. Also listen to legends and sagas about Viking mythology. Transportation from and back to your hotel/cruise port is included for centrally located hotels/cruise ports.
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Itinerary
A location within Täby with several viking age rune stones. Here you will se q gravefield and a severql viking monuments ad rune stones. Explore and hear about the mighty viking women Estrid, see the runestones she raised in remembrance of her dead family. Experience her possible living farm from distance, the stones she raised at the Viking bridge. At this site her skeleton was found and a big local early Viking Age christian grave field with over 20 skeletons. Hear about the daily life in the viking age and how they where dressed and what they are.
Walk over and on to the great Jarlabanki's Viking bridge anno 1030, a 150-meter long causeway; constructed by the great lord Jarlabanki. Listen to the message on the rune stones, the monuments of dead Vikings. See the most locally known of the Jarlabanki rune stones, hear the history about the self confident powerful Viking lord Jarlabanki.
Visit a unice preserved viking assembly place, a place for what law and order the Vikings had and enforced. Hear about the laws of divorce and the laws of killing others due to insults. About how their tribal system and life was. Hear the tales of the runestones and visit the beautiful lake side.
Go to Vallentuna 13th C church and see the most locally known of the Jarlabanki rune stones. Visit the church room, reformatic and bare in contrast to the former Catholic vivid painted church rooms. Explore the stone-master signatures fromwhen the church was built. Hear the first known written down Swedish ending rhyme is in the church.
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What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
All central hotels, ports and other accommodations within 5km 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
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- The duration of transfers are approximate, the exact duration will depend on the time of day and traffic condition.
- We will tell you the time of your hotel pick up on reconfirmation. If your hotel is to far off the city center, then we will give you another meeting point that is simple to get to.
- Minimum numbers apply. 2 people at least to book this tour.
Reviews(23)
Our guide Olof was extremely knowledgeable and was able to answer all of our questions. It was a great day out learning about Viking culture and practices.
Our guide Charlotte was punctual and gave us a good briefing of the natural history of the area we were about to explore and how people got around once they arrived. This helped us better understand the function of the runic stones. It was a well paced tour and we enjoyed the different aspects of the Swedish countryside. CHarlotte made suggestions for our afternoon activities and even dropped us off at the Stockholm History Museum, which further enhanced what we had seen on the tour.
We signed up for this small group tour, which turned out to be a private tour for us. Karl was our guide and he was absolutely excellent. He was very knowledgeable and we learned a lot about the Viking history of Sweden, a topic we knew very little about.. Karl even added a couple of extra things for us to see on our tour and we especially enjoyed Sigatuna (not sure if I spelled it correctly), which was a very cute town. We would recommend this tour.
After several days of walking tours, I was very glad to have a private tour with Charlotte. The company was very communicative prior to the tour regarding the meeting place given that Stockholm has several piers. Charlotte arrived promptly and we were off to explore the rune stones in the countryside. My husband had a particular interest in the topic as he has studied the native southwest US petroglyphs as a museum docent. Our guide was clearly highly educated and articulate in explaining the difference between the prevailing opinion of Vikings and who the people actually were. On our return to the city, Charlotte was kind enough to offer us a drop off in the museum area so we could finish our day seeing the Vasa as we had hoped might be possible. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend Sweden History Tours as an organized and reputable company and Charlotte as an excellent guide.
Our Guide, Jonathan, was excellent! He was extremely knowledgeable about the Vikings and their culture. The exchange of information and the depth of his knowledge shined as we asked question after question for the duration of the tour. This is a highly recommended guide and tour when in the Stockholm area.
Hi, Jonathan here. Thanks for this beautiful review and I'm happy to se that you're as pleased with this tour as I was. I had a lot of fun showing you around the Runic Kingdom. You had a lot of good questions and are excact the type of people I hope to get on this tour.
Charletas extremely nice and knowledgeable- at the end she drove us to the City Hall, a venue she recommended- and for which we are very appreciative!
Our guide, Gabriel, was excellent! He had a lot of unique information about both the Viking history and the local area to offer!
Our guide Erik was knowledgeable and made the experience very enjoyable as we explored the countryside just outside of Stockholm to learn about the Viking period and why Rune stones were placed
The guide was very friendly and addressed all of our questions. He was also interested in our general backgrounds.
Our guide was both knowledgeable and personable. He made the history come alive! I’m looking forward to continuing study of the Rune Stones and the people who placed them.
