Private Tour: 3h Viking History from Stockholm to Runic Kingdom

4.7(23)3 hoursSwedish, EnglishBook 2 days aheadStockholm, Sweden

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$236

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.

Included

Driver/vehicle
All taxes and surcharges
Hotel/cruise port pick up and drop-off. (Not nynäshamn harbour)
Local and knowledgeable guide

Not included

Gratuities

What you'll do

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.
40 min
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.
20 min
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.
30 min
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.
30 min

Meeting and pickup

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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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Scandic Gamla Stan
25 Lilla Nygatan, Stockholm, Sweden
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Hotel Diplomat
Strandvagen 7C, Stockholm, Sweden
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Foeretagshuset Inedal
15 Inedalsgatan, Stockholm, Sweden
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Elite Hotel Carolina Tower
Eugeniavagen 6, Stockholm, Sweden
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Scandic Sjofartshotellet
26 Katarinavaegen, Stockholm, Sweden
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Scandic No. 53
Kungsgatan 53, Stockholm, Sweden
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Backstage Hotel Stockholm
Djurgardsvagen 68, Stockholm, Sweden
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Hotel Tre Sma Rum
Hogbergsgatan 81, Stockholm, Sweden
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Hotel With Urban Deli
44 Sveavaegen, Stockholm, Sweden
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Hotell Ostermalm
57 Karlavaegen, Stockholm, Sweden
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Ibis Styles Stockholm Odenplan
Vastmannagatan 61, Stockholm, Sweden
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Hotel Rival
Mariatorget 3, Stockholm, Sweden
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Hotel Hasselbacken
Hazeliusbacken 20, Stockholm, Sweden
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Sven Vintappare Hotel
Sven Vintappares Graend 3, Old Town, Stockholm, Sweden
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Vanadis Hotell & Bad
142 Sveavaegen, Stockholm, Sweden
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Clarion Hotel Sign
Ostra Jarnvagsgatan 35, Stockholm, Sweden
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Hotel Frantz
Peter Myndes Backe 5, Stockholm, Sweden
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Best Western and Hotel
Apelbergsgatan 40, Stockholm, Sweden
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Corner Hotel
Radmansgatan 69, Stockholm, Sweden
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Elite Eden Park Hotel
Sturegatan 22, Stockholm, Sweden
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Hotel Kungstradgarden - The King's Garden
Vastra Tradgardsgatan 11B, Stockholm, Sweden
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Hotel Sandstrom
Sct Eriksgatan 75, Stockholm, Sweden
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Scandic Malmen
Gotgatan 49 - 51, Stockholm, Sweden
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Floating Hotel
67 Strandvaegen, Frihamnen Harbour, Stockholm, Sweden
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Nordic Light Hotel
Vasaplan 7, Stockholm, Sweden
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Lord Nelson Hotel
22 Vaesterlaanggatan, Old Town, Stockholm, Sweden
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City Lodge Stockholm
Klara Norra Kyrkogata 15, Stockholm, Sweden
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Nobis Hotel
Norrmalmstorg 2-4, Stockholm, Sweden
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Hotell Och Hostel Zinkensdamm
Zinkens Vag 20, Stockholm, Sweden
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Best Western Hotel Fridhemsplan
20 Sankt Eriksgatan, Stockholm, Sweden
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Scandic Park
43 Karlavaegen, Stockholm, Sweden
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Haymarket by Scandic
Hotorget 13-15, Stockholm, Sweden
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Blique By Nobis
Gavlegatan 18, Stockholm, Sweden
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Scandic Anglais
Humlegardsgatan 23, Stockholm, Sweden
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Queen's Hotel By First Hotels
Drottninggatan 71A, Stockholm, Sweden
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Best Western Kom Hotel Stockholm
Dobelnsgatan 17, Stockholm, Sweden
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The Sparrow Hotel
Birger Jarlsgatan 24, Stockholm, Sweden
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Scandic Klara
Slojdgatan 7, Stockholm, Sweden
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August Strindberg Hotell
38 Tegnergatan, Stockholm, Sweden
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Hellstens Glashus
Wollmar Yxkullsgatan 13, Stockholm, Sweden
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ProfilHotels Riddargatan
14 Riddargatan, Stockholm, Sweden
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Art Hotel
12 Johannesgatan, Stockholm, Sweden
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Ett Hem (hotel)
2 Skoeldungagatan, Stockholm, Sweden
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Hotel Fridhem
Sankt Eriksgatan 38, Stockholm, Sweden
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Den Roda Baten Malaren
Sodermalarstrand Kajplats, 10, Stockholm, Sweden
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Malardrottningen Yacht Hotel & Restaurant
Riddarholmskajen 4, Stockholm, Sweden
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Story Hotel Stockholm Stureplan
Riddargatan 6, Stockholm, Sweden
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Rex Hotel
73 Luntmakargatan, Stockholm, Sweden
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Wasa Park Hotel
1 Sankt Eriksplan, Stockholm, Sweden
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Hotel Bema
Upplandsgatan 13 B, Stockholm, Sweden
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This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Good to know

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.