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Viking trails

History and myth entwined

More than anything else the Vikings have enticed travelers to choose Sweden and the Scandinavian hemisphere as one of their travel destinations since the early 1900’s. Over centuries the Vikings have been depicted as violent and ruthless, raiding other countries in order to gain wealth and power. They engaged in human sacrifices in order to oblige the Gods and enslaved people along their journeys. But are all of these preconceptions true? Actually the truth is to be find somewhere inbetween. Our Viking Tour “Viking Trails- History and Myth Entwined” is a full day tour and the perfect choise for those who like to get to know the truth behind the myths about this mysterious, historical group of people refered to as the Vikings.

The Vikings where amongst many other things travelers, traders and craftsmen with the urge to explore other parts of the world. New archelogical findings have even proved that the Vikings traveled as far as to North America and what now today Turkey. They had their own pagan belief system and even their own written language, the Futhark also known as the Rune inscriptions.

During the “Viking Trails- history and myth entwined” tour we will walk in the Viking’s foot steps, decode Rune inscriptions, get to know the Viking Gods, but first and most search for the truth behind the myths.

The guided tour: “Viking Trails- history and myth entwined” is a day tour lasting for 8 hours. During the tour we will visit The Swedish History Museum,  Gamla Uppsala and Sigtuna. 

The Swedish History Museum houses an exhibition spanning a thousand square metres and containing 2,500 original objects telling the story of the period of time nowadays refered to as the Viking ages.

Gamla Uppsala, is the first known Viking village in Sweden famous for being the area where you find the largest burial mounts in Scandinavia. During our stay you will learn more about the Viking’s everyday life, burial rituals, sacrificial rituals and las but not least, the truth about human sacrifice.

Sigtuna on the other hand is a piqtouresque village, located along the shoreline of Lake Mälaren, one of the trading routes traveled by the Vikings. While in Sigtuna we will amongst many other things study Runestones and learn how to decode Rune inscriptions.

 

*There are two options regarding means of transportation to choose between; use of public transportation or rental car/bus. If choosing the rental service, extra costs will be added to the listed price.

TOUR IN ENGLISH

DURATION

Full day (max 8 hours).

TYPE

This is an on foot tour.

The tour: "Viking Trails- History and Myth entwined" is private: the guide will be at your exclusive disposal. However, if you would like to share the tour with other participants, select the box in the form of this page: and we will try to find you travel companions. If so, we will apply a discounted rate.

ACCESSIBILITY

Medium. Contact us for further info.

PRIORITY BONUSES AND ENTRANCES

There are no entrance fees included in this tour.

MEETING POINT

Agreed upon final tour confirmation.

Prices & Booking

  • Shared tour option. Let us know if you are open to sharing the tour with other participants by selecting the appropriate box in the booking form. If we are able to share the tour, we will refund you 40% of the cost of our service.
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  • If the tour is already in “shared” mode, it will be indicated in the booking form, and its price will already be discounted.
  • Proceed with the secure payment via debit/credit card.

    If you prefer to make the payment via bank transfer, please contact us at info@stockholmania.tours.

  • You will immediately receive an automatic confirmation of the successful tour booking and a welcome message from us within 3 days of the booking, containing additional useful information.
  • We invite you to review our “Booking, Payment, and Refund Conditions” before booking the tour.
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    Shared tour with other participants?

    This tour is private: the guide will be at your exclusive disposal. However, if you would like to share this visit with other participants, select the box below: we will try to find other interested travel companions. If so, we will apply you a discounted rate; vice versa we guarantee you the private tour at the agreed price.

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    Nel caso in cui sia il cliente a disdire – per qualsiasi ragione – il servizio, StockholMania Tours rimborserà:

    • l’intera somma pagata, se la disdetta viene inviata almeno 10 giorni prima della data del tour o servizio;
    • la metà della somma pagata, se la disdetta viene inviata almeno 72 ore prima del tour o del servizio;

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    We will respond as soon as possible to confirm our availability or provide alternative solutions if necessary.

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    Subsequently, an invoice will be sent for a 50% deposit of the agreed amount, to be paid via bank transfer.

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    If the customer cancels the service for any reason, StockholMania Tours will refund:

    – the full amount paid, if the cancellation is made at least 10 days before the tour or service date;
    – half of the amount paid, if the cancellation is made at least 72 hours before the tour or service.

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    StockholMania Tours, in line with the increasingly common practice in Sweden, does not accept cash payments.

    *This information is required for billing purposes, as per Swedish regulations, and will be deleted from all our databases upon completion of the service.