Viking History Small Group Tour from Stockholm: Half Day Including Sigtuna
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Unveil the mystery of the Swedish Viking Age. Join our expert tour guides to Viking Age rune stones and ancient places to learn about the Swedish Vikings. Excavate Sweden’s amazing Viking history on a 5-hour guided tour from the beautiful capital of Stockholm. Unveil the mystery of the Swedish Viking history with an expert local guide and visit great Viking sites of cultural and archaeological interest. Gaze at beautiful rune stones and hear the stories they have to tell you. Also hear tales about Viking mythology, war and legends as well as what they ate, lived and explore what they left behind. Also, see Sweden's oldest town Sigtuna. Transportation from and back to Stockholm is included.
Additional Info
Public transportation options are available nearby
Specialized infant seats are available
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Children must be accompanied by an adult, advise with us before the tour if a child needs a booster seat or child seat.
The duration of transfers are approximate, the exact duration will depend on the time of day and traffic conditions
Hotel pick up time will be advised 1-2 days before the tour.
Cruise pick up times will be advised within 24 hours from booking.
Minimum numbers apply. There is a possibility of cancellation after confirmation if there are not enough passengers to meet requirements. In the event of this occurring, you will be offered an alternative or full refund. The minimum number is 3 persons. We hold the right to cancel a tour if the number is below 3 persons for all tour reservations combined.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
What To Expect
Stockholm
Stockholm to stop one. Depart from the your centrally located Stockholm hotel in a comfortable car or minivan depending on the size of the group. Travel north into the picturesque Swedish countryside. Feel how you start to move back in time as you sweep through the lovely landscape. Ca 30min to stop one.
Visit Broby Bro, a well excavated Viking grave field. Learn about how the Vikings buried their dead and what happened to them in the afterlife. Hear the story about Estrid, a aristocratic Viking woman in the Stockholm region.
What‘s Included
Driver/vehicle
All taxes and surcharges
Live Guide
Small group tour
Personal service
Cruise harbour pick up (not nynäshamn harbour but in Frihamnen, Värtahamnen and Stadsgården)
Hotel pick up and drop off (if your hotel is within 4km of Stockholm central station)
Lunch
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Viking History Small Group Tour from Stockholm: Half Day Including Sigtuna
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Reviews
115 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
This tour is a good intro...
carly0070,Apr 14, 2026
- Review from Viator
5.00This tour is a good intro into Viking history, and I was able to learn more about the Vikings that I didn’t know before. I wish there was more info about Viking culture and a deeper dive into the history, but for a half day tour it was good. Our guide Olaf was very nice, good driver and explained every site well, along with sharing more info about Stockholm on the drive (which I appreciated). It was a good day!
Viking Runes - Social Media Viking Style
burtonu2026,Apr 14, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Had a wonderful time on this half day tour of Viking History with our guide, Olaf. My wife and I, and three others did the tour together. We had several stops to view Viking runes (carved stones that tell a short story about an individual Viking) on the way to Sigtuna, one of the oldest towns, and first capital of Sweden. You might think of runes as an early form of social media, Viking style, as they share a public message about the author that he/she wants others to know about him or her, probably true, or perhaps embellished a little bit. In any event it is interesting that we can interpret these stones hundreds of years later and compare their messages to what we might say about ourselves today. To me, the study of history always shows that humans have much more in common with each other than our believed differences. Olaf definitely knew his Viking History and shared stores of both the personal lives of some of the prominent early Vikings as well as their overall influence on modern day Sweden and beyond. In Sigtuna, we also viewed the ruins of some early churches founded by the Vikings and Olaf explained why the churches were built and how Christianity became a part of the Viking story. At the end of the tour, we had a nice lunch at one of the several restaurants in Sigtuna. The price of the lunch is not included in the tour fee. If you're interested in Viking History, or even history in general, I would recommend this tour.
Great history tour outside the city
Allison T,Feb 15, 2026
- Review from Viator
5.00Guide Olaf was excellent. Good overview of both Viking and Swedish history, appreciated him pointing out landmarks in Stockholm as well. Sigtuna is beautiful.
Interesting Day and Thanks to our Guide!
Meander782636,Dec 29, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00There is a good amount of riding from place to place, so the driverguide makes all the difference. Our guide was Colle, a very knowlegeable, pleasant and interesting guy. The viking sites were interesting but we really enjoyed Sigtuna even more. I highly recommend this tour.
Small group, easy walking...
Carolina V,Oct 14, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Small group, easy walking and comfortable ride. Carl, our guide was great! Very friendly, fun and knowledgeable.
Thoroughly recommend this 5 hour tour.
Evaper21,Sep 11, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00We had a very enjoyable half day Viking history tour which incorporated visiting a former Viking farm, a causeway, a meeting place and Sigtura. Along the way we were introduced to runes that had helped to identify these places and learnt about the people that lived there. There were only four of us on the tour, so whilst it was a public tour, it felt very personal and our guide Olof, was very accommodating. For example, we chose not to stop for lunch so that we maximised our time in Sigtura. I would thoroughly recommend this tour. I had contemplated the 8 hour tour and part of me wished that I had chosen the longer tour, but I think this was actually a better choice as I ended wanting more. Whilst we were driving around, Olof also chatted a lot about Sweden in general and it was lovely to have those conversations with him. He also recommended we take the boat trip from Stockholm to Drottningholm Palace which we did the next day and enjoyed enormously.
Back in Time
Rita M,Sep 3, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00There is a certain amount of walking but you are warned about footwear. The group was small, only four, which made it intimate and also expedited movement from one activity to the next. Our guide was most entertaining, witty and informative.
The tour was very...
buthaina a,Aug 12, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00The tour was very enjoyable it was very informative and intriguing to see how the Vikings used to live and how they used to operate for example how they would write on Runestones. Thanks to our tour guide Calle , he gave us valuable information. (10/10) Would highly recommend.
Viking History
Marla R,Aug 6, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Very informative . Learning about the Vikings was a great history lesson . I would have liked an extra hour in Sigtuna to explore the town and area a bit more.
Viking History Tour
Teresa W,Jul 27, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00We had an enjoyable time learning about the Viking history with our guide Erik. Erik was super knowledgeable about Viking history and he really seemed to enjoy being a guide.
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