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- Swedish
- English
Visit some of the most iconic Bronze age sights close to Stockholm with an experienced guide. Get an insight how life was in prehistoric Sweden was around 1500-500 BC. Visit the famous Örsta rock carving, experience impressive Bronze age graves; the mighty stone cains. Walk in the ruins of hill forts, hear about their uses, see replicas of findings, grave fields and pit groves (skålgropar); preserved examples of their religion; the sacrificial stone holes in folklore named “Fairy mills“ (Älvkvarnar). Also see few Viking remenants and remains from the Swedish Iron age.
What's Included
Meeting and pickup
We offer hotel pick up at all central hotels, ports and other accommodations within 5km from Stockholm central station. If you're in old town where it is not possible to get in by car we may ask you to walk a few minutes to another location where we pick you up. 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.
Itinerary
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The tour is held in Vallentuna with pick up in Stockholm. You go to bronze age mounds close to Vallentuna centrum at the ste of a local school.
20 hours • Admission ticket free -
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Here we visit a Iron age and bronze age grave field and take a look at some of the religious small bowls into the stone, in the Bronze age probably used for sacrificing (Älvkvarnar or skålgropar in Swedish).
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
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.We visit a hilltop fortress and walk up on top of that one seeing the walls and different entryways. We drive along this scenic road during the tour.
50 minutes • Admission ticket free -
4
We visit in Örsta one of the biggest bronze age figure carvings found close to Stockholm, a walk true the Sweidhs wood before arriving at the site.
30 minutes • Admission ticket free
Additional info
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
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For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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Cancellation Policy
- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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