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Join a walk about medieval horror, undead and dark folk beliefs in Stockholm with a focus on Stockholm's dark history.
Hear about folk beliefs such as mylings, the church mask and the curses of the rivers as well as the forest council, evil sudden death and when the plague came to Uppsala.
You will also discover the undead of the Middle Ages, learn more about Stockholm's plague year 1709-11 and hear about executions and evil sudden death on Galgbacken in a walk around the cathedral and the small square, from the 14th century, in Uppsala. Leads the tour makes an authorized guide.
What's Included
Meeting and pickup
Outside the Nobel Museum's right side of the stairs into Stortorget in Stockholm, we gather and there the tour begins.
Itinerary
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1
Here we meet and the tour starts. Hear about executions on the main square and the magic body parts could give, if Christian II's bloodbath and executions and what parts of the gallows can be used for magic when beheadings often took place in the square.
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
2
At Logårdstrappan by the water, it will be around the neck, the lake and other water creatures.
15 minutes • Admission ticket free -
3
Meet your guide and have a darker walk in the city of Stockholm, its dark past, medieval undead and dark folk beliefs. Here at the German church we meet the myrrh, angel makers, the exorcism of the unbaptized child in front of the church gate and the gate as the weak point that needed to be protected in a church against supernatural intrusion etc.
20 minutes • Admission ticket not included -
4
Here there will be fairies, love magic and about church gates, living undead and funeral rites to keep the dead away etc.
10 minutes • Admission ticket not included -
5
At Kungsträdgården you will hear about the onset of the plague in Stockholm and Södermalm's open body pits, how tobacco leaves were burned to protect themselves against the last plague years in Sweden 1709-1712. Here you will also hear about Näcken, the myrrh and the dangerous elves.
20 minutes • Admission ticket free -
6Stockholm Old Town
we visit the alley Helvettet, today Prästgatan, where the executioner lived with Rackaren. People no one wanted to know about because of their profession.
10 minutes • Admission ticket free
Additional info
- Service animals allowed
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- Public transportation options are available nearby
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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.
- This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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