SWEDEN
Sweden's classics.
The 10 best viking history day trips in Sweden, from the big-name classics to the quieter picks worth knowing about. What each one involves, who runs it, and what it costs.
Step into Viking Age Scandinavia at Stockholm’s Viking Museum with guided tours, a free audio guide, and the 11-minute Ragnfrid’s Saga ride.
“The museum is huge. The staff is serviceminded and knows all there is to know about vikings. Specially Isak was amazing. Don’t miss this museum. We spend 3 hours here and will go here sgain one day”
Step into Viking Stockholm with a ticketed museum visit featuring films, artifacts, and Ragnfrid’s saga ride, all in English.
“There was no reason to prebook this ticket. If you want to go, just show up and pay admission. There are tours every so often in different languages so the only thing to plan ahead on what time you’d like to go. There was a lot of reading, which is no fun for kids, and…”
9-hour Viking history tour from Stockholm: rune stones, thing sites, Sigtuna and Old Uppsala, with transfers and English guide.
“Olof was an excellent guide. He was friendly and knowledgeable. I liked that the tour was smaller (only five of us). This was a very informative tour, and we learned a lot along with seeing many beautiful sights.”
Viking sites in Sigtuna and Uppsala from Stockholm, with rune stones, burial grounds, and cathedral stops on a guided day trip.
“Excellent tour, our guides Gabriel and Olaf were very knowledgeable and pleasant”
Viking and medieval history day trip from Stockholm with runestones, Sigtuna, Uppsala Cathedral, and Gamla Uppsala. Pickup included.
“Great tour. Very knowledgeable and personable guide. Highly recommend to anyone interested in this history.”
Small-group Viking tour from Stockholm to Uppsala and Sigtuna with hotel pickup, fika, and expert English storytelling.
“interesting and varied tour. the guide was informative and amusing. comfortable small modern bus for transport.”
Half-day Viking history from Stockholm with rune stones, ancient graves, Viking parliament, and Sigtuna, plus pickup and small-group pace.
“Very 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.”
Half-day Viking guided tour from Stockholm: grave field rune sites, Jarlabanki’s causeway, and Sigtuna town walk with hotel transfers.
“Incredible journey and learning experience. Gabriel was an exceptional and knowledgeable guide, not only of Viking history, but Sweden as a whole. Will recommend to anyone”
A 10-hour Stockholm Viking tour with runestones, Old Uppsala, Sigtuna, and included Swedish fika. Small-group van and English guide.
“Urban was a congenial and knowledgeable guide. The rune stones were amazing, but he showed us so much more.”
Step into a 7-meter black cube in Uppsala where lidar and laser tech make digital art react to your movements for about an hour.
“It was a cool and fun experience for the kids, i wish the space could have been bigger and more stuff to do, none the less it was a great experience one that my kids would remember”
