STOCKHOLM · SWEDEN
Stockholm’s best days out.
The 15 most popular viking history day trips in Stockholm, with what each one costs, how long it runs and who you book it through.
Book ahead for The Viking Museum in Stockholm. A 1–2 hour ticket with English audio, artifacts, films, and Ragnfrid’s saga ride.
Most Popular“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…”
Full-day Viking runes, gravefields, and Swedish countryside, plus Sigtuna and Old Uppsala. Small group with expert guides from Stockholm.
“Calle was a very informative and experienced, tour guide, he tailored the day to give us the best opportunity to see as much as possible with limited daylight. Calle was very knowledgeable about the history of the area. I would definitely recommend this trip for an insight into Viking history.”
A full-day Viking and medieval history tour from Stockholm to Sigtuna and Uppsala, with runes, parliament sites, and cathedral spires.
“Loved Olof. He was knowledgeable, thoughtful, funny - everything one could hope for. Viator tours like this are such a great way to see a ton in a short period of time for a reasonable price.”
9-hour Viking heritage day trip from Stockholm to Sigtuna and Uppsala: runriket sites, fika, cathedral visits, hotel pickup.
A half-day Viking history small-group tour from Stockholm with rune stones, a Viking parliament site, and a walk in Sigtuna.
“The 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 runestones and Sigtuna from Stockholm in 6 hours, with hotel transfer and a live English guide. See Broby and Jarlabanki.
“Calle was amazing! Open to all questions about Swedish culture and history.”
A full-day Viking circuit from Stockholm with runestones, Old Uppsala, and Uppsala Cathedral, plus a included Swedish fika break.
“Regardless of the expense, this excursion delivered low value. The guide's description delivery was exceedingly verbose about much that was uninspiring to the point that some of the travellers completely ignored him. He droned on about picayune subjects and gave little of entertaining value. What I would deem of greater interest was sloughed off with…”
A private full-day Viking history tour from Stockholm with runestones, Sigtuna ruins, and Uppsala cathedrals plus fika.
“This is a completely immersive experience for anyone who wants to separate fact from movie fiction about the history, culture and lore of the Viking age. Our guide was an expert historian with deep knowledge of the Vikings and dozens of fascinating anecdotes and stories that helped us put this period of history into perspective.…”
A guided day trip from Stockholm to Sigtuna and Uppsala, linking 11th-century runes, Viking assemblies, and royal burial mounds.
Small-group Viking history tour from Stockholm: runestones, a Viking graveyard, parliament site, and a 1190 church with pickup included.
“Great opportunity to learn about the Viking culture. We learned how the legacy with the Rone stones.”
From Stockholm, visit Viking bridges, runestones and a parliament site with a small English-speaking guide on a 3-hour countryside tour.
Private half-day Viking history trip from Stockholm with hotel pickup and Sigtuna, featuring runestones, grave fields, and church ruins.
“Olof knew a great deal about the Viking period in Sweden and drove us to several sites that had original rune stones teaching us about runes and the stone monuments”
A 3-hour private Viking-history drive from Stockholm to rune-stone sites tied to Estrid, Jarlabanke, and the Viking thing.
“We signed up for this small group tour, which turned out to be a private tour for us. Karl was our guide and he was absolutely excellent. He was very knowledgeable and we learned a lot about the Viking history of Sweden, a topic we knew very little about.. Karl even added a couple of…”
Private 7-hour Uppsala day trip from Stockholm with Viking sites, Uppsala Cathedral, Linnaeus gardens, and Uppsala Castle visits.
“Our guide for this excursion, Eddine, was very knowledgeable about everything in Uppsala! Not only were we able to view the usual sites such as the Castle, Cathedral and University Library, we were able to access the Botanical Gardens and the Home Museum of Carl Linnaeus and his personal gardens. It was a very busy…”
Private Uppsala day trip from Stockholm with cathedral, Viking burial sites, countryside views, and easy pickup and transport.
“We really enjoyed an interesting and informative tour with our guide Calle.”
Every island, every old-town lane, and every way out onto the water.
