Stockholm Viking tour
The Viking Age lasted from the 8th to the 11th century, and was well over in 1252, when Sweden's capital Stockholm was allegedly founded.
Still, the islands that make up Stockholm were populated during the Viking Age, though more often victims to sea raiders than raiding themselves.
As the Viking Age and Norse mythology have been romanticised in modern times, too many streets, restaurants, ships and venues have borrowed their names from the Vikings or Norse mythology, but nothing more. This tour only includes waypoints with visible connection to the Viking Age.
UnderstandDue to post-glacial rebound, lake Mälaren used to be a bay of the Baltic Sea in the Middle Ages during the Viking Age.
PrepareThe Uppland history tour is a showcase of the cradle of the Swedish nation.
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