1h expert guided Viking tour in Runriket close to Stockholm
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Overview
11th Century in Runriket, Vallentuna, 20km North of Stockholm. Lord Ulf has recently died and his sons decides to build an assembly site to commemorate him.
What to expect?
11th Century in Runriket, Vallentuna, 20km North of Stockholm. Lord Ulf has recently died and his sons decides to build an assembly site to commemorate him.
The large Skålhamra kin will use an assembly site, not only to honor Ulf but also to consolidate their power in the region.
Welcome to a guided tour at Arkils Assembly place, and hear about the vikings during year 1000 witch was thr transision period between Christianity and paganism. You'll be guided by a local, expert authorized viking guide for this tour and can ask all the questions you want in this broad tour giving you a good overview of the Vikings and their time and how they lived at home as well as abroad in warfare and trade.
Duration
1h
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This tour takes you true the whole viking age but with a smaller focus on law and viking society!*
We will visit one of the best preserved assembly places close to Stockholm, Arkils Assembly place. Here you can explore the viking life in Scandinavia with an expert guide. We will tell you about the viking age in general, the meeting place and its special functions and some viking laws that we know of. Also touch upon the Viking religion, runes, runestones, their ships when being down at the Vallentuna lakeside, their laws and more depending on what you want to know.
Focused on the Viking age & assembly sites. Explore the role the viking law sites and parliaments had in the Viking society!
The site is situated 40min by bus from central Stockholm, To get to the site please go by public transportation. Take Stockholm central stations (T-centralen) red subway line towards Mörby centrum and leave at Dandryds Sjukhus. There you take bus 610 towards either Vallentuna station or Norrgården. You get of at the bus stop of Lovisedal after ca 25min. There you and the guide together walk towards the assembly place. The tour ends at the same bus stop as we meet.
NOTE that this tour might need to start earlier during october - february due to less light outside.
Arkils asembly dates to
Assembly sites was the Vikings political and judicial centers.
The society was divided into “häraden” (juridical districts) which to some extent had the same function as today's Swedish municipalities.
What's Included
Local and knowledgeable guide
Private tour
Visit to Arkils assembly site, one of the most well-preserved Vikings parliaments in Sweden.
A historic time travel experience
A great time away from the city visiting the suburbs of Sweden.