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Private blood, ghosts and folklore Old Town 2h Stockholm tour

By Sweden History Tours
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Price is €159 per adult* *Get lower prices by selecting more than 2 adults
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  • Free cancellation available
  • 1h 30m
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  • Multiple languages
Overview

Explore the darker past of Stockholm in this ghost walk. Explore bloody history, ghost stories and dark Swedish Folklore on this private historical tour.
Explore the Swedish ancient myths of Vaesen. Experience stories of the mediveal undead and dark customs of the past.
Explore the darker past of Stockholm in this ghost walk about the pestilence 1709-12. See the ally of the executioner named Hell, meet folklore Vaesen like the myrling or Näcken, the curses the elves blow on you making you sick. And the most terrifying of all; the mediveal and Viking undead crawling spreading sicknesses and death.

Activity location

  • Stortorget
    • Gamla Stan
    • Stockholm, Sweden

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Nobel Prize Museum
    • 2 Stortorget
    • 103 16, Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden

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Group price option
  • Activity duration is 1 hour and 30 minutes1h 30m
    1h 30m
  • English

Private option

Price details
€158.95 x 2 Adults€317.90
Total
Price is €317.90

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Guide
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Service charge

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  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.

Activity itinerary

Stortorget
  • 10m
Here at stortorget we will talk about death and the magical use of body parts in folklore. Explore about the executions of around 90 souls around when the Danish King Kristian took Stockholm. We also explore the folklore beliefs in the blood of the dead to use for curses, the gallow parts to brew good tale and how to use other parts of the dead...
Prästgatan
  • 10m
We'll walk along Prästgatan, exploring it's part formerly named "Hell" where the excursionist lived.
Stockholm Old Town
  • 10m
At the door of a house.we explore the use of protection with iron to protect against the vaesen. Against elves who comes with the mist (souls not getting rest), learn about the Swedish Tomte. Not to forget the all so important protection of the door and the newborn who before the baptism lacks protection against the trolls and the Devil. What protection measures you should use.
Logårdstrappan
  • 10m
We explore the folklore vaesen connected to water. Hear about Näcken, the bäckahästen (the Swedish version of Kelpie), the Sjörå, (sea-rå) and the skepps-rå (skiprå) among others and how they tried to drown people and lure them into the deep.
Kungstradgarden Park
  • 20m
Here we start exploring the folklore believes of other Swedish folklore Vaesen like the dangerous Skogsrået / huldran, the undead living child Myrling and other folklore creatures of the past sucking blood and spreading death..
S:t Jacobs Kyrka
  • 15m
We continue visiting the outside of this church and talk about the church door, the weak points of the church, the exorcism of the kid at the baptism and what to do if you had a worst enemy to punish.

Location

Activity location

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    Stortorget
    • Gamla Stan
    • Stockholm, Sweden

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    Nobel Prize Museum
    • 2 Stortorget
    • 103 16, Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden

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