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Explore the mysteries of the dark and gruesome Old Town Stockholm in this ghost walk.
You'll hear about Swedish darker folklore creatures, the myrling and vaesen as Näcken and Skogsrået.
Explore Mediveal believes of undread ahd now to stop them, the pestilence outbreak 1709-12 and more.

Bloody Stockholm 2h - ghosts, horror and Dark Folklore Tour

By Sweden History Tours
9.6 out of 10
Free cancellation available
Price is AU$125 per adult
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  • Free cancellation available
  • 1h 30m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages
Overview

Explore the dark, the forgotten and the things not normally taken out into the light. Explore the Swedish ancient myths of Vaesen. Explore the belief of mediveal undead and how to stop them. Experience dark and deadly folklore creatures 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, hear about the folklore Vaesen like the myrling or Näcken, the curses the elves blow on you making you sick. And hear about the most terrifying of all; the mediveal and Viking undead crawling around spreading sicknesses and death.

Activity location

  • Stortorget
    • Gamla Stan
    • Stockholm, Sweden, Sweden

Meeting/Redemption Point

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

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Bloody Stockholm 2h - ghosts, horror and Dark Folklore Tour
  • Activity duration is 1 hour and 30 minutes1h 30m1h 30m
  • English
Price details
AU$124.61 x 2 AdultsAU$249.22
Total
Price is AU$249.22
Until Sat, 27 Apr

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  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

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 Vaesen like the dangerous Skogsrået / huldran, the undead living child Myrling and other folklore creatures of the past.
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

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESStortorget
    • Gamla Stan
    • Stockholm, Sweden, Sweden

Meeting/Redemption Point

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

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