Medieval horror and folk beliefs - a ghost walk in Stockholm.

5.0 (1 reviews) Stockholm, Sweden
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Duration1h 15m
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LanguagesSwedish, English
Group sizeUp to 20 travelers

Overview

Join a walk about medieval horror, undead and dark folk beliefs in Stockholm with a focus on Stockholm's dark history.
Hear about folk beliefs such as mylings, the church mask and the curses of the rivers as well as the forest council, evil sudden death and when the plague came to Uppsala.
You will also discover the undead of the Middle Ages, learn more about Stockholm's plague year 1709-11 and hear about executions and evil sudden death on Galgbacken in a walk around the cathedral and the small square, from the 14th century, in Uppsala. Leads the tour makes an authorized guide.

What's included

  • All Fees and Taxes
  • gratitudes

What to expect

  1. Stortorget
    10m
    Here we meet and the tour starts. Hear about executions on the main square and the magic body parts could give, if Christian II's bloodbath and executions and what parts of the gallows can be used for magic when beheadings often took place in the square.
  2. 15m
    At Logårdstrappan by the water, it will be around the neck, the lake and other water creatures.
  3. Esglesia Alemanya
    20m · Admission ticket not included
    Meet your guide and have a darker walk in the city of Stockholm, its dark past, medieval undead and dark folk beliefs. Here at the German church we meet the myrrh, angel makers, the exorcism of the unbaptized child in front of the church gate and the gate as the weak point that needed to be protected in a church against supernatural intrusion etc.
  4. S:t Jacobs Kyrka
    10m · Admission ticket not included
    Here there will be fairies, love magic and about church gates, living undead and funeral rites to keep the dead away etc.
  5. Kungstradgarden
    20m
    At Kungsträdgården you will hear about the onset of the plague in Stockholm and Södermalm's open body pits, how tobacco leaves were burned to protect themselves against the last plague years in Sweden 1709-1712. Here you will also hear about Näcken, the myrrh and the dangerous elves.
  6. Stockholm Old Town
    10m
    we visit the alley Helvettet, today Prästgatan, where the executioner lived with Rackaren. People no one wanted to know about because of their profession.

Meeting and pickup

Meeting point

Outside the Nobel Museum's right side of the stairs into Stortorget in Stockholm, we gather and there the tour begins.

End point

Outside the Nobel Museum's right side of the stairs into Stortorget in Stockholm, we gather and there the tour begins.

Additional information

  • Service animals allowed
  • Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
  • Public transportation options are available nearby

Cancellation policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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