Visit some of the most iconic Bronze age sights close to Stockholm with an experienced guide. Get an insight how life was in prehistoric Sweden was around 1500-500 BC. Visit the famous Örsta rock carving, experience impressive Bronze age graves; the mighty stone cains. Walk in the ruins of hill forts, hear about their uses, see replicas of findings, grave fields and pit groves (skålgropar); preserved examples of their religion; the sacrificial stone holes in folklore named “Fairy mills“ (Älvkvarnar). Also see few Viking remenants and remains from the Swedish Iron age.
Pickup included
The tour is held in Vallentuna with pick up in Stockholm. You go to bronze age mounds close to Vallentuna centrum at the ste of a local school.
Here we visit a Iron age and bronze age grave field and take a look at some of the religious small bowls into the stone, in the Bronze age probably used for sacrificing (Älvkvarnar or skålgropar in Swedish).
.We visit a hilltop fortress and walk up on top of that one seeing the walls and different entryways. We drive along this scenic road during the tour.
We visit in Örsta one of the biggest bronze age figure carvings found close to Stockholm, a walk true the Sweidhs wood before arriving at the site.
• Comfortable walking shoes are recommended
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