My name is Alex and I am a traveler and storyteller. As a tour guide I have performed in Latvia, Colombia, Peru and Sweden with over 7 years of experience. My passions are storytelling, acting and history (specially Viking age). I have been casted on several series aired on Netflix and traditional TV and performed with both large and small productions in Spain, Colombia and Peru. I am considered as very outgoing and charismatic human being valuing connection and quality of interaction.
During our 2 hour walking tour you will learn about what is the Viking age and why did it begin, how was the image of Vikings created and who were the real Vikings.
We will visit multiple locations in the old town and have brief insight on medieval Stockholm, yet those will be our stepping stones to find out more about the people we call Northmen.
It is a history lesson and a performance told to you by an actor, storyteller and history enthusiast. Meet Alex - world traveler with passion for knowledge.
🔸Viking Age History
🔸Written Sources
🔸Writing skills
🔸Sacrifices
🔸Trading
🔸Ships
🔸Skalds
🔸Food and Drinks
🔸Hygiene
🔸Mythology
🔸Viking Renaissance
🔸Pop Culture
🏰And curiosities about Medieval Stockholm!🏰
We are meeting right in the middle of main square called Stortorget. Look for a Viking with the shield! Listen for the horn!
The main Square of Stockholm and our meeting point right in front of Nobel Prize Museum by the well! It's where most of the trading have been going on throughout the history of the city and Vikings happened to be extraordinary traders...
Smallest sculpture you will find in the streets of Stockholm! There are legends about what will happen if you rub its head and leave an offering... vikings are surrounded by legends and vikings make offerings... find out what and why did we offer to the gods!
Knights and Dragons, war and adventures! What are the most impressive dragons and warriors of the Viking age? Are you ready to face the beasts of the seas?
Kings, Queens, Jarls and kingdoms: axe and blood, aspirations and ambitions! Vikings were cowboys of the north, but what were we looking for while going overseas?
A telephone. Communication. Messages. We carved our runes in wood and bones and stones. A thousand years later we will look at the smss' vikings sent each other!
Garbage is an issue, always been, but the garbage from a thousand years ago is the treasure. What does archeology find when we find a viking waste?
The only runestone and actual viking related site you can find in old town. But the story just begins: there are over 3000 runestones to be known of. Many are unique. Let's hear what did vikings carved for us to still read about it today!
The German church - for us it represents how we have been learning about vikings back in 16th century. Church has controlled the information and what does it eventually mean for historical precision!
German well - the water source for inhabitants of Stockholm. But what did Vikings drink and were they clean or dirty. Hear about viking hygiene and beverages!
Iron square, oldest central bank in the world, taverns and food, music and trade. One of the busiest squares throughout existence of Stockholm - let's follow the rhythm of the city and sounds of the most popular viking music instrument!
The most narrow street of Stockholm where no secret is safe. Here we will make a decision. Here we will learn about the language.
The only park of the Old Town. But what it meant to be a woman during viking age?
The tree of poesy... and how did national romantisicm affected the image of the vikings! Lets wrap it up: now we know much more about who vikings were and its time to break those myths told to us by those who twist the history!
Free tours do not have a set price, instead, each person gives the guru at the end of the tour the amount that he or she considers appropriate (these usually range from €10 to $50 depending on satisfaction with the tour).