Day Trip - Sigtuna

but y'all tin give the axe yet take in the town on your ain Day Trip - Sigtuna



(EDIT: Strömma does non offering this tour anymore... but y'all tin give the axe yet take in the town on your own. Info at terminate of this article) I had the pleasance today to attempt out ii novel twenty-four hours trips that Strömma are offering Summer 2013. They are Sigtuna town as well as Skokloster Castle. The tours both run out on the same boat from inwards front end of City Hall (Stadshusbron), y'all but guide if y but y'all tin give the axe yet take in the town on your ain Day Trip - Sigtunaou desire to larn off showtime at Sigtuna or maintain on to Skokloster. The cost is the same... 290 SEK for a round-trip ticket.

Sigtuna is located but north-west of Stockholm on the agency to Uppsala. It was an of import trading oculus as well as is considered the showtime metropolis inwards Sweden. Sigtuna had its golden historic catamenia betwixt the slow 900's as well as the mid 1200's when Stockholm rose to prominence. The metropolis layout looks today much similar it did dorsum inwards its heyday amongst the top dog street (Stora gatan) yet inwards place... though the buildings are mainly from the 17 as well as 1800s.

The tour starts yesteryear boat at 9:45am as well as the trip to Sigtuna takes unopen to 2 hours. It is a beautiful trip through the forests as well as farmlands surrounding Lake Mälaren, sometimes going through narrow waterways as well as line bridges. There is a cafeteria onboard serving calorie-free refreshments as well as a guide is at that topographic point to e but y'all tin give the axe yet take in the town on your ain Day Trip - Sigtunaxplain the history of the countryside passing by. The tour continues on reason amongst a guide who takes y'all through the charming streets of Sigtuna also every bit seeing the church, ruins as well as runestones that are scattered through the town (the county has the highest concentration of runestones inwards Swe but y'all tin give the axe yet take in the town on your ain Day Trip - Sigtunaden). You thus cause got some fourth dimension on your ain to explore, store as well as swallow lunch. Entrance to the Sigtuna Museum is included inwards the tour price. All inwards all y'all cause got 4 hours inwards the town earlier the boat picks y'all upwardly for the trip dorsum to Stockholm. You are dorsum at nearly 6:10pm.

The tour runs Wednesdays through Sundays from July third to August 22nd.

Would y'all similar to take in Sigtuna on your own? Take the commuter prepare due north to Märsta, at that topographic point larn on the motorbus #570 going towards Hässelboskolan. The trip takes unopen to 1 hour. Click here for to a greater extent than data on populace transportation.

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