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Myths, Murders, and Monarchy: Stockholm Self-Guided Tour

Q: Where does this tour start?

This tour starts at: This is a self-guided audio tour on the "Tourific self-guided tours" app. To activate the tour, check your email for instructions from Tourific or your booking platform sent right after booking. Can’t find it? Search for our company in your email inbox and spam folder. OR contact us via support..

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Overview

A hollowed-out log stuffed with Viking gold drifted 45 km and wherever it landed, a city would be born. That origin story kicks off this app-based, self-guided walking tour of Stockholm as you wind through Gamla Stan and beyond.
You'll squeeze through an alley barely wider than your shoulders, learn how a shop girl became Hollywood's highest-paid star, and stand where a six-day bank siege gave the world the term "Stockholm Syndrome." The tour traces Viking rune stones, a tavern where Nobel Literature judges still dine on Thursdays, and a royal palace haunted by a ghost the queen herself confirmed.
This Stockholm audio tour lets you start anytime, pause for fika at Sweden's oldest café, and resume whenever you're ready — no group, no schedule, full offline access. Over 20,000 travelers have explored with our self-guided tours, and a full refund guarantee means zero risk. If you'd rather discover Stockholm at your own pace with real stories instead of a megaphone, this is the one to book

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What's Included

✓ Included

100% Satisfaction Guarantee: If you don’t love the tour, write to us for a full refund.
1-year access to audio on iOS & Android. Listen to the tour anytime, as many times as you like
Audio and written guide included
Offline access to the tour (no internet connection needed) once tour is downloaded
Images to identify stops and in app interactive map for navigation

✗ Not Included

Any physical devices or headphones
Human tour guide at location

Itinerary

Stop 1

Stand before a thousand-year-old rune stone carved by grieving Viking parents whose son's name has been lost forever.

Stop 2

Squeeze through Stockholm's narrowest alley and try to touch both walls of this 90-centimeter medieval passage.

Stop 3

Learn how a premature obituary calling Alfred Nobel "the merchant of death" changed the course of global recognition forever.

Stop 4

Find Sweden's smallest statue, a sleepless boy gazing at the moon, wrapped in scarves by Stockholmers who treat him like family.

Stop 5

Walk by a 600-room palace that took 54 years to build after its medieval predecessor burned down in a single day.

Stop 6

Stand where a robber disguised as an American tourist fired a submachine gun and sparked a six-day siege broadcast live on Swedish television.

Stop 7

Walk a street named for a queen who was raised as a prince, ruled on her own terms, and then shocked Europe by giving up the throne.

Stop 8

Look up at the gilded saint guarding a church that gave Stockholm its first German parish outside Germany.

Stop 9

Trace how Sweden's coffee obsession survived royal bans, secret meetings, and a king's bizarre prisoner experiment.

Stop 10

Step into a three-hundred-year-old tavern where Nobel Literature judges still hold a standing Thursday dinner reservation.

Stop 11

Decode the political allegory hidden inside a bronze knight slaying a dragon meant to represent the King of Denmark.

Stop 12

Pass by Stockholm's oldest church, where kings were crowned, reformers preached, and a crown princess married her personal trainer's rival in tradition.

Stop 13

Pass above a hidden tunnel network that lets lawmakers move unseen beneath one of Europe's most transparent democracies.

Stop 14

Follow a vain, opera-writing king from his sun-drenched garden to the masked ball where assassins pressed a pistol to his hip. See how an eight-year-old heir grew into Sweden's worst warrior king and lost Finland after five hundred years of union.Discover how a French commoner with "Death to the King" tattooed on his body ended up crowned King of Sweden.

Stop 15

Trace Greta Garbo's rise from a department store counter to Hollywood's highest-paid star — and the single catalogue photo that changed everything.

Meeting & End Point

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Meeting Point

This is a self-guided audio tour on the "Tourific self-guided tours" app. To activate the tour, check your email for instructions from Tourific or your booking platform sent right after booking. Can’t find it? Search for our company in your email inbox and spam folder. OR contact us via support.

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Good to Know

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

Known For:

Cultural Tours in Stockholm, Walking Tours in Stockholm, Audio Guides in Stockholm, Private and Luxury in Stockholm, Private Sightseeing Tours in Stockholm, Nature Walks in Stockholm, Historical Tours in Stockholm

Special Instructions

Know before you go :

•⁠ ⁠You will need to download the "Tourific self guided tours" app from the Google play store or App store

•⁠ ⁠Right after booking, you’ll receive an email from Tourific or the tour booking platform with instructions to access the tour.

•⁠ ⁠Having trouble finding the email? Just search for “Tourific” in your inbox or spam folder.

•⁠ ⁠The tour is valid for 1 year and can be listened to any number of times. So feel free to download tour and experience a few stops before going on the tour.

•⁠ ⁠Fully charge your phone and carry your headphones for the best experience

•⁠ ⁠The tour follows a set route that we recommend that you follow. Once the tour is downloaded, the introduction will guide you to your starting point

•⁠ ⁠Change of plans? Enjoy the tour on a different day or from home