RED Sightseeing Stockholm bus + Winter Waterways Tour + Viking Museum

Visit Stockholm best attractions and sights by Hop-on Hop-off Bus

Step aboard RED Sightseeing’s Hop-on Hop-off bus in Stockholm and discover how pleasant and effortless a city trip can be. The Stockholm Hop-on Hop-off bus offers stops all across the Swedish capital, all of the famous locations and sights of the city have a matching stop on the Stockholm bus tour.

Wave at the king and queen at the Royal Palace, explore a ship from the 17th-century at the Vasa Museum, take pictures of the picturesque houses in Stockholm’s old town Stortorget on Gamla Stan and enjoy some of the city’s best bars on Södermalm. With this hop-on hop-off bus tour you can easily make your way between Stockholm’s attractions.

See Stockholm from the water

RED Sightseeing’s 1-hour winter waterways voyage will take you from the island of Gamla Stan passed the islands of Norrmalm, Djurgården, Skeppsholmen and Södermalm before returning to Gamla Stan. The cruise sails all the way around Skeppsholmen and Kastellholmen, both islands are exceptionally green in spring and summer while in winter the islands and the museums on their shores are covered in a white blanket of snow.

From the boat many of Djurgården’s impressive attractions can be spotted, including Junibacken, the Vasa Museum, Sprit Museum, ABBA the Museum and amusement park Gröna Lund. While the shore of Södermalm offers sights of the world’s largest photography museum, Fotografiska, and the striking architecture of the island.

As you watch the city go by outside the windows, a local guide will tell you all about the sights you can see in English. Along the way you can enjoy a free cup of coffee or tea, and mulled wine at Christmas time, and a delicious sweet bite. And if you want some more, such as other snacks or drinks, you can buy those with the onboard café service.

An exciting step into 10th-century

The Viking Museum in Stockholm takes you back in time to the Viking era through informative and interactive exhibits with the help of artifacts and reconstructions. You can make your way through the exhibit on your own, with the help of an audio guide or join hourly guided tours. Along the way you’ll learn all about the Vikings, how they lived, what they ate, and what made them infamous seafarers.

The Viking Museum exhibit includes multiple historical artifacts on loan from the Swedish History Museum, as well as a life-size Viking whose look is based on DNA from bones preserved at the Sigtuna Museum. Here, you will get a real impression of what life was like for the Vikings, from the bloody battles they fought to their vicious plundering and peaceful farm life and Norse mythology.

The museum’s thrilling ride through Viking times, Ragnfrid’s Saga, takes you on an exciting adventure where you follow the Viking Harald on a journey through 10^th-century Europe. The story  begins at Frösala farm, where Harald and his wife Ragnfrid live together with their daughter Sigrid. Harald has wasted away all of the family’s money and has to go out on a Viking Raid to win back their fortune and honour.

Hop aboard and let the fun begin!

If you’re short on time in the city, RED Sightseeing’s Hop-on Hop-off bus in Stockholm will help you speed up the pace so you can see as much as possible, and if you have plenty of time the bus is a good choice as well as you can hop on and off whenever you like. Get your tickets here and discover the most relaxing way to go city sightseeing in Stockholm.