b'VIKINGS! Scan here DENMARK, NORWAY AND SWEDEN: THREE LANDS, ONE SAGA for the full itinerary513 July 2026 Historical Background9 days Violent, ruthless, horn-helmeted warriors - the Vikings have never escaped Expert Historian: their unruly image. But they were also farmers, skilled craftsmen, artists Dr Ben Raffieldand traders. Their accomplished seafaring skills allowed them to roam far and wide - raiding, pirating and tradingand this prowess is reflected in Activity Level: 2 one theory for the origins of the name from the Old Norse vika, sea mile, originally referring to the distance between two shifts of rowers. Between the 8th and 11th centuries AD they established settlements in Britain, Ireland, This tour explores some the best Viking sitesIceland, Brittany, the Baltic Coast and Russia. Various reasons have been in Denmark, Norway and Sweden in a journeygiven for this expansion including the lure of wealth, overpopulation and worthy of these indefatigable northernlack of farmland. Nevertheless the Viking homelands remained in the three adventurers. At Jelling we admire theareas of what we now call Denmark, Norway and Sweden. Their legacy lives remarkable runestones, commissioned byon in the traces of towns, fortresses, burial mounds, runestones, carvings, the colourfully named King Harald Bluetooth.place names, and the incredible longboats which have so captured the At Trelleborg we visit a remarkable fortressimagination. demonstrating the turbulent world of the Vikings. At Roskilde and Tnsberg we learnThe Viking Age was a turbulent time about Viking ship building and trade and atwith transformations in religious Ladby walk into the only Viking ship gravebeliefs, economic systems and the discovered in Denmark. At Birka we visit whatorganisation of society. By the 11th was a consummate Viking trading towncentury pagan beliefs gave way to with links to the Islamic world. The VikingChristianity and this is regarded by way of death and burial is demonstratedsome as the end of the Viking Age.superbly at Anundshg and Gamla Uppsala where we explore prominent burial mounds. Throughout the tour we will visit some of the finest museums in Europe where the Viking story is illuminated by startling collectionsof artefacts.Day 1Arrival - Denmark: fly from London Heathrow to Copenhagen or join tourat airport Hotel near Odense2 nights (D)Day 2 Denmark: Jelling runestones, Kongernes Visitor Centre, Ladby (B,D)Day 3 Denmark: Trelleborg, Roskilde Viking Ship Museum Copenhagen -hotel for 1 night (B,D)Day 4 Denmark: National Museum of Denmark Overnight ferry to Oslo (B,D)Day 5 Norway: Oslo Tnsberg (Slottsfjell Museum and Klstad ship), MidgardViking Centre and Borre Hotel in Oslo1 night (B,D)Day 6Norway: Historical Museum, Medieval Archaeological Park Evening flight ESSENTIALS Oslo to Stockholm Hotel in Stockholm3 nights (B)3-4-star hotels, meals as indicated,Day 7Sweden: boat trip to Birka (B,D) drinks with dinner, all entrance fees,Day 8Sweden: Anundshg, Gamla Uppsala (B,D)tour manager and expert historianDay 9Depart: fly Stockholm Arlanda airport to London Heathrow (or extendthroughout, all internal travel. your stay in Sweden) (B)275926 TCE BROCHURE 2025-26_Aug25.indd 27 22/08/2025 13:35'