Exploring Viking History in Sigtuna, Sweden | Stockholm Travel Vlog Ep 4

[@bymichlea]

Are you team cardamom OR cinnamon buns?

[@connyjohnson855]

I would have to say....both! And lots of them! 🙂

[@badfinger61]

Cinnamon all the way!

[@bymichlea]

@@badfinger61 I’ve always done cardamom but I am itching to try the cinnamon ones now haha

[@badfinger61]

@@bymichlea I think you'll love 'em!

[@eaakerman8829]

Cardamom

[@aranthos]

Looks like so much fun!! What a life you have

[@bymichlea]

I am lucky and grateful for sure 🙂 but I also want to stress that many travel vlogs only show a "highlight reel" of life. I have a love/hate relationship with social media and try to remind myself that what I see isn’t always real ❤️

[@christopherx7428]

You need to come to the oldest still inhabited city in Sweden, Lund - founded 964. Ofc, in those days that part of the country was a part of Denmark, but still... Västerås is from AD 990. Historywise, you may be impressed traveling in Germany, where I hiked through plenty of today minor places that claimed roots from 10th or 11th century. I am sure the same goes for France, Italy and Spain. Btw, the buns should have cinnamon and nothing else! 🙂

[@bymichlea]

That is very impressive! The hikes must have been very cool.. to know you’re physically walking through so much history 🤩 I haven’t tried a cinnamon one yet but it’ll be the first thing I do next time haha

[@Hliang14]

I go to Stockholm for work a lot but tend to only stay in Stockholm; I'm going to request PTO next time and explore more of Sweden because of this video, thanks!

[@evaasjostrom1373]

What does pto means?

[@Kvistor]

About the plaque saying 12th century and wikipedia 13th. Is probably because a translation error. In swedish, 13th century is 12-hundratalet.

[@swedishmetalbear]

You were in my neck of the woods. I live between Sigtuna and Enköping. Here is some interesting history.. There was actually another "city" of Sigtuna right on the other side of the water from todays Sigtuna but in Upplands-Bro municipality... That the vikings/Swedes of their day called Fornsigtuna.. Ancient Sigtuna. The remnants of this town has been found.. But.. It has never been excavated to this day.. But it is probably older than Birka which was the a main trade hub during the entire viking age.. Why Sigtuna was moved to the other side of the water to where it is today is unknown. Maybe because there was a better possibility for a larger port on that side of the bay.

[@swedishmetalbear]

When in Sigtuna.. You have to visit Tant Brun café. The coffee shop. The current building is the oldest standing structure in Sigtuna. Excavations under the building found remnants going back as far as 7th century. It is also the oldest still running café in Sigtuna. And they still make pies from a their original medieval recipe. So for coffee and pie to die for. Tant Brun.

[@bymichlea]

That’s what wows me about the country. You can wander a little bit and stumble upon so much rich history and culture. Seriously cool… thank you for letting me know!! Definitely marking it down to stop by next time 😄

[@VLADGOM]

Hello, nice video, I did enjoy it. Do you guys know if there a direct bus from Stockholm to Sigtuna ? Instead of taking a train and changing then in Märsta station for a local bus to Sigtuna busstation ? I will be back to Sweden this Summer and would love to visit that town. Thank you

[@bymichlea]

Unfortunately no, I don’t think there is a direct bus

[@VLADGOM]

@@bymichlea Thank you

[@Grodstark]

It's weird seeing my own home in someone's Vlog (Sigtuna)

[@bymichlea]

i loved visiting :) definitely want to go back in the summer

[@thegallivanthropologists]

Hi Michele. Great information. We are considering adding this to our April trip. Subed to see more of your stuff and support a fellow new channel. We are planning our Baltic trip right now and as a Spanish shipwreck museum curator, I hope to promote the Vasa Museum and other cultural aspects of Stockholm. Thanks for the inspiration. If you travel for culture, history or food, you might like what we produce as well. I hope 2023 is great for you and your channel. - Turtle

[@bymichlea]

Spanish shipwreck museum curator 👀 that is pretty damn cool. I took a browse and love the father+son spin on the channel! Def subbing. My dream is definitely to take my parents traveling more in the upcoming years. Where in the baltics are you headed? I haven’t been before but excited to see where you two end up 🙂

[@thegallivanthropologists]

@@bymichlea Stockholm, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania in April. Should be cool literally and figuratively. Thanks for the sub. Will talk again soon.

[@justcookwithsha]

Hi my friends... 🥰🥰

[@danvernier198]

You're not exactly wrong about king Anund, the mound is named after Anund because of a rune stone next to it having that name on it. In the nineteenth century, once academians started to learn how to read runes again, historians were very keen on connecting archeological sites to legends and sagas so because there are four semi-mythological kings with the name Anund the rune stone's claim that Anund was buried there was taken at face value. Then once C-14 dating became available it was found that the burial mound was most likely 500-1000 years older than the rune stone. It's not that rare for ancient cultures to just lay claim to older monuments just because they thought they looked cool. So it is Anund's mound, but also it isn't, because the 11th century people lied about it and the 19th century people believed them.

[@bymichlea]

The history of it makes so much more sense now after your comment. Really appreciate you sharing! 🙂 are you super into history?

[@danvernier198]

@@bymichlea You're welcome. Yes I guess you could say that I'm into history, I sometimes do tours around Stockholm describing it's legends and history. The post is a little bit of an oversimplification, but it's complicated enough as is. It's quite possible the the mound was already connected with King Anund in the 10th century when the stone was put there and that it was done in good faith. 11th century people probably couldn't tell if something was two hundred years old or five hundred years old.

[@k__berly]

Way to not save any haribos for me 😩

[@bymichlea]

omg... you would not believe the candy selection

[@anderspettetsson2121]

It would be good if you removed the music in the background when you talk. It is a little difficult to hear what you say for us with impaired hearing.

[@bymichlea]

Thanks for the feedback! This is very helpful. I’m still learning how to edit and don’t know what volume levels work well, but will do this going forward :)

[@evaasjostrom1373]

Take the music away!

[@bymichlea]

thank you for the feedback 🙏 I’m still learning to play around with audio and trying different things to see what works