Cultural Routes

Strömma Turism & Sjöfart AB / Strömma Turism & Sjöfart AB

Cultural Route

• Viking Route

Country

• Sweden

Member Category

• Museum
• Tourism Stakeholder
• Heritage Site

Member Status

Individual

Year of Accession to Membership

2019

Contact Details

Svensksundsvägen 17
SE-11149 Stockholm

Tel: +46 (0)8 12 00 41 00
Website: www.stromma.com
Email: info[at]stromma.se

Birka Vikingastaden
Björkö
SE-17892 Adelsö

Tel: +46 (0)8 12 00 40 00
Website: www.birkavikingastaden.se
Email: birka.museet[at]stromma.se

Contact Person

Veronica BJÖRKMAN (Director - Birka Vikingastaden)

Main Town/Region

Stockholm

Site Town/Region

Birka (Ekerö, Stockholm County)

Main GPS Location

59.325502, 18.086565

Site GPS Location

59.330497, 17.542040

UNESCO World Heritage List

Birka and Hovgården (1993) (whc.unesco.org/en/list/555)

European Heritage Label

N/D

Other Heritage Labels

N/D

Description

Strömma Turism & Sjöfart AB is a Swedish company specialized in tourism and maritime transport. Strömma was entrusted with the responsibility for public activities in Birka on behalf of the National Heritage Board of Sweden in 2008.
Birka is a archaeological witnessing a flourishing commercial settlement of Viking Age (9th and 10th centuries BC) It is located on Björkö Island in Lake Mälar (Ekerö, Stockholm County). The archaeological site of Birka features a museum and a reconstructed Viking village.

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