Welcome at the Viking Ship Museum
The Viking Ship Museum offers unique experiences for families, groups, and companies. Explore our exhibitions, experience maritime craftsmanship up close, or join a sailing trip. Buy yor tickets online right here and have an exciting day at the Viking Ship Museum.
We look forward to welcoming you!
Admission and Season Pass
Visit the Viking Ship Museum
Go directly to sailing tickets if you're also planning to go sailing.
Sailing trip at Roskilde Fjord
Daily summer-sailings with oars and sail
Sailing tickets include admission to the museum.
Book Group Experiences at the Viking Ship Museum
Plan your group visit with us:
» Read more about our offers for groups here
Start your group visit to the Viking Ship Museum by sending a booking request:
» Fill out the request form
Other inquiries regarding your booked event at the Viking Ship Museum:
» Send an email to the booking office
Book guided tours
The Viking Ship Museum offers guided tours in Danish, English. The tours take place within the Museum’s opening hours and are conducted by the Museum’s guides, who are either archaeology or history students.
Courses
During the summer months at the Viking Ship Museum, we offer a range of courses that bring you closer to Viking Age craftwork and way of life. You can learn about how the Vikings caught and preserved fish, and how to sail a square-sailed Viking ship.
Business groups
Do you need some fresh air and new exciting experiences together? At the Viking Ship Museum, you’ll get to know each other in a completely new and different way when your teamwork is tested outside of the usual settings.
Terms and conditions
Booking of events at the Viking Ship Museum is done by directly contacting the museum's booking department.
Phone: +45 46300253
Email: booking(at)vikingeskibsmuseet.dk
Booking form
- Agreements are considered binding, when the Museum has sent an order confirmation.
- Cancellation/reductions must be notified in writing to booking(at)vikingeskibsmuseet.dk.
- Cancellation/reduction of an event can be done free of charge up until four weeks before the event.
- Cancellation of events later than four weeks and up until two weeks before the event will be charged 50% of the total price of the event.
- Cancellation later than two weeks before the event will be charged full price.
- Reduction of number of participants corresponding to less than 10% is accepted without cost until the event begins.
- Reduction of number of participants corresponding to more than 10% follows the museum's terms for cancellation.
- Cancellation due to extraordinary extreme circumstances beyond the control of both parties (force majeure) can be done free of charge.
- Cancellation on the basis of Corona virus is not considered a force majeure situation for agreements concluded after the date, on which WHO has declared Corona virus for an international health crisis.
- No show will be charged full price.
- Discounts cannot be combined.
- Gift cards bought at the Viking Ship Museum can only be used at the Viking Ship Museum - not for online purchases, including evening sailings, day courses, etc.
- Admission is always adjusted according to the actual number of participants on the event day.
- A booking fee of DKK 1,000 is charged for meeting room reservations, boat trips and guided tours.
- Reservation fee is set off against final settlement after the event has taken place.
- Reservation fee is non-refundable in case of cancellation.
- For agreements exceeding a total of DKK 25,000, a deposit of 50% will be charged 3 months before the event.
- Deposit is set off against final settlement after the event has taken place.
- Deposit is refunded by cancellation no later than 4 weeks before the event. Deposit is non-refundable in case of cancellation less than 4 weeks before the event.
- An additional deposit may be charged in special cases. Refund of this part of the deposit will be agreed per event.
- For bookings that include a sailing trip, the Museum reserves the right to cancel, if the sailing trip cannot be carried out. In such cases, no charge will be made for the sailing trip.
- For bookings that include a sailing trip we emphasize that sailing trips are carried through in both rainy and windy weather, as long as safety precautions allow. No refunds are given if the guest chooses not to participate. It is also the responsibility of the guest to be dressed properly according to weather conditions and no refunds are given due to unease caused by wrong/bad/insufficient clothing.
- For bookings that include sailing trips, the museum reserves the right to cancel if guests do not comply with the safety requirements on board. In such cases, payment will be charged for the sailing trip, and prepaid sailing trips will not be refunded.
- Safety requirements include the guest's ability to speak English and/or Danish and at any time to follow the instructions of the captain.
- For bookings that include a group sailing trip, a starting price equal to a minimum of 8 adults will be paid, regardless of the group may include fewer people.
- Cancellations of services ordered for more than 20 people can be done free of charge up to four weeks before the event. Then the General Terms and Conditions of the Museum apply.
- Cancellation of services ordered for less than 20 people can be done free of charge up to one week before the event. Then full price will be charged.
- Reduction in number of people follows the General Terms and Conditions of the Museum.
- For table reservations or parties at Café Knarr, it is only possible to pay the bill in full and not individually.
Indicative prices
(incl. reproduction permit, valid from 21.01.2021)
Commercial use | Danish/single language | Engelsk/multiple languages |
Digital image for print, e-book or web | 950,- | 1275,- |
Illustrations | By agreement | By agreement |
Footage: film/animations | 2600,- + 1300,- per commenced minute | 3900,- + 1950,- per commenced minute |
Prices applicable for use in books, CD-ROM, weeklies, magazines, projector presentations, TV/film, internet. All prices in DKK excl. 25% VAT.
Non-commercial use | Danish/single language | English/multiple languages |
Digital image for print, e-book or web | 500,- | 700,- |
Private use, not for reproduction | 400,- | 400,- |
Footage: film/animations | 1950,- + 650,- per commenced minute | 2600,- + 1300,- per commenced minute |
Prices applicable for archives, libraries, exhibitions and use in non-profit scientific publications. All prices in DKK excl. 25% VAT.
- All images are issued in digital form: 20 x 25 cm, 300 ppi for photographs and 1200 ppi for drawings. Additional fees should be expected if extra photo work is required, e.g. for larger images
- All prices are valid for single publication and single editions only.
- If the same motif is required for multiple media such as print, e-book and web spin-off from the print or e-book publication, the reproduction fee is conferred with 50% per year media.
- Permission to reproduce is not given exclusively.
- We offer a 25% discount for museums. A discount can also be given for small print runs and for academic and educational purposes.
- A higher fee will apply where print runs are in excess of 50,000 copies.
- Ordinary delivery takes ca 30 days, express service (within a week) costs 100% extra.
- For orders in excess of 5 images, a discount of 50% on each additional image will be given.
- The Viking Ship Museum maintains the copyright of the reproduced images.
- A copy of the publication containing the reproduction must be supplied unsolicited and free of charge to: The Viking Ship Museum, Picture Library, Vindeboder 12, DK-4000 Roskilde.
- In the publication, it must be clearly stated that the reproduced image belongs to The Viking Ship Museum, Denmark and, if available, the photographer’s or the illustrator’s name must be provided: Copyright: The Viking Ship Museum, Denmark. Photo/illustration: Name.
- The permission to use the image is strictly limited to the agreed purpose (as described on the invoice).
- In the case of a reprint, 50% of the current reproduction fee is to be paid.
- Images may not to be sold, copied or borrowed to a third party without the written permission of the Viking Ship Museum.
- Electronic storage of the material is only permitted as long as electronic work concerning the publication is required, i.e. all digital copies of the images in question must be deleted immediately after use.
- Images used on the Internet are to be published in low-resolution only, max 1000 pixels wide. The permission to show the image is only valid for the appointed period, maximum one year. By extension of the Agreement the reproduction fee is conferred with 50% for the first year and an additional 25% for the following years.
- Images must not be subject to any kind of superimposition, pasting, trimming or electronic manipulation without a written permission from the museum.
- Original media may not leave the premises of the Viking Ship Museum.