Viking and Iron Age expanded boats - New book out now
The Viking Age is often seen as the period with the large, beautiful clinker-built ships, with iconic, sweeping…
Film: Launch of the Viking Ship Museum's latest boat, 'Storkjoven'
"May the ship be easy for the oars, fast from the wind, but do not run from its skipper"...
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Kirke Hyllinge
Situated almost in the middle of Hornsherred peninsula, you get to route 53 via Kirke Hyllinge. Here, the Vikings…
Munkebo Hill
On the outskirts of Munkebo, there’s a lookout tower on a stunning hill, which offers a clear view of Odense Fjord…
Munkebo Hill
On the outskirts of Munkebo, there’s a lookout tower on a stunning hill, which offers a clear view of Odense Fjord…
Tissø
Tissø – the god ‘Tyr’s Lake’ – is Zealand’s fourth largest lake, and forms the natural centre of Denmark’s first…
The Ferslev Stone Ship
With a length of just 14m and width of 10m, it doesn’t look like much today, but there’s no doubt that the person…
Bøgebjerg Burial Site
“Bøgebjerget is a small, rectangular tree-lined hillcrest which contains a large amount of early Iron-Age graves.…
The Brogård Stone
This is the largest rune stone on Bornholm and originally stood atop a small hill. It was moved in 1700, and since…
The Old Fortress at Paradisbakkerne
It soon becomes obvious to visitors onsite why the landscape around 4km northwest of Nexø, with its rugged cliffs,…