Guided tours

At the Viking Ship Museum, we strive to share our knowledge of Vikings with both adults and children. Every day,…

Play like a Viking

There are not many sources that tells us what it was like to be a child in the Viking Age. From what we know of the…

[Translate to english:] Byt entrébilletten til et sæsonpas – Ved køb af billet indtil den 31. august 2020, får du et sæsonpas på hånden og fri entré til Vikingeskibsmuseet på alle åbningsdage i resten af 2020.

Season Pass for the Viking Ship Museum

Buy your ticket before 31 August 2020 and get unlimited access to the Viking Ship Museum for the rest of the year.

[Translate to english:] På vikingeskibsmuseet kan du møde hjåndværkeren og høre om vikingetidens bådebygning

Boatbuilding in the Viking Age

Enter the boat yard where the boatbuilders are busy building a Viking ship.

Not so long ago, an empty museum was something that existed in quiet mornings, before opening, or in the late afternoon when the last guest said 'thank you for today'. The fact that the Viking Ship Museum had visitors 365 days a year was almost a natural law. Now empty museum rooms have been a tangible part of our everyday lives for almost three months, and the museum can hardly wait to open its doors to the guests again on June 8. Photo: Werner Karrasch

The Viking Ship Museum reopens to the public on June 8th

After almost three months without guests, the Viking Ship Museum can hardly wait to open its doors to the public on…

Edvard

The narrowest part of the Baltic Sea is at Kvarken, where the Swedish and Finnish coastlines are both characterised…

Esping

Esping means "aspen boat". When building an "esping", the first thing to do is to select a large aspen tree in the…