Trelleborg

Trelleborg is the most fortified, sophisticated and well preserved of all the Viking Age ring forts found so far.…

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Lejre River Vally

The hilly landscape was particularly suited to Viking Age settlements and tombs. Lejre River runs between two…

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Lejre Museum

Lejre Museum has a exhibition about the Scylding dynasty, where you can see the many finds from excavations at Gl.…

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Roskilde Cathedral

We will probably never know whether it was actually Harald Bluetooth who built the first wooden church where…

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Ladby Viking Museum

Ladby’s Viking Museum displays Denmark’s only known Viking ship-grave. Here you can see the place where the king of…

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The Rune Stone at Rønninge Church

There’s a rune stone in the porch of Rønninge Church, 2.5km from Bytoften. It’s the only known preserved rune stone…

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Møntergården – Cultural Museum

Møntergården Cultural Centre is in the middle of Odense and is part of the city museum network. The exhibitions –…

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Nonnebakken

The fact that Odense was strategically important to the Royal House was emphasised by King Harald Bluetooth siting…

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Saint Knut’s Church

In 1086, Harald Bluetooth’s great-grandson, Knut the Holy, was killed in front of the altar of Sankt Albani Church…

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St. Knut’s Stone

Roughly 20km west of St. Knut’s Cathedral – At Assenbølle Field Mark, not far from Gribsvad, on the right side of…

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