Visit the Boatyard – Weekdays from 10:00 to 16:00

Winter at the Boatyard: During the winter season, the boatbuilders move their work indoors to the Boatyard Hall and the winter workshop on Museum Island. Here, they carry out maintenance and repairs on the museum’s collection of reconstructed Viking Age ships and other traditional wooden boats.

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Visitors are welcome to visit the boatyard on weekdays between 10:00 and 16:00.
The boat collection is inspected and repaired.
On the boatyard square, you can see the Viking ship currently under construction.
Although the boatbuilders do not work on the Viking ship during winter, there are exhibitions and materials on display at the site.
The Viking ships are placed on land in front of the Viking Ship Hall, where visitors can view them up close.

Weekdays 10:00–16:00: What’s happening at the boatyard

  • The boatbuilders maintain the museum’s boat collection in the winter workshop on Museum Island.
  • Exhibition: The Nordic Clinker-Built Boat – intangible cultural heritage.
  • Exhibition of Viking Age tools in the Boatyard Hall.