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The Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde is the home of five world famous Viking ships and is the Danish museum for ships, seafaring and boatbuilding culture in ancient and medieval times.
- The Five Reconstructions
The recreated ships. At the Viking Ship Museum's shipyard,...
- The Viking Ship Museum
The Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde is the home of five world...
- The Five Reconstructions
Mar 6, 2023 · The Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde is the home of five world famous Viking ships and is the Danish museum for ships, seafaring and boatbuilding culture in ancient and medieval times.
Opening hours- Daily sailing trips Sail on Roskilde Fjord. See departure times here.
- Exhibitions Read about exhibitions
- Activities Read about activities
- Maritime Archaeologists' DocuLab Documentation of shipwrecks and exhibition Visit the Maritime Archaeologists' DocuLab Read about the DocuLab
- The Museum Shop Read about the museum shop
- Café Knarr New Nordic Viking Food New Nordic Vikingfood Read about Café Knarr
- Audioguides
- Impressive Viking Age anchor will be recreated at the Viking Ship Museum
- Sailing and summer activities at the Viking Ship Museum
- A new and ambitious home for the Viking ships in Roskilde
- Dive into the Past: Explore Shipwrecks at the Marine Archaeologists' DocuLab
- Researchers to investigate whether Costa Rica shipwrecks are Danish slave ships
- Cleaving oak for Skuldelev 5: Tuesday 11/7 from 10:00
- Children from schools for children with special needs get the courage to to do new things at the Viking Ship Museum
At the impressive Viking Ship harbor, you find five original Viking ships from the 1000s, excavated 20 km north of Roskilde. They all stem from a defense against enemy naval attacks against Roskilde, which back then was the nation’s capital.
The Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde is the home of five world famous Viking ships and is the Danish museum for ships, seafaring and boatbuilding culture in ancient and medieval times.
The Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde offers an incredible insight into the world of the Vikings and their era. You will be amazed by the five original Viking vessels from the 11th-century, as well as "The Glendalough Sea Stallion".
Sep 13, 2022 · Reconstructions of these five clinker-built boats, as well as the originals, take pride of place at the Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde, Denmark. The ships are taken out and sailed on the fjord every summer – just like they were a millennium ago.
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At the Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde, you can experience the five original Viking ships that were excavated in Roskilde Fjord in 1962. The almost 1000-year-old ships are exhibited in the Viking Ship Hall and stand as black silhouettes with the fjord as a living backdrop.
