Visit the museum - Vikingeskibsmuseet i Roskilde.
If you’re ever traveling to Denmark, Roskilde is a must-visit, particularly the Viking Ship Museum, where you can actually crew a Viking ship. Also worth visiting in Roskilde is the cathedral, built in the 12th and 13th centuries, which is also known as the royal burial cathedral. Danish monarchs since the 15th century have been buried here, making it an amazing place to connect with history.
Roskilde is 35 kilometres from Copenhagen and takes around 35 mins to reach by train from the Copenhagen's central station. A charming small coastal town, it was the original capital of Denmark up until 1443. The main attractions in Roskilde are the Viking Museum and Roskilde Cathedral (and the annual music festival).
Roskilde and Viking Ship Museum: The historic city of Roskilde, located on the shore of the fjord and distant 42 km from Copenhagen, was the ancient capital of the Kingdom of Denmark to the fifteenth century. Today it houses the country’s largest cathedral and the famous Viking Ship Museum. Roskilde Cathedral: built with exposed brick in the twelfth century, is the first Gothic cathedral in.
The Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde is the Danish museum for ships, seafaring and boatbuilding culture in ancient and medieval times. The Viking Ship Hall, the oldest part of the museum, was opened in 1969. It was designed as a large showcase to display the five Viking ships found at Skuldelev. The hall also houses special temporary exhibitions and a cinema, where a film about the excavation of.
We decided to go to Roskilde Viking Ship Museum. The first building housed the rope man’s workshop - it had ropes made from all sorts of things, like seal rind, horse hair, hemp, etc and the old sailor was a great storyteller! After that, we went to building to make our own toy boats, followed by a tour around the boatyard. There we got to meet one of the master ship builders and ask.
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The oldest part of the museum, the Viking Ship Hall, was opened in 1969. Today, in addition to the five ships, guests can also view temporary exhibitions and a film about the excavation of the ships. Inside the Viking Museum at Roskilde, Denmark. photo by Paul Shoul.