Vikingeskibsmuseet Roskilde Review

Discovery of Vikings and their way of building boats. Fabulous. Very friendly staff.

Interesting what there is to see and learn there. It was definitely worth it.

Overwhelmingly beautiful and interesting! What a people, these Vikings. I love it!

Interesting visit for adults and children. Various workshops and fun and didactic experience, like almost everything cultural focused on families in this country

Exciting museum if you are interested in the history of the Vikings in Roskilde.

Very nice place to learn about the history of Viking boats and ships. At the shipyard lectures will be held to build the boats and also show how it was done back then.

Nice museum and activities for children and adults.

Viking museum very interesting. They make hand-made reproductions of ships of the Viking age. The city also has a church worth visiting.

Nice and interesting. More focused on children, which is fine. For adults, you can be ready quickly with a morning or afternoon.

Interesting exhibits, very knowledgeable staff and visitors are able to enter areas where some over zealous health and safety officers would put out of bounds, which made for a very enjoyable visit.

The Viking Ship Museum is a must . Be amazed at how old these amazing ships are. Very interesting and interactive museum. You can build your only mini ship , try some weaving , toast some sausages on the fire . Fabulous experience for the whole family. You can see these ships built in front of you , which is awesome to see . We also did the sail in a Viking Ship which was so fun to get out on the water . Highly recommend book early and go early. Fantastic adventures for everyone.

The best museum outside of Copenhagen in a beautiful quiet town. If you love Viking history you should visit.

The Viking Ship Museum is built on the reconstructed Skuldelev ships, which were excavated by Roskilde Fjord. - After a special treatment, they managed to preserve the old planks and show the found Viking ships as they looked.
- As an added bonus you can see contemporary Viking ships built on the museum's own "workshop". It is also possible to get out sailing in some of these boats.
- The largest Viking ship is the "Sea Stallion of Glendalough", which became world famous when it sailed from Roskilde to Ireland. This sailing is immortalized in a film shown at the exhibition.

For the people who like history of Vikings and reading a lot, its great place. But for people who likes to see things, you can finish this in 15 min. There are 5 ships (not really, because some are only 25% some 75% reconstructed. I think the price 110 DKK does not reflect the experience / value you get.

Very nice museum with an educational area. Viking boats are built on site and all necessary components are processed. Very friendly staff who are happy to answer all questions from children and adults. A trip on a boat should be booked in advance, it is definitely worth it.

Interesting depiction of the excavated and partially restored Viking ships. Brief informational (in different languages at different times). Entry adult 90 kr. Outdoor demonstrations only during the week. Average length of visit approx. 2-3 hours, family-friendly.

compliments, compliments en more compliments.
Last year my girlfriend and i were on our dream road trip trough Denmark, when we visited this place.

When we bought the ticket, the friendly person behind the register made sure we know about the opportunity for a sailing trip.

The persons who guided the sailing trips were so friendly, clear and good in sharing their knowledge.

The food was very good in the restaurant and reasonable priced. We had 1 of our best cups of coffee in Denmark over there. (Sorry Danish people dont always know how to make coffee :P )

All the workers there (from the docks to the museum) were very friendly correct. We got a lot of information. The only negative remark i can mention. The tshirt in my favorite colour wasnt in my size :(

So i can safely say, if you do a viking roadtrip.... make sure you dont miss this!

It's amazing to see in real life what one only seen on movies. It fasanating to see how the vikings explored the world with thair ships. If one visiting Denmark and interested in Scandinavian history this is a must.

Lots of information about the Vikings. Interesting how the ships were built in the past and are now being rebuilt with the tools from back then.

Located by the water overlooking the fjord. The museum and museum shop is factual and cool, but attractively decorated. It shows three upscale ships that were once sunk to block the fjord fjord for enemies. A free movie in several languages explains all the essentials.

Must all experience. I am looking forward to new stories when the extension with 10 new ships is exhibited

Very interesting museum about the Vikings and their history in Denmark and Roskilde. Displays remains of several Viking ships, raised from the sea. Easy walk from the center of town.

Everything very clearly!
Great for families.

Very interesting museum, with recreations of Viking boats found in the bay. There are activities and cafes outside the main building. The entrance, however, is increasingly expensive.

The outdoor part of the museum is nice and can be visited without entrance ticket.
The indoor Museum is Not friendly disabled people.
Access only by staircase, same where are exhibited the rest of the 5 viking ship.

So, poor museum don't spend any money there
its just a Place for a sunday leisure walk

Really nice and cozy place. Cool detail that you can enter one of the big ships.

The museum is definitely worth a visit, it offers many different experiences for both body and soul.

Great place to experience old viking ship building tradition + a few other things.

Paulsen = son of Paul the Viking?
Origin Birka?
Jorkvik origin?
Coopergate?

Really nice museum. They have 6 old viking ships. During Summer You can go on a replica viking ship on a brief Cruise in the fjord

Awesome hands on exhibits about how they built the Viking ships. Also has a nice little cafe that was good for lunch.

Very interesting museum, amazing too see actual Viking ships

Viking history in the form of maps and reconstruction of some boats found at sea.
Workshops to discover boat building practices where children can also have fun.
Ability to go on a cruise on an "authentic" boat ...

Great historical museum, enjoy short movie, workshop area is wonderful, fantastic view, fire outside, great restaurant
Take the train and the kids don t think twice!

It's an awesome place. 5 ships around 1000 years old. What a wonderful atmosphere.
The descriptions are mostly also written in German. So perfect. :)

Very good. And you can see a ship under construction ditto Vikings

Extremely expensive (16euros) for what it is: very little to see. Disappointed.

Well laid out entertainment and education centre. Doing serious practical science into viking boats

Very informative of viking history and boat building.

This museum offers a quick overview of lifestyle, explorations and maritime skills of Vikings.

Singular museum where the remains of Viking ships with different utilities are exhibited. In the indoor area the naval activity of the Vikings is also traced and explained according to the different activities.
In addition, externally existing ships are rebuilt using the techniques of the time, thus reproducing the atmosphere of an ancient shipyard.

Nice museum if you like the Viking culture! They show 6 wrecked boats of the Viking era. As expected, some parts of the boats are almost inexistent, but it is worth visiting it. They also have a small video displayed on a regular basis.

Good place to visit. However the ticket is quite expensive. Has a decent cafe.

Very informative. How to make a nice museum with a few pieces of recovered ships. The bar instead is bad

Nice, well-organized and interactive museum about vikings and their ships. Parts of found ships are exhibited in a creative and beautiful way, but ships are also being recreated. You can view those ships (also on board) but you can also see how they build the ships.

A simple but well-planned museum to learn about Viking shipbuilding technology. Good cafeteria too!

It is a very beautiful and preserved space and ship

An interesting museum for Viking friends
and history buffs!
With a small museum shop, there you can, for example some after
original template manufactured "exhibits" buy!

It's cool to go with children. There are Viking games for them, you can ride on ship replicas. We wanted to do the rowing activity on a Viking ship, but the seats had already run out. I recommend going early. Visit worthwhile

A manageable museum that was built around the found and restored Viking ships. It is exciting to watch the craftsmen doing woodworking and rope making. The introductory film will be shown in the desired language.

Here in the museum you can learn a lot about seafaring at a time when the boats only had one sail and several straps as propulsion. But even more interesting in summer is to look over the shoulders of the farmers in the open factory halls, how sea-going replicas are created that also sail and maneuver on the Roskilde Fjord. I don't know if they still go to Greenland today, but the boat builders understand their craft and are happy to pass it on.

The 5 ships are more like ruins, so I would say they are not impressive by themselves. What is outstanding is the work to recover them, restore them, assemble them and then go beyond to construct new similar ships. The museum is great for showing all this!

To know everything about the drakkars. Compared to Norway, there is little left of the wrecks poured into the fjord to counter a landing. Comments are also mentioned in French, it is rather rare. Ship reconstruction workshops with the same techniques and tools as at the time are very interesting. The wrecks have been rebuilt identically and sail by the strength of trains handled by tourists who wish. There is the possibility of having lunch of a superb Danish sandwich with halibut. The shop offers a large selection of souvenirs of any size and any price. Must.

I was really dissapointed. A couple boats and nothing more. It's beautiful building, but exhibition was terrible. I didn't like it.

Viking Museum located in the town of Roskilde near the city of Copenhagen where we can find remains of 5 ships rebuilt with an age of 1000 years in a process that took them 25 years. I found it very interesting and there are movie passes at 11:00 in Spanish.

Great little stop to Roskilde. It s really rad to learn about the history of the Viking ships and the people in this area. To be honest, the gift shop is amazing too!

Wonderful. A great exhibition; informative, engaging and fascinating.

Not so big, long little texts, you can get a little tired of standing and reading for a long time.

What a lovely and peaceful place to walk around and take in, and admire the fascinating history of the vikings. And to actually see real exhibits of original viking boats found in the seas nearby is absolutely mind blowing. This is really a great museum to learn from. And you can see, there's a lot of work building and restoring going on too.

Super nice museum harbor and very nice people, and the rowing was a lot of fun!

Had a great time: learning about viking ships and how they are built & enjoyed the summer activities a lot: rowing, playing viking games and watching craftsmanship working with wood. Try the rowing/sailing tours during summer!

History research and the art of the Viking boats in the same place. Also to bring your kids to play.

It Hvar a very nice place Recommend for the family, grandparents and many others

Very interesting and informative. Relatively small but highly recommended.

Living history museum on the shore showcasing shipbuilding and remnants of five viking ships.

The Viking Ship Museum is a part of the Oslo City Pass experience so if you're taking the ferry or bus to Bygdoy island, this should be one of your first stops.

The museum is small, so it won't take you long at all to get through and it features three large Viking Ships. The space the ships are in is sort of odd for the type of structures it's holding, but there are stairs to get a more arial view of them so absolutely take advantage of that, you'll get much better pictures that way.

There are some really neat artifacts here as well and of course, there's a gift shop.

It's crazy to think that these ships, which are still intact all these years later were on the rough seas. It's remarkable, really if you think about it, but sadly, the thing that makes this museum not five stars is the fact that I felt it difficult to actually learn anything about them other than the fact that they are salvaged Viking Ships. It wasn't easy to really get information about the ships, but nonetheless it's a really cool thing to see so I still would recommend anyone visiting to check this museum out.

This museum provides you with a really cool experience in Viking history! The staff was very courteous and helpful and also joked and made light about one of the Viking ships that had been stuck on a sandbar waiting rescue. However everyone showed great sense of humor about it! Which I see I clearly display this aspect of my Danish heritage on a daily basis. However, I m just glad I wasn t on the ship! No worries they all came back;) If anyone is looking for a fun museum this one will not disappoint! Amazing artifacts, unbelievable Viking ship display and if your feeling up to the challenge; you can go out exploring on a Viking ship, watch for the sandbars;) Great staff, great museum and great memories!!

Nice museum. Lot of information on Vikings and the Viking era. Well preserved authentic Viking long boats and many Viking inspired events

Lots of reconstructions of old Viking ships into modern format. Due to Covid and I guess windy conditions, all the sails are down in the harbor. Inside the museum itself, some conserved original ships are displayed. OK to visit but nothing special!

Very interesting! Don't miss it! We've learnt a lot. Kids made his own ship and tried on viking clothes

Great place and here you get good knowledge and both brewery and how a Viking warrior really looked. Can reveal that they do not look like in movies and like tourist things.

Nice museum where you can find the remains of five ships sunk by the same Vikings in the fjord of Roskilde. The skeletons of the ships are exposed in a salon overlooking the fjord. Outside you can visit and use the various workshops for the construction of Viking-era tools and see live the reconstruction of ships in shipyards. Also you can climb on Viking ships faithfully reproduced.

Unfortunately no elevator, neither at the entrance nor in the building.
Very nice staff. Great leadership

Nice for a rainy day. Outside you can also view without paying. You have to pay for indoors, but then 70 for 2 adults and 2 students is on the pricey side.

I may be a bit biased as today is a perfect day but this place is great if you have any level of interest in history or the Vikings in particular. Great outdoor ambience and good displays of the original boats. The Cafe is highly recommended for the Nordic food.

A beautiful museum as I imagined it is worth spending a few hours in the

It was a dream! Old ships, practically intact, traditional workshops outside so children (and adults) could try to emulate this ancient civilization... and the best beer ever in a bar next to the museum from a local microbrewery. The museum shop was full of the coolest gifts ever. A must see if you go to Denmark. The train takes you there just fine and the walk from the train station to the museum prepares you to the magic of being in the first capital of Denmark. I always recommend the guided visits because there are full of fun facts... and serious facts too! Enjoy.