The Viking Ship Museum offers guided tours in Danish and English. If you are interested in guided tours in German, contact our Booking and they will try to help you find a German-speaking tour guide. The tours take place within the Museum’s opening hours and are conducted by the Museum’s guides, who are either archaeology or history students.
The five Viking ships
The five impressive Viking ships are the focal point for the story about the ships’ significance for Viking Age society, about war and raids, trading and voyages and about life in the North 1000 years ago.
Price weekdays: 1000 DKK per group* + admission charge per participant
Price weekends and Danish School Holidays: 1300 DKK per group* + admission charge per participant
Duration: 1 hour
A glass of mead/apple juice after the tour: 30 DKK per person
*) Max. 30 persons per group
The reconstructed ships
This tour takes place both indoor and outdoor. We start with the five original Viking ships, and tell the story of how it was possible to reconstruct the 1000-year-old ships as sailing examples of fantastic Viking Age craftsmanship in full-size. You get an insight into how we work when building reconstructed Viking ships – tools, materials and techniques.
Price weekdays: 1350 DKK per group* + admission charge per participant
Price weekends and Danish School Holidays: 1650 DKK per group* + admission charge per participant
Duration: 1½ hours
A glass of mead/apple juice after the tour: 30 DKK per person
*) Max. 30 persons per group
Secrets of the Viking Ship
Join this tour, which goes behind the scenes of how we reconstruct Viking ships, with a special focus on the Skuldelev 5 ship. The tour starts in the Viking Ship Hall. Here, the original ship is exhibited together with four other 11th century Viking ships, which together form one of the most important ship-finds in world history.
Price weekdays: 1000 DKK per group* + admission charge per participant
Price weekends and Danish School Holidays: 1300 DKK per group* + admission charge per participant
Duration: 1 hour
A glass of mead/apple juice after the tour: 30 DKK per person
*) Max. 30 persons per group
Taste the Viking Age
Do you dare to taste the Viking Age? What did they eat on board during their long sea voyages? That’s a question we are often asked. Here, we will tell about life at sea and give samples of food such as dried meat, nuts, dried fruits and bread. Includes a glass of mead or apple juice.
Price weekdays: 2500 DKK + admission charge per participant for the first 15 participants. After the 15th participant there will be a further charge of 125 DKK per person + admission charge.
Price weekends and Danish School Holidays: DKK 3000 DKK for a group of up to 15 people + admission charge. After that 150 DKK per person + admission charge.
Duration: ca. 30 minutes
Attention: The Viking Ship Museum is only allowed to serve mead to participants at the age of 18 or above. Participants below the age of 18 will be served apple juice instead.
Specialist tours
If you wish to have a special tour, where you can have an influence on the content, it’s possible to book a specialist tour on a specific subject for a specific group, with a museum Curator or Boatbuilder.
Price weekdays: 3500 DKK per group* per hour + admission charge per participant
Price weekends and Danish School Holidays: 3800 DKK per group* + admission charge per participant
Duration: 1-2 hours
*) Max. 30 persons per group
Meet our craft specialists
See how our boatbuilders use the same materials and techniques as the Vikings used 1000 years ago. The boatbuilders talk vividly about the work of building reconstructions of Viking ships by hand, and how only copies of historical tools are used throughout the construction process. It is also the story of the Nordic clinker boat traditions, which are on UNESCO's list of the world's intangible cultural heritage. You yourself take part in the process, experience the materials and smell the scents.
Price weekdays: 4500 DKK per group*/per craft specialist + admission charge per participant.
Price weekends and Danish School Holidays: 4800 DKK per group* per hour + admission charge per participant
Duration: 1½ hours
*) Max. 30 persons per group
Having the ships, the hall and the view all to yourselves is an indescribable experience that creates a special atmosphere. If you want your guided tour to be something really special, you can book a tour after closing time and add an extra dimension to your visit.
Price per hour: 1400 DKK per group, in addition to the price for the tour.
Introduction film
The Viking Ship Museum’s introduction film provides good background information for your visit and can be seen in Danish, English, German, French, Dutch, Spanish and Italian. A good choice in connection with a guided tour. There is room for 70 visitors in the cinema.
Price: Free of charge
Duration: 15 minutes
Viking Games
During the summer season (May-September) your group can compete against each other in Viking games on the lawn in front of the Ship Hall.
Price: 1900 DKK per group + admission charge per participant
In the weekend 2.200 DKK per group + admission charge per participant
Duration: 1 hour
Teambonding
We can arrange tailor-made team-building events, on land or at sea, all year round. Café Knarr serves New Nordic Viking Food and you can also hire rooms for meetings.
Contact the Museum’s Booking Office to hear more about the many possibilities and design an exciting programme for your visit.
Book a guided tour
The Viking Ship Museum offers outdoor and indoor tours all year round. The tours are adapted to the season, and the tours have in common that they are based on the five original Viking ships on display at the Viking Ship Museum.
You can book a tour that suits your group:
Guided tours for groups:
Contact the Booking for further information and prices
Contact our Booking
Telephone +45 46 300 253
Monday to Friday 10.00 - 14.00
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