In the Footsteps of the Vikings

At the Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde you can really follow their footsteps, you will learn how they lived and get an insight into the Vikings’ craftsmanship. At the museum you can also see the beautiful and impressive original ships they used to travel to faraway places.

At the remarkable UNESCO listed Roskilde Cathedral, the famous Viking kings of Harald Bluetooth and Sweyn Forkbeard are buried alongside almost 40 Danish kings and queens. The Cathedral is one of the earliest examples of gothic architecture in Northern Europe and you will hear stories of how Sweyn Forkbeard conquered England as well as tales of Harold Bluetooth.

You will not only follow in the footsteps of the Vikings, you will be at the cradle of Danish civilization in Lejre, one of the most important power centers during the Viking Era and Iron Age dating from 500-1000 AC and home to a unique complex of long houses. At Lejre Museum, located in the national park Skjoldungernes Land, you will learn about ferocious myths, and taste a glass of the legendary Viking drink mead, which legend has it “he who drinks mead is ensured eloquence and knowledge”.