All destinationsHistory & Heritage · Roskilde, North Zealand
Viking Ship Museum
About an hour from Copenhagen 2 hours on site Entry ticket included
The story
What you'll find here
A thousand years ago, five Viking ships were deliberately sunk to block the fjord and protect Roskilde from attack. Painstakingly raised and reassembled, they now stand in the museum's great hall — real ships that carried warriors and traders across the North Sea. Outside, the boatyard keeps the craft alive: shipwrights build full-scale longships with axes and techniques unchanged in a millennium, and in summer some reconstructions actually sail the fjord. It's hands-on history, and one of the best places anywhere to feel how the Viking age really floated.
2 hours on siteEntry included in the trip price
Next mornings out
Trips to Viking Ship Museum
One bus, one destination a day. Pick your date — the ticket, the ride and the water are already in the price.
The map
Where you're going
Viking Ship Museum sits in Roskilde, about an hour north of your hotel. We drive, you watch the coast go by.
Viking Ship Museum Hotel pickup in Copenhagen
See it for yourself
Pick a morning, choose your hotel — tickets, driving and water are handled. Free cancellation until 24 hours before pickup.