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Nearbycopenhagen Meet the Vikings! The Viking Calendar 2014 Home of the Vikings Foteviken Museum Enjoy Viking events near by Copenhagen. Check out the www.foteviken.se Viking Calendar and come visit us! Visit the web pages +46 40 330 800 Vikings - mythical warriors, bold sailors, skilled [email protected] for more events and detailed informaiton. craftsmen and strong women with roots in the Nordic Open May 6- September 12 countries. You still find traces of the life they lived 1000 years ago in the landscape surrounding Copenhagen! Frederikssund Viking Theatre 1 April-31 October 12-13 July www.vikingespil.dk Viking activities on location. Workshop - Flint Knapping +4296 9596 Trelleborg Viking Fortress, Denmark VikingaTider The Copenhagen area was already a centre of power [email protected] Open June 20-July 13 11 April-30 December 7-13 July in the Viking age. Here reigned Harald Bluetooth his Exhibition: Viking market - bustling market with Dana Empire 940-986 AD. The king’s political strategy National Museum of Denmark ”The World in the Viking Age” ”thing” (the Viking court) www.natmus.dk Roskilde Viking Ship Museum Sagnlandet Lejre - Land of Legends sydpol.com © visitskane.com Photo: and warfare made ​​the area a dense habited hub of +33 13 44 11 1 May-30 September 12-20 July commerce and faith. Open Tuesday-Sunday all year Sail a Viking ship Viking festival - Battle of Trelleborg, Roskilde Viking Ship Museum Viking crafts and activities. Enrich your visit in Copenhagen with a journey in the Roskilde Viking Ship Museum Trelleborg Viking Fortress, Denmark footsteps of the Vikings. Sail with Viking ships, enjoy www.vikingeskibsmuseet.dk 18 May +45 46 300 253. Viking Games - kick off 4-8 August an outdoor Viking theatre, take a walk in a Viking town, Open all year. Outdoor season May VikingaTider Live as a Viking visit Viking fortresses, festivals, markets and see the 16-August 24 Sagnlandet Lejre - Land of Legends 24 May Vikings clash in Viking Games 2014! Viking Games part I 10 August Sagnlandet Lejre - Land of Legends Frederikssund Viking Settelment Workshop - Stave churches www.sagnlandet.dk VikingaTider +45 4648 0878 8 June Open May 1-September 21 Workshop - Viking ornaments 16 August VikingaTider Viking Games part II Viking Fortress Trelleborg, Sweden VikingaTider 20 June-13 July www.vikingatider.se Viking Theatre - 200 Vikings on stage 23-24 August attractions +46 46 70 62 10 Viking in the beautiful outdoor environment. Viking market - Crafts, showfight etc. Only open at events Frederikssund Viking Settelment in the streets of central Copenhagen. Oresund Event Center has the task of making the Øresund Region, one of Europe’s leading National Museum of Denmark Trelleborg Viking Fortress, 24-26 June event destinations. The goal is to attract more tourists, investment and jobs by strengthening the Øresund Region as an event destination. The project is co-funded by the EU Interreg IV A Denmark Workshop - Viking Handicraft 30 August and runs until the end of 2014. nearby www.vikingeborgen-trelleborg.dk Foteviken Viking Town & museum Viking Games part III Copenhagen Foteviken Viking Town & museum +45 41 20 63 99 27-29 June www.oresundeventcenter.com Open April 1-October 31 Viking market - craftsmen, 6 September activities, showfight etc Viking Games - Final! Destination Viking is a concept for historical travel. Historical sights and museums Viking Fortress Trelleborgen, Foteviken Viking Town & museum Trelleborg Viking Fortress, Denmark all over Europe work together to guarantee an authentic, high-quality historical Sweden experience for tourists and visitors. The museums in this folder are all members of www.trelleborgen.se 30 June-4 July 27 September the network in the Copenhagen area. [email protected] Live as a Viking Harvest Festival +46 410 73 30 21 Sagnlandet Lejre - Land of Legends Foteviken Viking Town & museum www.destinationviking.com Open all year 4-6 July 7 December Viking market - Battle of Feast to the Light Trelleborgen, Viking wedding etc. Viking Fortress Trelleborg, Sweden Viking Fortress Trelleborg, Sweden Frederikssund Viking Settelment A small Viking settlement with pit VikingaTider houses, a longhouse and a small VikingaTider is an archaeological harbour with a bridge illustrates how SWEDEN open air museum showing what the the Vikings lived. The major annual landscape and buildings would have event in the city is the Viking Theatre looked like in Viking age Sweden. Give that takes place on the outdoor stage the Viking crafts a try, take part in the every summer. 200 local adults and daily life and learn about the Viking age. children put on their Viking clothes Only open at events. and join the theatre every year! DENMARK Frederikssund Viking Settelment www.vikingatider.se www.vikingespil.dk 45 km 65 km Vikingatider Roskilde Viking Ship Museum 35 km COPENHAGEN Thyra says: Roskilde Viking Ship Museum Sagnlandet Lejre 45 km The Viking Ship Museum in – land of legends Roskilde is the Danish museum for ships, sea- Foteviken Viking Town & Museum -Let the Games begin! Foteviken Viking Town faring and boatbuilding Foteviken Museum with its culture in ancient and 100 km 50 km Viking town is one of Scandinavia’s medieval times. You find 60 km Trelleborg Viking Fortress biggest archaeological open-air the five Viking ships found Viking Fortress Trelleborg museums. Here you can take a stroll at Skuldelev on display as well in the world’s only reconstructed as reconstructed. Here is also a Viking town! Follow the narrow boatyard, an Activity Centre, a harbour streets and discover the smithy, Visit Viking Games in Denmark & Sweden: Who are the fastest, strongest and most with traditional Nordic wooden boats and bakery, a large banquet hall, cunning Vikings in Denmark and Sweden? 18 May ships, a restaurant etc. lookout tower and much more. VikingaTider, SWE at 11-16 www.vikingeskibsmuseet.dk www.foteviken.se Find out in Viking Games 2014! 24 May Frederikssund Viking Settlement, DK at 12-17 Queen Thyra and her entourage travel around to secure the support of the local Vikings. With her comes the bravest heroes 16 August: from the four major clans. See the Vikings challenge each other Viking Fortress Trelleborg, SWE at 11-16 Viking Fortress Trelleborg, Sweden Sagnlandet Lejre - Land of Legends in old nordic games! 30 August: Fortress from the Viking age that has Lejre Land of Legends is an Foteviken Viking Town, SWE at 11-16 Trelleborg Viking Fortress, Denmark been partly reconstructed in the city Don’t miss this unique family adventure with a Viking theme! atmospheric and exciting tourist centre. Museum, shop, cafe, Viking Try out the games, cheer on your favorite Vikings and enjoy the 6 September: attraction for the whole family. The Viking ring fortress was built in 980 farm, “Battle of Trelleborgen” and show in the historical environments. Trelleborg Viking Fortress, DK at 12-17 10,000 years of Danish history during the reign of King Harold Bluetooth. other events throughout the year. brought to life. Houses and settings from Try Viking activities, decathlon, education www.trelleborgen.se the Stone Age, Iron Age, Viking Age and programs and treasure hunt. Viking festival resundsbron 18th century, historic workshops and and special activities in holidays. See the Ø domestic animals, located in the beautiful only Viking shield found in Denmark. Visit Get to know Queen Thyra and her Vikings and plan your visit: historic landscape. the shop, Exhibitions and the Viking village. www.vikinggames.eu VIKING GAMES www.sagnlandet.dk www.vikingeborgen-trelleborg.dk Photo: S øren Madsen / S øren Photo:.
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