Lofotr Viking Museum
Meet the Vikings. Smell the tar, taste the food, feel the history. The Vikings have been awaiting you for more than 1000 years. Welcome to the Viking age.
Meet the Vikings. Smell the tar, taste the food, feel the history. The Vikings have been awaiting you for more than 1000 years. Welcome to the Viking age.
Learn to make Viking clothes for cloth doll Åsa. Saturday 24. September. The museum is open from 11:00 to 16:00. Welcome.
We make swords and shields and learn about fighting techniques
Reproduction of collars with iron wire and beads from a Norwegian find from the 900s
Imagine Yggdrasil’s nine worlds of paint and collages
We create Viking nicknames in runic script, join and find your nickname
Join us and beat the drum in a Viking concert
Be predicted by a sorceress and learn about the secrets of the runes
Discover the excavation of the longhouse, an evocative film about people and events during the Viking Age, and a collection of unique archaeological finds from Borg and the surrounding areas.
Make bread Viking-wise!
Create your own hnefatafl board game
Take part in a Viking style dinner, lunch or enjoy a nice meal from the museum eateries and cafes.
Basic exhibitions – in a squeeze between the authorities’ museum policy guidelines, different user groups and the growth of research.
Create a stylish leather bookmark, bracelet or medallion
Make a dragon with paper
Discover ancient animal species in their natural habitat. Wild boar, wild sheep, Nordland type horses and Nordland type cows enjoying life around the Chieftain’s House.
Basket weaving with birch roots
Weave a bracelet or a bookmark on grind tissue
Encounter the wood carver, textile workers, shoe- and leatherworkers and more, all hard at work recreating the skills and products of the past.
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On 3–7 August 2022, the annual Viking Festival is finally held at the Lofotr Viking Museum again. This year’s theme is trade and cultural exchange, and there are Vikings from many countries coming to Borg in Lofoten.
Get viking-style makeup and throw an axe outside the chieftain’s house
5-day experience with match shows, toys, concerts, market and much more
A new sweater, a practical southwest or a bag of tea from Lofoten? In Gammelbutikken (open all year) and suvenirbutikken (summer open) by the parking lot, the selection is large and exciting for most people.
An analysis of four selected houses at Borg, Vestvågøy from the Iron Age to the High Middle Ages.
Come along and throw leather balls, can you hit the bucket farthest away?