Roskilde Museum

... is considered such an important building and why so many people chose to visit it. Friday we returned to Roskilde and visited the Viking Ship Museum. Seems that a number of ships were scuttled in the nearby fjord around the 11th century for security ...

... odd 70 of which were rowing. Back in the day (about 11th centry) 5 had been sunk to them dodgy Swedes out of the Roskilde Harbour. There were replicas built of the 5 ships and one of them is being sailed to Dublin where the original one was built ...

... and the whole bit. I drank wine out of a cardboard box and Matt has been into the Turborg. We visited Roskilde - the cathedral and the viking museum for the whole day yesterday so its not all music and craziness (i made my own Viking coin necklace and ...

SUNDAY, JULY 7 On Sunday we drove to Roskilde and had a late lunch before dropping David off at the music festival. My dad and I went to the Viking Ship Museum that was interesting but not exceptionally impressive; the highlight was probably dressing up ...

DAY TRIP TO ROSKILDE: (03/09/08) Wen, Barbara, Katerina & I set off to visit Roskilde, the former capital of Denmark and location of the famous Viking Ship Museum. Our day did not start off well, with the train before ours breaking down, causing ...

About 20 minutes by train from Nørreport station is the town of Roskilde. The first capital city of Denmark, it boasts a wealth of history, far surpassing its first appearance as a small sleepy market town. The main reason for our visit was the ...

... We met at 9:30 am and didn't get back until 6pm.  Our first stop was in Roskilde.  Roskilde was basically the Viking capital of Denmark.  It's located on a fjord with access to the ocean.  The Viking Ship Museum has the remains ...

Monday morning I trained it to Roskilde, east of Copenhagen. Roskilde was Denmark's first capitol, built in the middle ages with buildings and other sites dating back to about 980 or so. The promise of a viking heritage drew me to this region. I mean ...

The viking museum here kicks ...

It's going to be a busy day, today - first Roskilde, Odense, then finally to Aero Island, for the night.  I'm going with shoes instead of sandals today; my feet are killing me, cracked and bleeding.  Hopefully a day or two of shoes will allow ...