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Sebastian Pachmayr
Location: Alberta, Canada Joined: 04 Apr 2012
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 Posted: Sat 25 Aug, 2012 4:43 am Post subject: Places to see in Norway/Denmark |
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Hello again!
As you may have seen in my previous thread, I am currently in the Munich area and in the process of planning a roadtrip to Norway. The rough route plan at the moment is driving up through Germany to Denmark, across the bridge to Sweden and then up to the Lofoten in Norway. Along the way I was planning on possibly taking a detour and visiting the Ribe Viking Center in Denmark. On a previous trip I visited the viking ship museum in Oslo, the Håkonshalle and museums in Bergen, the Nidarosdom in Trondheim, and the Lofotr Viking museum in Borg, all of which I plan on revisiting  . I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions or ideas of any more places to check out and visit, especially in regards to Viking/Medieval history.
I appreciate any thoughts and input!
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Aed Thompson
Location: Staffordshire, UK Joined: 04 Nov 2011
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If you're interested in stuff which predates the Viking age too, I'd wholeheartedly recommend stopping by Gottorf Castle in Schleswig before crossing the border into Denmark, to see the Nydam and Thorsberg bog treasure and the Nydam boat.
Ribe is great, and if you don't mind a small detour, a visit to Aarhus and Mosegard Museum would be very worthwhile. On Fyn, I'd recommend spending half an hour visiting the Ladby ship burial near Kerteminde, which is great. Once you've crossed the bridge to Zealand, Trelleborg (Slagelse), a fantastic Viking ring fort is en route and worth a quick look. It also has a reconstructed longhouse, although there are plenty of those to see in Denmark.
The main site I'd recommend not missing on Zealand is the Viking Ship Museum at Roskilde, where you can have a go at rowing and sailing in a reconstructed Viking boat on the fjord -a truly magical experience. If you see nothing else, definitely see Roskilde.
Copenhagen Museum is excellent too. There also countless reconstructed Viking villages and other brilliant museums, but if you're just passing through quickly, these are the sites I'd recommend seeing.
Aed Thompson
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N. Prauda
Location: Finland Joined: 10 Jan 2008
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A second vote for the Viking ship museum in Roskilde. A wonderfully set up site.
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Chuck Russell
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oh man, it's been since 98 that i was in denmark. there is so much to see. i will second, thrid and forth Roskilde and the Copenhagen Museum. they are both huge treasures.
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Martin Helgren
Location: Denmark Joined: 16 Jan 2007
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I would second making a detour to Moesgaard Museum in Aarhus. Among other things they have the Illerup Aadal finds at display.
The National Museum in Copenhagen is absolutely worth a visit. So is the viking ship museum in Roskilde and the one in Oslo is also a must see.
Have a nice trip!
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Sebastian Pachmayr
Location: Alberta, Canada Joined: 04 Apr 2012
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Hi guys, thanks for all the awesome tips! I was originally thinking of just going through Denmark fairly quickly to get to Norway ASAP, but it seems like that would have been a great disservice to all the amazing things there are to see .
Definitely going to shuffle plans around to make more time for all the awesome things you suggested. I'm going try and visit everything "en route" on the way up and then do the Aarhus sidetrip and anything else I may have missed on the way back down.
Once again thank you all so much for the info, just reading your suggestions got me really excited and pumped to get going! 
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Nils Anderssen
Location: Drammen, Norway Joined: 08 Dec 2005
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Thomas R.
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Gottorf Castle is more commonly known as the Museum of Haithabu, so don't get confused. It's really worth a visit, since it's situated directly at the site of the former viking village of Haithabu near Schleswig.
if you've got some more time to spend, I recommend the isle of Bornholm. It's danish, but the easiest way do get there is via ferry from Ystad/Sweden. There you can explore Castle Hammershus, one of europes biggest complex of medieval ruins. It's quite a sight!
Thomas
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Matthew Bunker
Location: Somerset UK Joined: 02 Apr 2009
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| Thomas R. wrote: | Gottorf Castle is more commonly known as the Museum of Haithabu, so don't get confused. It's really worth a visit, since it's situated directly at the site of the former viking village of Haithabu near Schleswig.
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They're two different museums. The fabulous Nydam Hall is located at the Schloss Gottorf on the outskirts of Schleswig, which also houses the State Archeological Museum.
The Viking Museum at Haithabu is also well worth a visit but is located 3 km to the south east of Schloss Gottorf.
"If a Greek can do it, two Englishman certainly can !"
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Sebastian Pachmayr
Location: Alberta, Canada Joined: 04 Apr 2012
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The time has come Going to start driving today, and the plan is to try and hit every location you guys have mentioned one way or another . I'll try to take as many pictures as possible, and if I can get a reliable internet connection I'll post them up ASAP.
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