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3 December: Top 3 Viking destinations of Norway
Norway is also about vikings, of course. If you are into viking lore, you need to visit at least these three to get a flavour of our heritage.
1) The Viking Planet
An impressive digital Viking installation! (Image: TheVikingPlanet.com)
This is the world’s first digital Viking museum. It opened in 2019 in Oslo, right next to the City Hall, and is the first in a series of digital viking museums that are planned in Norway and abroad. Check it out to satisfy your viking cravings!
The Oseberg, Tune and Gokstad viking ships at display. (Image: UiO Museum of Cultural History)
2) The Viking Ship Museum
Also in Oslo, this museum displays the spectacular Oseberg, Tune and Gokstad viking ships. They used to be sea-going vessels until the were used in burials back in the days. They were discovered in the early 20th century, and you can now see them in flesh – or wood, if you will – at the Viking Ship Museum in Bygdøy, Oslo. Go there!
The Chieftain’s House. (Image: The Lofotr Viking Museum)
3) The Lofotr Viking Museum
This is in Lofoten, and if you are there anyway – which any rider visiting Norway should – you may as well ride to this museum to check out how the Vikings built their longhouses and lived back in the days. You can also sail in a viking ship – replica, of course – in the sea nearby.
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