Category: Vikings

Avaldnes and 'Nordvegen History Centre' in Karmøysund near Haugesund is an important area for Norway's cultural history.

At Midgard Viking Center their goal is that you should experience the Viking Age. They want to bring the Viking Age to life!

Sverd i fjell (Swords in Rock) is a huge monument located in Hafrsfjord just outside the city of Stavanger.

In the beautiful surroundings of the UNESCO protected Nærøyfjord, you can step into the Viking history and experience how the Vikings lived.

In the museum you'll find the most important Viking heritage findings in Norway; the ship graves from Oseberg, Gokstad, Tune and Borre.

At Borg in Lofoten, a farmer discovered the largest Viking longhouse ever found and excavated. Make a stop at Lofotr Viking Museum.

Overlooking the Lustrafjord, Urnes stave church in Luster is among the oldest stave church in Norway. UNESCO listed in 1979.

Haraldshaugen is a national monument at Gard, located on King Harald Hairfair's burial mound just outside Haugesund city centre.