Category: Vikings

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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