Summer holiday:
Viking activities
for the whole family
Meet the Vikings, hear about the Viking Age and take part in Viking experiences for all ages
You can visit the shooting range and try archery with Viking bows and throw Viking spears. You can also visit the clay workshop and hear about Viking Age ceramic jars, pots, and spindle whorls. Try making your own clay item. The wood workshop is also a big hit among children and adults, where you can try your hand at using a cutting knife with freshly chopped wood.
Practicalities
Where: Viking Museum Ladby
When: Monday – Friday at 11 AM – 3 PM
26 June – 18 August 2023
Price: 20 kr. per acitivity. You can try three workshops for 50 kr.
The shooting range
Try your hand at archery with replicas of Viking Age bows, and see if you can hit the target.
When: Monday – Friday in weeks 26 – 33 at 11 AM – 3 PM
Price: 20 kr.
The clay workshop
Hear about Viking Age ceramics and try your hand at making something out of clay. The clay workshop is for people of all ages.
When: Monday – Friday in weeks 26 – 33 at 11 AM – 3 PM
Price: 20 kr.
The wood workshop
Try your hand at using a cutting knife with freshly cut wood. Hear what was cut in the Viking Age and how wood was a hugely important material.
When: Monday – Friday in weeks 26 – 33 at 11 AM – 3 PM
Price: 20 kr.
Spear throwing
You can also try spear throwing with replicas of real Viking spears.
When: Monday – Friday in weeks 26 – 33 at 11 AM – 3 PM
Price: Free
Viking games
Fight like Vikings with swords and shields made of wood. Or try the Viking playground.
When: Monday – Friday in weeks 26 – 33 at 11 AM – 3 PM
Price: Free
Try on Viking clothes
Both children and adults can dress like Vikings in the costume room.
When: During opening hours
Price: Free
Try the children’s competition
Explore the museum and try two exiting competitions. Find the hidden treasures of the Ladby King and solve the riddles about the mysterious deaths of the Vikings.
The hunt for The Ladby King’s treasures
Get around the museum with this fun kids’ competition for kids of all ages.
Blood, violence, and dead kings
A competition for (bloodthirsty) children and their adults.
