The Viking Museum in Aarhus

Highlights of the Viking Museum

The Viking Museum is home to the exhibition The Vikings' Aros, which can be found on top of the old Viking town. Travel back in time on an exciting adventure with each step you take down the stairs. You will be able to see the layers of rubbish from hundreds of years of town life, and your journey through the soil layers will be marked by the respective years.

Down in the Viking Museum, you will be standing on the same surface where the Viking streets and alleys once stood over 1000 years ago. Get a unique perspective into the world of the Vikings through this exhibition, which is based on the actual excavations that took place on this very site.

Good to know about the Viking Museum

The exhibition is part of Moesgaard Museum, and it is based on Aros in the time of Harald Bluetooth, around the year 980. Here, you can learn more about the oldest history of the town and the militant Vikings as well as their everyday life on the streets of Aros. Go on a guided tour with a city walk and explore the key aspects of the exciting history of Aarhus.

You can find the Viking Museum at Bispetorvet in the centre of Aarhus, right under Nordea bank. It is a 10-minute walk from Aarhus Central Station, and there are several bus and light rail connections to Dokk1 and Klostertorv, which are the nearest stops.