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Around 1080 in the narrow entrance to Roskilde Fjord five
Viking ships were sunk, presumably to make it difficult for fellow
Vikings to sail up and attack the city of Roskilde.
In the 1950s the wrecks were investigated first by sports
divers and then by museum officials.
In 1962 a big cofferdam was built so that archaeological work
could be done on dry land, this work lasted 7 years until 1969.
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| A beautiful museum next to Roskilde Marina was built to
exhibit the finds.
When they were digging a drainage channel to expand the
museum in 1997 they found another nine buried ships!
What a peculiar quandary for a museum to be caught in: expand
the museum again to display the new finds and potentially discover
even more exhibits...
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The recovered ships were in very good condition and a great
deal has been learnt about the construction of Viking long ships. |
| So much has been learnt about the design of Viking ships
that replicas are built and sailed by enthusiasts. |
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There are many period costumes on display, and occasional
large shows. |
| The Viking Ship Museum has its own boatyard with a staff of
about six boat builders, a boat-builder apprentice and a rope-maker
apprentice. Work is carried out so that the public are able to
follow the craftsmen at close quarters.
(You are relatively safe to be near Danes with axes
nowadays.)
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Das ehrgeizigste Wikingerschiffsprojekt der Welt befindet
sich gegenwärtig im Wikingerschiffsmuseum im Bau. Es handelt sich um
den Neubau des Langschiffs Skuldelev 2, das mit 30 Metern Länge eine
Klasse für sich darstellt. Das Schiff repräsentiert die großen,
seetüchtigen Kriegsschiffe der Wikingerzeit, die in Bardenliedern
und Sagen beschrieben werden. |