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Viking Ships Museum Description

(Local Name: Vikingskiphus) To the south of the Norwegian Folk Museum in Oslo is the Vikingskiphus, a large hall specially built to house three Viking ships, seaworthy vessels of the ninth century. Boats of this kind were used by the Vikings on their long sea voyages and also for the burial of their chieftains.

Hobbies & Activities category: Historic site; Nautical museum or attraction

Viking Ships Museum Highlights

Gokstad Ship

The Gokstad Ship (23.30m/76ft long by 5.24m/17ft wide), found at Gokstad in 1880, was also used for a burial; unlike the Oseberg Ship, it was a seagoing vessel, and accordingly was less richly

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Oseberg Ship

The Oseberg (Oseborg) Ship (21.50m/70ft long and just over 5m/16ft wide), discovered north of Tønsberg in 1904, is the largest and finest pre-Christian object found in the northern countries. Built

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Tune Ship

The Tune Ship, found in 1867 some 10km/6mi above Fredrikstad, is the most poorly preserved of the three ships in the Viking Ships Museum, only part of the ship's bottom having survived.

Address

Viking Ships Museum
Box 6762
N-0130 Oslo
Norway

Hours

October 1 to April 30

Open	11:00	11:00	11:00	11:00	11:00	11:00	11:00
Closed	16:00	16:00	16:00	16:00	16:00	16:00	16:00

May 1 to September 30

Open	9:00	9:00	9:00	9:00	9:00	9:00	9:00
Closed	18:00	18:00	18:00	18:00	18:00	18:00	18:00

Always closed on:
New Year's Day (January 1) Good Friday - Christian Easter - Christian Christmas - Christian (December 25) Christmas Eve - Christian (December 24) New Year's Eve (December 31)