Ribe Attractions
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Jutland
Ribe, one of the oldest towns in the country, lies on the Ribe Å, not far from the place where the river enters the North Sea in the Bay of Fanø.
History
Ribe developed on an estuary which formed one of the few harbors on the west coast of Jutland. Excavations in the 1970s have established that at one time Ribe lay north of the present river, as shown by the discovery of a Viking settlement of about A.D. 700 near Skt. Nicolaj Gade. In the year 860 Ansgar, Archbishop of Hamburg and Bremen, obtained permission to build a church here; and in 948 Ribe became the episcopal see.
Ribe, one of the oldest towns in the country, lies on the Ribe Å, not far from the place where the river enters the North Sea in the Bay of Fanø.
History
Ribe developed on an estuary which formed one of the few harbors on the west coast of Jutland. Excavations in the 1970s have established that at one time Ribe lay north of the present river, as shown by the discovery of a Viking settlement of about A.D. 700 near Skt. Nicolaj Gade. In the year 860 Ansgar, Archbishop of Hamburg and Bremen, obtained permission to build a church here; and in 948 Ribe became the episcopal see.
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Cathedral
Dating to around 1200, the Ribe Cathedral is a Romanesque structure, and Denmark's only five-aisled church.
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Cathedral, Ribe
Cathedral, Ribe
Cathedral, Ribe
Vikinger Museum, Ribe
