Bork Vikingehavn

At Bork Vikingehavn you can experience the entire Viking Age. There are Viking ships, farms, workshops and a watermill. You can also visit Odin and Thor in the god's court or the new god in the church. Bork Vikingehavn is a unified and atmospheric environment, but Bork Vikingehavn is also a journey through Viking Age architecture and culture. Buildings and environments are reconstructed based on archaeological finds and excavations in West Jutland.

The Viking Age and the Vikings of West Jutland

On June 8, 793, the monastery on the English island of Lindisfarne was attacked. The attack is today seen as the start of the Viking Age, c. 800-1050. "To go Viking" means to set out on a journey. The Vikings were explorers and warriors. Back then, Viking meant something like sea warrior or pirate. Today we call everyone from the Viking Age a Viking, even though the vast majority were farmers. During the Viking Age, people believed in the Norse gods, but towards the end of the period, Christianity came to the fore.

At Bork Vikingehavn you can see how the Vikings lived. The harbor is based on archaeological finds from Viking Age West Jutland.

• Chief's longhouse: copy of house excavated in Tarm
• Wooden church: Especially based on the discovery of a wooden church under the stone church in Vorgod north of Skjern
• Jetty: Inspired by findings from Nybro between Bork and Varde
• Watermill: inspired by finds from Sejrup east of Tarm and Omgård between Skjern and Holstebro