Program and activities at Moesgaard Viking Days

Experience a multitude of Viking activities at Moesgaard Viking Days. Get an overview of the program and activities here.

Programme 2024

The program for Viking Days 2024 is the same every day.

Experience the horses of the Vikings

You will have the opportunity to see the Vikings' horses at Moesgaard Viking Days.

Equestrian show with Icelandic horses (1pm)

There is momentum for the impressive equestrian show, where Rytteriet Kongsgaard presents the beautiful Icelandic horses.

The warriors

The warriors demonstrate glima, Viking Age wrestling, and show off their weapons and combat in the square. In addition, you can experience full contact combat with the Historical Reenactment Group Black Snake from Poland.

Glima and combat demonstration (12 and 2.30 p.m.)

Come and experience Viking Age wrestling, glima, for yourself - if you dare! The warriors will also show battle, displaying their weapons and explaining how they work and were used in the Viking Age. Here you can also hold the weapons and take a picture with the warriors.

Full contact fight show (2pm)

Come and experience Viking Age wrestling, glima, for yourself - if you dare! The warriors will also show battle, displaying their weapons and explaining how they work and were used in the Viking Age. Here you can also hold the weapons and take a picture with the warriors.

Music, joke and story

At the viking square there will be music, singing, dancing and pranks with, among other things, the groups Jotunger and Ramashang, while NordicTellers provide the good stories with legends and sagas.

Jotunger (at 11.30, 14 and 15.30)

The Danish Viking folk band, Jotunger, formerly known as Gjaldulei, makes reconstructions of the music of the Viking Age based on research and gives an idea of ​​how the music sounded in everyday life, during rituals, war and celebration and provides the texts of the sagas and the art of skald musical life.

Ramashang (11am, 1.30pm and 4.30pm)

Exercise your laughing muscles and chalk your dancing shoes when Ramashang plays mmedieval and Viking music for beautiful ladies, noble gentlemen, tall children and even taller parents. Music so that the legs cannot stand still and the nose starts to wiggle. There will also be tricks with fire and other clown arts.

NordicTellers (at 10.30am, 12.30pm and 3pm)

The Danish storytellers from NordicTellers tell stories and adventures so that it becomes engrossing and lively and can keep both the fire warm and the cold from the door.

Cooking and fire

The Vikings in the square will tell, show and demonstrate while they are baking, lighting, butchering, skinning and picking. NOTE: Food and drinks can be bought on the site.

Bread baking

Get flatbread dough delivered, which you bake yourself on pans by the food and fireworkshop bonfires at the bread baking area on the Beach. Learn about diet, food products and preparation in the kitchen of the Viking Age.

Light a fire in Viking style (10.30, 12.30, 14 and 15.30)

Johnny Juhl, who is a communicator at Moesgaard and known as @simple.woodsman on Instagram, uses his acquired skills as a woodsman, nature craftsman and survivalist to teach children and childish souls to start fires in Viking fashion with flint and fire steel . He shows various techniques and materials that were used in the Viking Age to make it easier to light a fire, e.g. fire sponge, down hammer, etc. 

Hunting, slaughter and dismemberment (at 11.30 and 14.30)

The nature guide and his friends show all day the dismemberment and slaughter of various animals on the beach. Everyone can have the chance to help skin a deer every day at 11.30 and 14.30, where we also cut the animal apart and taste the meat. In the Viking Age, everything from the animal was used – including the bones! See how an animal is butchered both in the Viking Age and today, taste a small piece of the meat, and right nearby you can also experience how the meat is used for Viking Age dishes and the skin is tanned.

Especially for children and childish souls

Become a mini-archaeologist, fish in the fishpond or play viking games and jousting.

Archery

At the clearing in the Activity area, you can try your hand at the noble art of archery! The Frikings are ready to instruct and receive you. Note: you must be 5 years old to try archery. Each participant is allowed to shoot 3 arrows.

Experience sandbox for children

On the beach, the children can help our archaeologists dig up objects from the past. The archaeologists explain how, through the findings, you can say something about everything we show for the Viking Days. How do we know what their clothes looked like? Tool? Jewelry? The children become mini-archaeologists and have the opportunity to find the fine Viking Age objects in the sand themselves. Afterwards, of course, the things must go to a museum or back in the sand, so that other children can also learn more - and who knows, maybe the children will get a real gold (chocolate) coin home?

Fishpond

At Stranden you can fish in our fishpond - can you catch one of the big fish? Volunteers are ready to help and talk about fishing in the Viking Age.

Viking games, jousting and games

In the Activity area, Moesgaard Vikingedage provides fun and exciting Viking games, jousting and games. At some times the play area is staffed by volunteers who will guide the play, at other times it is free to use with instructions for the games on the sign. 

Spear Throw

At Viktoy in the Activity area you can throw spears at targets and win prizes! 

Activities and involvement

Try your hand at different craft disciplines and learn more about Viking craftsmanship. In the Activity area, there are many opportunities to try your hand at Viking Age craftsmanship, or else you have to explore the market place, where you can often also try to help with what the Vikings do.

Plant Dyeing 

In several places on the square you will find the plant dyes, where guests can see and participate in the process of dyeing textiles with nature's own dyes. At Mols Vikingelaug you can also go plant hunting with the plant dyer .  

Braided bracelet

At Vikingerne KVIST, children and childlike souls can braid bracelets with plant-coloured yarn for two hours a day.  

Make rope from linden bark

At Mols Vikingelaug you can participate in the production of linden bark rope. 

Pearl making

Make your own authentic Viking Age pearl. The pearl making is handled by Mols Vikingelaug.

Flip a coin

At several stalls, you can for a fee strike/stamp your own Viking Age coin for a fee.  

Throw a Thorshammer or chopstick

At Mols Vikingelaug you can forge a chopstick or Thorshammer in a field together with the skilled blacksmiths. 

Make clay beads

At Mols Vikingelaug you can, in collaboration with the potter, make clay beads and dye them in all the beautiful colors of nature.

Please note that some of the above activities are paid activities. The price will appear for the individual activities.

Stalls, craftsmen and Viking market

In addition to the above activities, there will be stalls with goods of all kinds that could have been found at a Viking market a thousand years ago and a lot of skilled craftsmen who are ready to share their knowledge.

The boat builder works on his boat, the potter fires pottery, the blacksmiths hammer the arm bolt and the tanner is turning skins into leather. Shoes, amber jewellery, bows, plant-dyed fabric and yarn, glass beads, clothes, beautiful ribbons, silver jewellery, art and food are made.

There will be something to experience - and buy - for every taste and wallet. Remember cash and MobilePay, as most stalls do not accept cards. Please note that some traders are not Danish and therefore ONLY accept cash.