The Viking Museum Fyrkat

Current opening hours

January, February, March 2025: Closed
Easter 2025 (April 17–21): 10 AM – 4 PM
April, May, June 2025:
Tuesday to Sunday: 10 AM – 4 PM
(The museum is closed on Mondays.)
July, August 2025:
Open every day: 10 AM – 5 PM
September, October 2025:
Tuesday to Sunday: 10 AM – 4 PM
(The museum is closed on Mondays.)
Autumn Break 2025 (October 13–19): 10 AM – 4 PM
From October 20, November, and December 2025: Closed

Admission

Adults: DKK 100
Children (17 and under): Free
Students: DKK 85
Groups (minimum 15 persons): DKK 85 per person

Postal address

The Ring Fortress
Fyrkatvej 45
9500 Hobro

The Chieftain’s Farm
Fyrkatvej 37 B
9500 Hobro

Phone: +45 31 99 06 67
E-mail: [email protected]

The Viking Museum Fyrkat


Around the year 980, King Harald Bluetooth built several Viking fortresses in Denmark – Fyrkat is one of those we know today. The old fortresses no longer exist, but they were built at a time when Denmark was united into a single kingdom, and the unique history of the fortresses have placed them on UNESCO’s world heritage list.

At Fyrkat, a natural sized rampart marks the original location of the Viking fortress, which encircled 16 large longhouses. One of these longhouses has been reconstructed and is open to visitors.

Not far from the fortress you may also visit a number of houses which in combination constitute a reconstructed nobleman’s estate from the Viking Age.

The Ring Fortress

Within the Danish realm, we know of five ring fortresses dating back to the time of King Harald Bluetooth. At Fyrkat, an earthen rampart marks the site of the former fortress, and right next to it stands a reconstructed longhouse.
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The Chieftain’s Farm

The Chieftain’s Farm at Fyrkat consists of nine reconstructed houses from a nobleman’s estate dating back to the time of King Harald Bluetooth.
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The Exhibition

At the museum you can experience an exhibition about Fyrkat with some of the finds excavated here. It also tells the full story of the five Danish ring fortresses, Harald Bluetooth’s spiritual guide (The Fyrkat völve), and the transition from Norse mythology to Christianity.
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The Mythological Playground

At the Viking Museum Fyrkat, there is a mythological playground where children have the opportunity to play among the Norse gods, listen to tales of the gods in the storytelling hut, sit in Odin’s chair, ride on Odin’s eight-legged horse Sleipnir, and much more.
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UNESCO World Heritage

The five Danish ring fortresses – Aggersborg, Fyrkat, Nonnebakken, Borgring, and Trelleborg – have been included on UNESCO’s World Heritage List because, together, they represent a unique period in world history.
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