What's on

In Ribe VikingeCenter we want you to experience history with all your senses! Learn how to play the old Viking games and invent your own games on the historical playground. Make wooden nails and visit the horses, cows, cats and the rest of the animals on the farm. Let your imagination run free and play along when the Vikings improvise and make history come to life. All these activities are free.

In the marketplace in Ribe Viking Centre you can make yourself a copy of the Ripa coin which was used in the marketplace some 1300 years ago. DKK 30.00 or buy an activity card.

Come along for the daily animal feeding on the Viking farm. Meet the Icelandic horses, the Icelandic cattle, the sheep, pigs, chickens and cats. Free activity.

Meet up with one of the Vikings in Ripa to learn more about their life, work and home. And don't hold back if you have questions! Free activity.

The Vikings know lots of fantastic stories about gods, heroes, dragons and foreign lands. This week they will let you in on some of them and even spice it up a bit with music and acting.

Viking Ripa holds many beautiful examples of wood carvings, tapestry and paintings which all communicate tales and stories. Right now, the walls of the Ansgar Church 860 AD are being decorated with large paintings. You're welcome to look in and discover how the different styles of the church reflect time, faith and culture in the trasitional period.

Nordic food cooked over an open fire. Become inspired as the Vikings will share recipes and show how you can make Viking food at home.

Viking fabrics, stiches and style. Wool, flax, yarn, plant dyeing, spinning, weaving, sewing, needle binding, embroidery, felting. This week, the Vikings will be working with the different aspects of textiles in Ribe VikingeCenter.

Meet the Vikings' horses up-close. The Icelandic horse is relatively small, strong, steady and a direct descendant of the horses, which the Vikings brought with them to Iceland in the 9th century. Also, it boasts a fifth gait: Tölt.

The earth is shaking and it smells like trouble. Yes, once again Ripa is on red alert. Schemes and riots are the the topic of this week, which offers thing assemblies, single combat and fights.

Join the amusing Viking games and meet the market entertainer.

This weekend skilled Viking blacksmiths meet in Ribe VikingeCenter. Watch as they work on different projects the way the old Danes did.