Copenhagen, Denmark

May 14, 2026 to May 16, 2026

DAY ONE, THURSDAY, MAY 14, 2026

After arriving in Copenhagen around midnight the night before, we used the next day to sleep in.

Rådhuspladsen Square:

We started the day in Rådhuspladsen Square, Copenhagen’s heart, with its City Hall.

City Hall

It was a holiday (Ascension Day), so City Hall wasn’t open to the public. Over the doorway is the city’s founder, Bishop Absalon (c. 1128-1201), King Valdemar I’s right-hand man.

Statue of Bishop Absalon

To the right of City Hall sits a large statue of Hans Christian Andersen, looking across the street at Copenhagen’s popular amusement park, Tivoli Gardens.

Statue of Hans Christian Andersen

Tivoli Gardens

To the right of Tivoli Gardens, the big, glassy building with the Di sign is filled with the offices of Danish Industry—a collection of Danish companies whose logos you can see in the windows.

Di Building

At the next corner, two women statues look over Rådhuspladsen Square indicate the weather: on a bike (fair weather) or with an umbrella (foul).

Fair and Foul Weather Girls

In the middle of Rådhuspladsen Square is a dragon fountain and there are also dragons along the balustrade in front of City Hall.

Dragon Fountain (Dragespringvandet)

Dragon statues on City Hall’s balustrade

Behind the dragon statue is the entrance to the Strøget, Copenhagen’s grand pedestrian boulevard (covered by fast food signs).

Entry to the Strøget, Copenhagen’s grand pedestrian boulevard

To the right of the entrance to the Strøget is the Palace Hotel, with a tower to rival City Halls, and the Lur Blowers sculpture, celebrating early Danish warriors.

Palace Hotel

Lur Blowers Sculpture

Finally, to the right of the Lur Blowers Sculpture is Rainbow Square (Regnbuepladsen) with its Gay Pride Flag, a reminder that Denmark was one of the first countries to give rights to same-sex partnerships.

Rainbow Square with its Gay Pride Flag

National Museum of Denmark:

Right outside the National Museum, on Dantes Plads, we encountered the following interesting protest sculpture by Danish artist Jens Galschiøt, who is protesting the plans by Q-Park to build an underground parking lot beneath the square.

F… Q-Park Protest Sculpture by Jens Galschiøt

The central figure features a forearm giving a middle finger salute, while surrounding figures known as “pig dogs” (or “pig-men”) represent the Danish concept of “den indre svinehund”—the base, selfish instincts within us. The busts atop the central structure depict Dante Alighieri, the Italian poet for whom the square is named.

We focused our time at the National Museum of Denmark on Danish Prehistory and the Bronze Age, and the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.

Danish Prehistory and the Bronze Age: In the Stone Age section, we saw a skeleton of a prehistoric auroch (massive wild ancestor of all modern domestic cattle).

Auroch from Vig

We also saw skeletons of a woman and a three-year-old child and the archaeological remains of the Egtved Girl (1370 BC).

Skeletal remains of a woman and a three-year-old child

Archaeological remains of the Egtved Girl (1370 BC)

We also saw the Broddenbjerg Idol, a wooden, ithyphallic figure dating back to the late Bronze Age, approximately 535–520 BC.

Broddenbjerg Idol

In addition to coffins, burial mounds (“barrows”) contained precious objects such as amber necklaces.

Amber Necklaces

The small bronze “Chariot of the Sun”—depicting a horse pulling the sun across the sky—likely had religious significance for early Scandinavians (whose descendants continue to celebrate the solstice with fervor).

Chariot of the Sun (1400 BC)

In the same room were those helmets (no, not Viking helments, but their predecessors, the Viksøs (first millennium BC).

Viksø helmets

Acrobat and a Man with a Horned Helmet (800 BC)

Monkey Figure (800 BC)

The next room had those lur horns described earlier.

Lur Horns

The Nordic Bronze age also had cult axes and shields.

Bronze Cult Axes

Bronze Shields

And lots of different jewelry.

Gold Neck Ring

Arm Ring from Tebbestrup in Northern Jutland

Neck Ring from Hannenov on Falster

And other gold and silver objects.

Gilded Bandolier Mounting with a face mask from a Sword Belt

Sun and Moon Objects (900-700 BC)

The National Museum’s Golden Horns have been stolen several times.

Golden Horns

Two Earrings Made from Stolen Golden Horns

Gold Bowl with Sun Motifs and Horse-Head Handle (1100-900 BC)

The star of the show is the 2,000 year old “Gundestrup Cauldron.” This large silver vessel has certain elements of composition identifying it as of Thracian origen, but other elements are clearly Celtic.

Gundestrup Cauldron

A last room shows off translated rune stones proclaiming heroic deeds.

Asferg Runestone

Tirsted Runestone

Tryggevælde Runestone

Middle Ages and the Renaissance: We next went up one floor to see the Middle Ages and the Renaissance exhibits.

There were several high quality altarpieces from churches across the region.

Altarpiece from Esrum Cistercian monastery church (1496)

Altarpiece from from St. Nikolai Church in Rostock

Altarpiece from the Church of The Holy Spirit in Faaborg (1511)

Altarpiece from Trondenes Church in Norway

Altarpiece of Saint Canute (Canaute IV of Denmark) (Knud the Holy)

Gurreby altarpiece

There were also several statues and wood carvings/reliefs of medieval saints.

15th-century wood carvings depicting the Virgin Mary and St. John the Evangelist

St. Anthony Statue (c. 1500)

St. George Relief (c. 1500)

St. Gertrude Statue (c. 1500)

St. Martin Relief (c. 1500)

St. Nicholaus Statue (c. 1500)

There was a large woodcarving of St. George and the Dragon (carved ca. 1520 by the German artish Hans Bruggemann) and a Medieval Suit of Armor for both horse and rider.

Large Woodcarving of St. George and the Dragon

Medieval Suit of Armor for both horse and rider

Langelinie Park:

We took a harbor bus boat from the Det Kongelige Bibliotek (Københavns Havn) boat dock to Langelinie Park.

Det Kongelige Bibliotek (Københavns Havn) harbor bus boat dock

Contemporary sculpture Byfraktal (City Fractal) by Danish artist Elisabeth Toubro next to the boat dock
and the ‘Black Diamond’ Royal Library in the background

Our Harbor Boat Bus

We had hoped to visit the Museum of Danish Resistance, but it was closed due to technical difficulties (all their interactive exhibits were down).

Museum of Danish Resistance

We had a nice stroll through Langelinie Park on a cold, but nice day. We saw lots of interesting statues.

St. Alban Church: This beautiful church was built from 1885 to 1887 for the benefit of the growing Anglican congregation in the city.

St. Alban’s Church

Gefion Fountain: The statue on this fountain is stunning with a great mythical story behind it – the creation of Zealand by the Norse goddess Gefjun. Notice the snake lying along the fountain.

Gelfion Fountain

Snake Alongside the Gelfion Fountain

Frederik IX (King of Denmark) Statue: Unveiled in 1982, this statue depicts the beloved monarch in his naval admiral uniform, holding his peaked cap and gazing out toward the harbor.

Frederik IX (King of Denmark) Statue

ZinkGlobal Sculpture: Shortly after being inaugurated in 2012, the contemporary ZinkGlobal sculpture by Kim “TheZinker” Michael was under fire from influential art critics.

ZinkGlobal Sculpture by Kim Michael

Princess Marie Sculpture: This monument to Princess Marie of Orleans was created by sculptor Carl Martin-Hansen in 1912. Princess Marie (1865–1909) was a French princess by birth and a Danish princess by marriage to Prince Valdemar, the youngest son of King Christian IX.

Princess Marie Sculpture by Carl Martin-Hansen

Ivar Huitfeldt Memorial: Built to commemorate the death of Admiral Ivar Huitfeldt and his men from HDMS Dannebroge, which exploded and sank in the Battle of Køge Bat during the Great Northern War. The monument was constructed in 1886 to a design by Vilhelm Dahlerup.

Ivar Huitfeldt Memorial

Little Mermaid Sculpture: The Little Mermaid (Danish: Den lille Havfrue) is a bronze statue by Edvard Eriksen, depicting a mermaid becoming human. Based on the 1837 fairy tale of the same name by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen, the small and unimposing statue is a Copenhagen icon and has been a major tourist attraction since its unveiling in 1913.

Little Mermaid Statue

After the Bath by Carl Aaeresleff: Shows a man drying himself after a bath. Sculpted by Carl Aarsleff (1852-1918).

After the Bath Statue by Carl Aaeresleff

Maritime Monument (Søfartsmonumentet): This statue is to remember the sailors who lost their lives during the first world war.

Maritime Monument (Søfartsmonumentet)

DAY TWO, FRIDAY, MAY 15, 2026

We took to S-Tog Train from Copenhagen Central Station and walked to the…

King’s Garden (Kongens Have):

While we waited for our time-slot at Rosenborg Castle, we toured several statues at King’s Garden (Kongens Have).

Diana of Versailles

Ancient Greek masterpiece Discobolus (The Discus Thrower)

The Boy with the Swan by Hermann Ernst Freund

Echo Sculpture by Aksel Hansen

Liden Gunver by Th. Stein

Monument Hans Christian Andersen

Queen Caroline Amalie by Vilhelm Bissen and Hans Jørgen Holm

Rosenborg Castle:

Though a couple of rooms were under reconstruction, we enjoyed our tour of Rosenborg Castle.

We started on the ground floor in the Christian IV’s Winter Room (one of the rooms still under reconstruction). Christian IV’s marble bust was in the hallway and most of the wood paneling and ceiling were removed, as well as the golden astronomical clock.

Marble Bust of Christian IV

The next room, Christian IV’s study, was also under reconstruction, but we did see the beautiful ebony scriptor or writing desk.

Ebony Scriptor or Writing Desk

On the windowsill was an intricate table clock.

Table Clock

And while there was not a portrait of the young Christian IV, there was a portrait of his mother and his son, Ulrik of Denmark.

Christian IV’s Mother

Portrait of Ulrik of Denmark (1611–1633), the son of King Christian IV, by Jacob van Doordt around 1615

And there was a portrait of Christian IV with his coronation crown.

Portrait of Christian IV with his Coronation Crown

We then moved to Christian IV’s bedroom, where we saw his bloodstained clothes from a naval battle with Sweden.

Blood Stained Clothes from a Naval Battle with Sweden

The ceiling paintings in the bedroom depict the gods of the earth, the heavens and the sea.

Ceiling Paintings – Gods of the Earth, the Heavens, and the Sea

There were paintings of Christian IV as an old man, and on his death bed.

Christian IV as an Old Man

Christian IV on his Deathbed

On a windowsill was an ivory model of Rosenborg Castle.

Ivory Model of Rosenborg Castle

In an adjoining room was Christian IV’s private bathroom.

Christian IV’s Private Bathroom

The next room, the Dark Room, had three wax casts of royal figures.

Dark Room Wax Casts of Royal Figures

Adjoining the Dark Room was a Garden Room. The Garden Room had an Ausburg Clock.

Garden Room

Ausburg Clock

The next room was Frederick III’s Marble Room. The walls and ceilings were heavily decorated.

Frederick III’s Marble Room

Ceiling of Frederik III’s Marble Room

Silver equestrian statuette of King Frederik III

The next room, the Royal Chamber of Christian V, had portraits of King Christian V and his wife, Queen Charlotte Amélie, both by Jacob d’Agar.

Portraits of King Christian V and his wife, Queen Charlotte Amélie, both by Jacob d’Agar

Around the corner from these portraits was an old voice pipe for communicating with servants.

Old Voice Pipe for Communicating with Servants

The ceiling has a very interesting painting. An orchestra looks down as they play.

Ceiling Painting – Orchestra looking down as they play

Next was a long hallway called the stone passage.

Stone Passage

On the wall is an interesting painting showing the coronation of Christian IV’s son Frederick III.

Coronation of Christian IV’s son, Frederik III (Arvehyldningen 1660)

The stone passage also contains a Renaissance-style turret clock, or Türmchenuhr.

Renaissance-style turret clock, or Türmchenuhr

There was an equestrian statue of Christian IV on horseback during a tilting tournament by Heinrich Beust.

Christian IV on horseback during a tilting tournament by Heinrich Beust

And Christian IV’s family tree and a portrait of him with his first wife, Queen Anna Catherine.

Christian IV’s Family Tree

Portrait of Christian IV and his first wife, Queen Anna Catherine

We now walked up a circular staircase to the second floor to see Knight’s Hall (or the Long Room).

Knight’s Hall (or the Long Hall)

One end of Knight’s Hall contained Christian VI’s Audience Room chair, while the other end contained king and queen thrones (surrounded by 150 pound lions).

Christian VI’s Audience Room chair

King and Queen Thrones

150 pound lions surrounding the king and queen thrones

The latter also contained a silver baptismal font used to baptize the royal children.

Silver Baptismal Font

Standing opposite the silver baptismal font was a processional monstrance.

Processional Monstrance

Lining the walls of Knight’s Hall were several tapestries, showing significant battles and events.

Tapestries lining Knight’s Hall walls

There were colorful paintings on the ceiling.

Knight’s Hall Ceiling Paintings

In the center of Knight’s Hall’s ceiling was the seal of the Danish Royal Family.

Seal of the Danish Royal Family

The four corners of the stucco ceiling feature the four continents known at the time: America, Asia, Africa, and Europe. America was considered pretty untamed at the time – its continent shows a decapitated head with an arrow sticking out of it.

The four continents – America, Asia, Africa and Europe

Two adjoining rooms to Knight’s Hall showed Frederick IV’s Glass Cabinet and a Regalia Room with a prank chair that would strap a sitter in the chair while dousing them with water. When the victim was released, a trumpet would toot.

Frederick IV’s Glass Cabinet

Prank Chair In Regalia Room

The Regalia Room also had a portrait of Frederik III in fancy clothes.

Portrait of Frederik III

We now exited Knight’s Hall and walked down the circular staircase one level to the First Floor.

The center room on the First Floor is the “Rose Room”, dominated by the “musical cabinet” by C. F. Lehmann made in the 18th century, with an automatic trumpet, flute and cembalo mechanism.

18th Century Musical Cabinet

The “Rose Room” also had ceiling paintings.

“Rose Room” Ceiling Paintings

Adjoining the “Rose Room” is the “Mirror Room”, where the king could use a mirror on the floor to look up ladies’ hoop skirts.

Mirror Room – where the king could use the mirror on the floor to look up ladies’ hoop skirts

After passing through Frederik IV’s Corridor, we first reached the Laquer Cabinet of Princess Sophie Hedwig. It contained an antique toilet set and an ebony table.

Antique Toilet Set

Ebony Table

We next reached Frederik IV’s Apartment. This room had many unusual objects, including a double portrait of Frederik IV and his Sister Princess Sophie Hedevig, a table with inlaid semi-precious stones, and an intricate statue.

Double portrait of Frederik IV and his Sister Princess Sophie Hedevig

Table with inlaid semi-precious stones

Intricate Statue

Other objects included a couple of table clocks, a silver-gilt equestrian statuette, and a cabinet with bird panels.

Table Clocks

Silver-Gilt Equestrian Statuette

Cabinet with Bird Panels

The next room, Frederik IV’s Cabinet (or Study), was dominated by a large ceiling painting.

Frederik IV’s Cabinet (or Study)

Frederik IV’s Cabinet (or Study) Ceiling Painting

The next room, Christian VI’s Apartment, had a large ornate 17th century cabinet.

Christian VI’s Apartment

Large Ornate 17th century Cabinet

Passing through the center room (the “Rose Room”), the next room was Frederik VI’s Cabinet (or Study). This room has an unusual amber chandelier and amber chess set.

Frederik VI’s Cabinet (or Study)

Amber Chandelier

Amber Chess Set

The next room was Christian VII’s Chamber. It had a large portrait of Christian VII in antoinment robe with regalia.

Christian VII in anointment robe with regalia

There was also an automaton clock in the room.

Automaton Clock

The next room, Frederik VI’s Chamber, had a large portrait of Frederik VI and his family.

Portrait of Frederik VI and his Family

The next room, Christian VIII’s Chamber, has a bronze clock with a statue of Christian VIII relaxing, and an ornate 19th century casket.

Christian VIII’s Chamber

Bronze Clock with Statue of Christian VIII Relaxing

Ornate 19th Century Casket

The next room, Frederik VII’s Chamber, has a portrait of Frederik VII and an unusual ceiling.

Portrait of Frederik VII

Unusual Ceiling – Frederik VII Chamber

The last room we saw on the First Floor was the Bronze Room, filled with bronze objects.

Bronze Room

Rosenborg Castle Treasury:

We now exited Rosenborg Castle via the ground floor and walked down steps to the basement. At the bottom of the stairs, we first headed right to the Weapons and Wine Room, with thousand-liter barrels and some fine treasury items.

Weapons and Wine Room

There are rows of fancy rifles displayed on the walls and in the middle of the room, a vast array of tiny golden soldiers.

Fancy Rifles Displayed along the Walls

Array of Tiny Golden Soldiers

A glass case shows off two 1861 Colt revolvers (the first such guns ever seen in Europe). These were sent by Abraham Lincoln to the Danish king as a gift of thanks for advancing democracy in Europe by agreeing (in 1849) to accept a constitutional democracy.

Colt Army Model 1960 pistols gifted to Danish King Frederik VII by Abraham Lincoln

Heading into the next room, the Ivory and Amber Room, you’ll see fine items of amber (petrified tree resin, 30-50 million years old) and ivory.

The tiny figures on the large box of amber show a healthy interest in lovemaking.

Crown Princess Louise’s Amber Jewelry Box (c. 1690)

The ivory frigate “Norwegian Lion” was carved in 1654 by Jacob Jensen Nordmand.

Norwegian Lion – Ivory Ship by Jacob Jensen Nordmand

“Water” is a centerpiece of ivory, gilt bronze, silver and glass, the finest work by the master ivory carver Magnus Berg.

Water by Magnus Berg (1708-23)

We had to ask to find the next object. Queen Sophie Amalie’s affair with the valet Jacob Petersen was discovered in 1664, when King Frederik III and the queen had been married for 22 years. King Frederik III gave Queen Sophie Amalie a special present: a golden ring with 22 diamonds – showing the hand of his promiscuous queen shaking hands with a penis.

Golden Ring with a Woman Shaking Hands with a Penis

There is a side room of Rosenborg Wines.

Rosenborg Wines

Now we headed back to the bottom of the stairs and across the hall to continue exploring the Rosenborg Treasury. The first room we saw was the Green Cabinet Room.

The diamond- and pearl-studded saddles were Christian IV’s – the first for his coronation, the second for his son’s wedding.

Royal Saddle

The next case displays elaborately carved ivory tankards.

Elaborately Carved Ivory Tankards

On the other side of the case, we noted the amorous whistle and mooning snuff box.

Amorous Whistle and Mooning Snuff Box

The next case was filled with crystal vessels.

Crystal Vessels

On the wall, we saw some fancy jewelry, including a combination toothpick and ear spoon.

Combination Toothpick and Ear Spoon

We then stepped downstairs, into the heart of the Treasury. The first item we saw was a coronation sword.

Coronation Sword

The coronation sword was surrounded by cases of gold objects including the Oldenburg Horn.

The Oldenburg Horn and other gold objects

What looked like a trophy case of gold records was actually a collection of dinner plates with amber centers.

Gold Dinner Plates with Amber Centers

A case to the right displayed objects representing the Order of the Garter, the oldest order of chivalry in Europe.

Order of the Garter

There were also objects relating to the Order of the Elephant and the Order of Perfect Union.

Order of the Elephant and the Order of Perfect Union

We descended steps into the Crown Jewels Room. In the center was Christian IV’s coronation crown.

Christian IV’s Coronation Crown

Lastly, we saw the king’s and queen’s crowns, the Danish Crown Jewels, and Frederik III’s regalia.

King’s and Queen’s Crowns

Danish Crown Jewels

Frederik III’s Regalia

NY Carlsberg Glyptotek:

The art museum collection represents the private art collection of Carl Jacobsen (1842–1914), the son of the founder of the Carlsberg Breweries.

Winter Garden – The Water Mother by Kai Nielsen

The French Collection, on which we focused our time, includes works by painters such as Jacques-Louis David, Monet, Pissarro, Renoir, Degas and Cézanne, as well as those by Post-impressionists such as van Gogh, Gauguin, Toulouse-Lautrec and Bonnard.

Flood at Giverny by Claude Monet (1886)

Jockeys Before the Race by Edgar Degas (c. 1888)

Landscape from Saint-Rémy by Vincent Van Gogh (1889)

Pink Roses by Vincent Van Gogh (1890)

Portrait of Julien Tanguy by Vincent Van Gogh (1887)

Portrait of Monsieur Delaporte in the Jardin de Paris by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1893)

Portrait of the Painter Suzanne Valadon by Henri de Toulouse- Lautrec (1885)

Self-Portrait with Bowler Hat by Paul Cézanne (1885)

Shadows on the Sea – The Cliffs at Portvale by Claude Monet (1882)

Spanish Lady in Crinoline by Pablo Picasso (1901)

The Lemon Grove in Bordighera by Claude Monet (1884)

The Pont du Caroussel and the Louvre by Vincent Van Gogh (1886)

Two Dancers by Edgar Degas (c. 1898)

Woman Sewing by Paul Gaugin (1880)

Young Woman Braiding Her Hair by Berthe Morisot (1893)

Decorative Figure by Henri Matisse (1908)

The museum’s collection includes all the bronze sculptures of Degas, including the series of dancers.

The Little Fourteen-Year-Old Dancer by Edgar Degas (1880)

Louisiana Museum of Modern Art:

We took a train and walked to our next attraction, the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art.

While walking, we saw this display on the street in front of someone’s house (Nancy bought a couple of figures).

Streetside display on the way to the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art

Located on the shore of the Øresund Sound in Humlebæk, 35 km north of Copenhagen, Denmark, the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art is the most visited art museum in Denmark, and has an extensive permanent collection of modern and contemporary art, dating from World War II to the present day. In addition, it has a comprehensive program of special exhibitions.

Highlights of our visit (interior of museum):

Yellow by Auguste Herbin (1946)

Circle Circles by Günther Uecker (1967)

Virtual Purple Square by Jesús Rafael Soto (1979)

Change by Sam Gilliam (1970)

Figures in Landscape by Roy Lichtenstein (1977)

Mao by Andy Warhol (1972)

Alberto Giacometti Gallery

Bust of Elie Lotar by Alberto Giacometti (1965)

Femme qui marche (Walking Woman) by Alberto Giacometti (1932-36)

The Big Thumb by César (1965)

Paintings by Asger Jorn

Driftwood for African Display

Highlights of visit (outdoor sculpture garden):

Henry Heerup Sculpture

Little Janey-Waney by Alexander Calder (1964-1976)

Personnage by Joan Miró (1970)

Seated Woman (or Siddende kvinde) by Svend Wiig Hansen (1964)

The Great Helper (Der grosse Helfer), created by Max Ernst (1967)

Two Piece Reclining Figure No. 5 (1963–1964) by Henry Moore

Mojo’s Blues Club:

We enjoyed the music of American Blues Artist Greg Izor and Band.

Mojo’s Blues Club

Pictures of Famous Blues Musicians

Greg Izor and Band

DAY THREE, SATURDAY, MAY 16, 2026

This day was kind of a bust. It was cold, rainy, and windy all day, so we didn’t take our planned Viking Ship sailing trip. Also, we took the train all the way from Copenhagen to Roskilde (35 km west), but the Roskilde Cathedral limited its visitor hours on the day of our arrival to 3 pm – 5 pm (probably due to a wedding or funeral), so we didn’t go to this cathedral as originally planned.

Viking Ship Museum:

This museum is centered around five Viking ships, which were salvaged in 1957 to 1962 by the Danish National Museum from the bottom of Roskilde Fjord, in the most important of the winding natural channels called Peberrenden near the harbor of Skuldelev. They are thought to have been an early form of blockship, i.e. ships that were scuttled to block potential invasions from the sea.

Location of Ship Blockade

The numbering of the ships is slightly confusing as when the remains were unearthed, they were thought to comprise six ships, but after “Skuldelev 2” and “Skuldelev 4” were later discovered to be parts of one ship, it was decided not to renumber the other vessels.

In visiting the museum, we first saw an introductory film, then had a tour of the five Skuldelev ships, then toured the museum harbor where we saw reconstructions of all five original Skuldelev ships, and “museum island” where we witnessed rope makers, blacksmiths, and wood carvers plying their trade. We also saw various ships constructed by visitors to the museum

Introductory Video

Blacksmith heating up his coats

Visitor Made Ships

Skuldelev 1 is an ocean-going trader, with a crew of 6-8 men and 2-3 oars, 52 feet long by 15 feet wide.

Skuldelev 1

Model of Skuldelev 1

Skuldelev 1 has been replicated as the Viking ship Ottar by the Roskilde Viking Ship Museum and is on display in the Museum Harbour.

Reconstructed Skuldelev 1 as Ottar

Skuldelev 2 is a long ship, with a crew of 65-70 men, 60 oars, 98 feet long by 12 feet wide.

Skuldelev 2 (on the left)

Model of Skuldelev 2

Skuldelev 2 has been replicated as the Viking ship Sea Stallion by the Roskilde Viking Ship Museum and is on display in the Museum Harbour.

Reconstructed Skuldelev 2 as Sea Stallion

Skuldelev 3 is a modest coastal trader, with a crew of 5-8 men and 5 oars, 46 feet long by 11 feet wide.

Skuldelev 3

Model of Skuldelev 3

Skuldelev 3 has been replicated as the Viking ship Estrid Byrding by the Roskilde Viking Ship Museum and is on display in the Museum Harbour.

Reconstructed Skuldelev 3 as Estrid Byrding

Skuldelev 5 is a small longship, with a crew of 30 men and 26 oars, 57 feet long, 8 feet, two inches wide.

Skuldelev 5

Model of Skuldelev 5

Skuldelev 5 has been replicated as the Viking ship Helge Ask by the Roskilde Viking Ship Museum and is on display in the Museum Harbour.

Reconstructed Skuldelev 5 as Helge Ask

Skuldelev 6 is a fishing vessel, with a crew of 5-15 men, 14 oars, 37 feet long, 8.2 feet wide.

Skuldelev 6

Model of Skuldelev 6

Skuldelev 6 has been replicated as the Viking ship Kraka Fyr by the Roskilde Viking Ship Museum and is on display in the Museum Harbour.

Reconstructed Skuldelev 6 as Kraka Fyr

After a nice lunch at the Viking Ship Museum cafe, we took a bus to Roskilde Train Station and a train back to Copenhagen. Too rainy, cold and windy to do anything else outside today (though the swans were enjoying the weather).

Swans in Roskilde Harbor

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