Experience the Viking Age in Nordfjordeid, Norway

Sagastad, a brand-new knowledge center focusing on the Viking Age opens in Nordfjordeid, Norway, on the 10^th May 2019. With one of the country’s richest, largest and most spectacular Viking graves in the center of the town, Nordfjordeid is the obvious location for Sagastad.

At Sagastad visitors will be able to explore the 30 meter (100 ft) long Myklebust ship, one of the world’s largest Viking ships that has been found traces of in Norway. The center provides information on the mystics and the rituals of the Viking voyages and Norwegian cultural history.

Skilled and experienced boatbuilders from Bjørkedalen have worked for several years on reconstructing the Myklebust ship the way they believe it could have looked like over 1000 years ago. Bjørkedalen is a place that holds long and strong boatbuilding traditions since the Viking Age. To this day they are still building Viking ships and other wooden boats from material from the local forest.
The reconstructed Myklebust Ship. Copyright: Ruben Soltvedt.

From a Viking Age society that left traces of a mighty ship, to a rebuilt seaworthy ship which you can explore with all your senses. The “King’s ship” is reborn and will be the crown jewel of Sagastad knowledge and activity center.

The research at Sagastad is a cooperation with the University of Bergen. The Myklebust ship will be surrounded by interactive exhibitions showcasing the findings from the Viking Age in Nordfjordeid.

The official opening on the 10^th May will be celebrated with an exclusive solo performance by composer and multi-instrumentalist Einar Selvik, the frontman of the Old Norse band Wardruna, famous for the soundtrack of the hit TV series Vikings.