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Denmark is traditionally a land of Vikings and today they are their Historis and also if UniVisit to Roskilde we visit the remains of the vessels of the popular biking. It is called the Viking Ship Museum is certainly a very commendable for the mysteriousness of their culture and how wonderful their boats. I will not be missed if you come to this place in Denmark and they will like and can learn these great Viking ships and not only see in photographs.

In this museum we see many boats at the time of the Vikings. These ships for many years have been found submerged in the waters of this city and not by chance but because in 1000 they did on purpose so as not to clear the main waterway area thus preventing the passage of other vessels. There are many stories that will have the Vikings and very interesting.

The tourists can find many boats have been found in different excavations. For example in 1962 were 5 different types of boats. After finding these ships was inaugurated this museum in 1969. Already in 1997 the facilities were expanded and today you can see original Viking ships and others that are exact replica of the originals and made them the same techniques. It’s really interesting to see them up close.

Is a site much like tourists throughout history that keep these boats. It also makes small roads along the sea in ships have been built like the original so that tourists can feel like a real Viking. Do not miss it because it’s worth a lot. Every year more tourists come to this museum and worth visiting.

This museum holds the remains of five Viking ships rescued the late twentieth century the waters of the fjord. It is believed that the ships were sunk in the mid-eleventh century by the people of the city to block the fjord and to avoid any imminent attack from the sea.

Roskilde is one of the oldest cities in Denmark. Located inside Zealand (the island where Copenhagen is also), on the southern edge of a large fjord that connects with the North Sea.

It was one of the most important Viking towns, no doubt by its unique strategic position and became the capital of what is now Denmark.

The train is the easiest way to get to Roskilde from Copenhagen, as the two cities are a little over 30 miles.

One of the symbols of the city is the Cathedral, the Gothic style, declared Patrimony of Humanity. It was the first cathedral built in brick, practically the only value possible in a country where there are no mountains to extract stone.

Another point of interest, and that impressed me most to me personally is the Viking Ship Museum (Vikingeskibsmuseet)

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