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MuseumsSite Name: Ribe Viking Museum Alternative Name: Museet Ribes Vikinger
Country: Denmark County: Syddanmark Type: Museum
Nearest Town: Ribe
Latitude: 55.327981N  Longitude: 8.769336E
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4Short walk on a footpath
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Ribe Viking Museum
Ribe Viking Museum submitted by Boeddel : Runestone in the museum. Photo from 2013 by Bøddel. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Museum in Ribe. The ancient city of Ribe was a key trading hub between western Europe and the rest of Scandinavia during the Viking period. At the very location of the first Scandinavian town founded approximately in the year 700, the history of Ribe from the Viking Age through the Middle Ages down to the year 1700 is told. The museum is beautifully situated in central Ribe overlooking the river.

The Ribe Viking Museum recreates the atmosphere of the bustling market place, displaying many of the treasures and everyday objects of the time, including pearls, combs and bronze jewellery.

The museum takes you through Ribe's development and there is a video film shown several times a day.

Address:
Odins Plads
DK-6760 Ribe, Denmark

Official Web site (has English section)

Note: First rune stone from South Western Denmark found in dig near Ribe Cathedral
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Ribe Viking Museum
Ribe Viking Museum submitted by Alta-Falisa : Ribe Viking Museum. May 2019. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Ribe Viking Museum
Ribe Viking Museum submitted by wirzroland : Site in Syddanmark Denmark (Vote or comment on this photo)

Ribe Viking Museum
Ribe Viking Museum submitted by Alta-Falisa : Ribe, Denmark. Viking Museet. May 2019. (4 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

Ribe Viking Museum
Ribe Viking Museum submitted by Boeddel : Photo from 2013 by Bøddel. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Ribe Viking Museum
Ribe Viking Museum submitted by wirzroland : Site in Syddanmark Denmark

Ribe Viking Museum
Ribe Viking Museum submitted by wirzroland

Ribe Viking Museum
Ribe Viking Museum submitted by wirzroland

Ribe Viking Museum
Ribe Viking Museum submitted by Alta-Falisa : Ribe Viking Museum. May 2019.

Ribe Viking Museum
Ribe Viking Museum submitted by Alta-Falisa

Ribe Viking Museum
Ribe Viking Museum submitted by Alta-Falisa : Amber, mainly originating from the Baltic Sea shores, has long been in high demand.

Ribe Viking Museum
Ribe Viking Museum submitted by Alta-Falisa : Moulds used for casting bronze ornaments. Tentative reconstructions of the ornaments above.

Ribe Viking Museum
Ribe Viking Museum submitted by Alta-Falisa : Ribe Viking Museum, façade. May 2019.

Ribe Viking Museum
Ribe Viking Museum submitted by Boeddel : Infos about the runestone in the museum. Photo from 2013 by Bøddel.

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 2.1km S 188° Ribe VikingeCenter* Museum
 2.5km SE 136° Seem Rundhøj* Round Barrow(s)
 5.4km ESE 111° Skallebæk Gravhøj* Round Barrow(s)
 10.1km E 91° Harreby Langdysse 1* Long Barrow
 10.1km E 91° Harreby Langdysse 2* Long Barrow
 10.8km ESE 111° Stensbæk Rundhøj* Round Barrow(s)
 11.4km NE 34° Tobøl Skelhøj* Round Barrow(s)
 12.1km ENE 57° Hjortvad Gudsnapsgård Stenkiste* Cist
 12.1km ENE 57° Hjortvad Gravhøje* Round Barrow(s)
 13.3km NE 51° Mejlby Rundhøj Round Barrow(s)
 13.5km ESE 111° Enderupskov Dyssekammer* Burial Chamber or Dolmen
 13.8km SE 133° Spandet Østermark Langdysse Long Barrow
 14.3km ENE 70° Tinghøjene* Round Barrow(s)
 14.6km N 360° Sønder Bøel Jættestue* Passage Grave
 14.9km S 171° Birkelev Tuegrave* Barrow Cemetery
 15.2km S 190° Brøns Kirke* Not Known (by us)
 16.9km NE 51° Lyngbjerg Rundhøje Round Barrow(s)
 17.5km ESE 103° Gramgaard - Rundhøj ved Gram kirkegård* Round Barrow(s)
 17.5km NE 34° Bækbølling Langdysse Long Barrow
 17.7km ESE 103° Gram Kirkegårds Gravhøje* Round Barrow(s)
 18.1km SE 138° Lindet Skov Røverkulen Jættestue* Passage Grave
 18.2km SE 137° Lindet Skov Runddysse 3* Burial Chamber or Dolmen
 18.2km SE 133° Højrup Hede Langdysse Long Barrow
 18.3km SE 137° Lindet Skov Langdysse 2* Long Barrow
 18.4km SE 137° Lindet Skov Runddysse 1 Burial Chamber or Dolmen
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Re: Ribe Viking Museum Street View by SumDoood on Sunday, 29 May 2011
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Well, I've been more than a little puzzled becaused I'd assumed that this was a reference to the excellent Vikinge Center which I visited in 2008, but that seems to be 3.3km by road to the south of the museum to which this page refers. And I can't see a separate entry for it here at MP. Here are a dozen images the first of which also shows the location of the Vikinge Center (as opposed to Vikinge Museum). If you're anywhere near, don't not-visit the Vikinge Center. http://bit.ly/jdHIsc
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Ribe Viking Museum Street View by Andy B on Saturday, 28 May 2011
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First rune stone from South Western Denmark found in dig near Ribe Cathedral by Andy B on Saturday, 28 May 2011
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It was a dream that come true when archaeologist and head of the excavation team, Morten Søvsø, found a rune stone in the medieval archaeological excavation just next to Ribe Cathedral.

Though Ribe is Denmark’s oldest town with lots of Viking Era finds this is the first rune stone found in Ribe – and even the first rune stone from all of South West Denmark. The closest earlier found rune stone is the Malt-stone that can be seen at Sønderskov Slot.

The runic inscription on the Ribe rune stone is exceptionally beautiful and professionally done. A band formed around the stone shows a snake or a dragon, and even though it is only an 80cm x 50cm fragment of the original rune stone it is a unique find. The stone is probably from around the year 1000 – from the end of the Viking age around the time when Harald Bluetooth – who erected the large and famous rune stone in Jelling – was king of Denmark.

But not many runes are preserved on the Ribe stone. Syllables and a few words like: “fultrua”. The “t” in the word “fultrua” is part of the ornamentation in a way that is seldom seen, and when seen, it is on Swedish rune stones, like the ones the Swedish rune carver Åsmunde Kåreson made in the 11th century. The word is known from The Saga of the Jomsvikings and probably means: “a true friend” or “a trusted”.

Another word “sil(u)” can be interpreted as the word “soul” but other interpretations are also possible.
The Ribe rune stone doesn’t have any parallels in Denmark, but rune snakes or dragons with runic inscriptions starting near the animal’s head are known from the Danish island of Bornholm and from Sweden. Stones from there are the closest parallels to the rune stone found in Ribe.

More, with photos of the excavation and links to further information at Dan Hostel

With thanks to praeceptor
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