Kaupang Viking Town

Kaupang Viking town is open during the summer season. Tuesday to Sunday June 21th-August 14th 2016.

VISIT KAUPANG
Kaupang Viking town is open during the summer season. Tuesday to Sunday June 21th-August 14th 2016.

Tuesday - Activity Day. Try your Viking skills and the tasteful Kaupang soup with bread.

Wednesday - Family day. Archaeological excavation of children. Stories, archery and games. Try the tasteful Kaupang soup cooked in iron pot, like the Kaupang residents may have done it. The bread will be made over the fire.

THE TOWN
Kaupang was founded around the year 800. The location was significant when the town was established as a hub for trade and production. At Kaupang today there is built a Viking house like they think it could have been. You can also see a model of the town and get to know how the town was located.

RESEARCH
Many have dug and researched Kaupang from the 1800s until now. Most of the city is still not excavated.
In the exhibition "What Kaupang Earth hid" you get an insight into how archaeologists worked, what they did and what we know about Kaupang history today.