Roskilde entdecken

The ruin of Roskilde's medieval Sankt Laurentii Church under Stændertorvet and the early 16th-century tower that survived it, later used as a prison and as the town hall tower. Visitors go underground to the ruin, then climb the tower. Open June to mid-October.

One of Scandinavia's earliest brick Gothic cathedrals, built in the 12th and 13th centuries and the burial place of Danish monarchs since the 15th century; a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1995.

City museum in two historic buildings showcasing Roskilde's history from prehistoric times to the present, with collections of archaeological finds and medieval artifacts.

Craft tools from about 1850 to 1950 on the first floor of the old Lützhøft merchant's granary, with working workshops of a wood carver, a silversmith and a weaver.

Regional music venue and youth culture house in Roskilde, with concerts, comedy and free Saturday jazz, and the café The Raven next door.

Museum featuring five original Viking ships from Skuldelev with exhibitions, guided tours, boat rides, and a boatyard workshop.

A museum of Danish pop, rock and youth culture from the 1950s to today, in the Musicon district of Roskilde. Called Ragnarock until 2026, it opened in 2016 in a gold-studded building by COBE and MVRDV.

A museum in a thatched 19th-century farm at Gammel Lejre on Lejre as a royal seat in the Iron Age and Viking Age, close to the ship setting and the site of the excavated royal halls.

An open-air museum of experimental archaeology near Lejre, founded in 1964, with a reconstructed Iron Age village, a Stone Age camp and 19th-century smallholders' houses across 43 hectares. Open in season.

A coastal fort on Køge Bay built in 1913–16, now a museum on how Denmark stayed neutral through the First World War and what the war meant for daily life. Exhibition texts and audio are in English too.