Christmas at the museums in Fjordlandet

Christmas treats, pickled herring and paper decorations. Experience Christmas shopping as it was 100 years ago in the historic grocery store.

Step into an authentic, old-fashioned Christmas in a traditional grocery shop from the 1920s. Feel the warmth from the crackling tiled stove and let the scent of spices fill the air. The shelves are lined with nostalgic Christmas decorations and delicious festive treats.

The whole family can explore this charming time capsule of a shop and discover beautiful, handmade Christmas goods that bring traditional festivities to life.

Address: Ringstedgade 6, 4000 Roskilde
 

Bring the whole family along for a Christmas experience at the old ferry inn, where you can discover the ferry inn elf’s belongings and help the elf tell its story. You can also buy this year’s Christmas tree to take home.

Help uncover the clues and hidden traces the elf has left around the museum and take part in creating a truly elf-approved exhibition.

Enjoy cosy Christmas days at Færgegården, where you can smell, taste and feel the history of Christmas traditions.

There is also Christmas tree sales and festive cheer in the museum garden every day.

Address: Færgelundsvej 1, 3630 Jægerspris

Experience Christmas through the ages – from the Viking Age to the Christmas traditions of the 19th century.

Join in as Sagnlandet is transformed into a festive Christmas universe. Travel through time as Sagnlandet Lejre invites you on a journey all the way back to the Viking Age and forward to the Christmas traditions of the 1800s.

Address: Slangealléen 2, 4320 Lejre

At the Viking Ship Museum, Christmas offers activities for the whole family.

The Viking Ship Museum presents a festive Christmas programme filled with family-friendly activities and guided tours focusing on the famous Viking ships.

Christmas also brings seasonal shopping in the museum shop and delicious dishes at Café Knarr. Keep an eye on the museum’s Christmas page for updates on this year’s festive activities.

Address: Vindeboder 12, 4000 Roskilde

Experience Christmas at the rock museum and sing along at the top of your lungs to your favourite Christmas hit.

Get fully charged with Christmas spirit right up until Christmas at RAGNAROCK. Here, you can soak up the festive atmosphere with a Christmas workshop, Christmas quiz, Christmas bingo and a Christmas sing-along.

Address: Rabalderstræde 16, 4000 Roskilde

Decorations, reuse and history: create historical Christmas decorations and explore the ingenuity of times of crisis in the exhibitions at Roskilde Museum.

Make recycled Christmas decorations and discover inventive reuse solutions from the period of the German occupation.

Take part in a creative Christmas at Roskilde Museum, where you can make decorations from old hymn books and help decorate the Christmas tree.

Address: Sankt Ols Stræde 3, 4000 Roskilde

Bring family and friends along for a visit to the old watermill in the Elverdamsdalen valley.

Enjoy a Christmas market at this historic and picturesque watermill setting.

The mill yard elf has been resting ever since last Christmas, so now it’s time to coax him out of his feathers once again.

The market stalls are brimming with handmade, high-quality products, while the aromas of mulled wine, waffles and other festive treats fill the mill yard.

You are guaranteed great gift ideas, atmospheric flavours and the very best scents of Christmas.

Address: Tadre Møllevej 23, 4330 Hvalsø

Visit Selsø Castle, which invites you inside for an atmospheric Christmas with stories about how Christmas was celebrated in days gone by.

Step inside the castle, where a fire crackles in the fireplace and you can enjoy warm mulled wine (with or without alcohol) and traditional Danish æbleskiver.

Address: Selsøvej 30A, 4050 Skibby