Viking World, Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland

4.0 (592 reviews) Monday: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM Spent 1-2 hours Ranking #1 in Reykjanes Peninsula Speciality Museums • History Museums

Stuck in Keflavik

Viking World is the home of the Viking Ship Íslendingur (the Icelander). Built in 1996, Icelander is an exact replica of the famous Gokstad ship, a remarkable archaeological find of an almost completely intact Viking ship, excavated in Norway in 1882. Viking World is also a home of the Viking millennium exhibition produced by the Smithsonian Institution called Vikings: The North Atlantic Saga. This exhibition sheds light onto the Norse settlement and explorations of unknown lands. These two fine projects, both celebrate Iceland's central role in the discovery of North America a 1000 years ago by the Norse Vikings. They have now found a permanent home in Viking World, a spectacular modern building situated right by the Faxafloi bay in the town of Reykjanes, and can be easily spotted from the main road between the international airport and Reykjavík.
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Address

Vikingabraut 1, Keflavik, Reykjanesbaer 260 Iceland

Mobile

+354 422 2000

Website

http://www.vikingworld.is

Email

[email protected]

Working hours

Monday : 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Tuesday : 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Wednesday : 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Thursday : 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Friday : 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Saturday : 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Sunday : 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Current local date and time now

Monday, May 13, 2024, 12:04

User Ratings

4.0 based on (592 reviews)

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Reviews

4Epicureously 5:00 PM Jul 6, 2020
Shame it wasn’t open
We had a couple of spare days in Keflavik where there isn’t much to do. We took a walk along the coast one morning about 5k to the Viking museum. We knew it would be closed but it’s a nice walk and you also pass through the little house in the moss. The museum building is very interesting and good to photograph itself. It’s quite small.
3Anna K 5:00 PM Jul 8, 2022
Could do better
I visited museum with my 3,9 and 12 year old children. The only part that stood out is the Viking boat and VR experience from 1238.is I truly recommend the owners to get rid of the rest of the rubbish and make it nice. It has a great potential, but everything is so outdated. The God exhibition is pointless and takes half of the space. I didn’t see people spending there more than 2 minutes in there. Make it more entertaining, new interesting posters which make sense and sell more variety of cakes…