The museums and Activity Centres in Ribe are worth visiting for both adults and children.
As a guests at the hostel, we give you free Ribe Pass that entitles you to a discount on admission tickets: Ribe Pass

The Museum Ribe’s Vikings (Museet Ribes Vikinger)

Museum of the Viking era and the Middle Ages. Thousands of artefacts found during recent archaeological excavations in Ribe. Travel from the year 700 to the year 1700 and right through Ribe's dramatic history. See a film about Vikings in Ribe and walk in the Halls of historic experiences - around the marketplace in the year 800 on a sunny April day where you can step into a reconstructed Viking ship. Stand on the corner in Ribe on a clear September day in the year 1500 - see - they are building on the church and the baker´s wife is waiting for customers.

For children:

• A children's activity exhibition called "Dagmar and Valdemar" remembering the beloved medieval Queen Dagmar who was said to have died in Ribe. In 2014: "Kristine and Rolf" - two children from the Middle Ages. Dress in medieval clothing and armour, have your head and hands in the pillory, play medieval games, have a look in the kitchen - smell the spices and the dried cod. Find out how it was to be a child in 1407.
• Archaeological sand-pit. Brush away the sand in the sand-pit and see if you find a Viking skull or something else (summer)
• Competitions and events for children. During Danish school holidays there will be various events and competitions for children.

Special exhibitions and events 2013:

• Queen Dagmar. Exhibition all year.  In 2012 it was 800 years since Queen Dagmar died at Riberhus Castle in Ribe
• Ghost Walk for all the family. Every Wednesday in July and August from 9pm-10pm

Open all year but closed Mondays from 1st Nov. to 1st Apr.

2 of many Viking graves found in Ribe  - Viking pearls found at the Viking's Market Place

Ribe Viking Centre (Ribe VikingeCenter)

a visit to Ribe Viking Centre will provide you with a unique experience and new knowledge about the Viking era  in Ribe. You can wander round the reconstructed life-size Viking estate, peopled with Vikings with whom you can work and talk.
Every day: Falconer show, open workshops, have-a-go activities: archery, dowel-making, flour grinding, bread baking and Viking games. Ribe Viking Centre is open from 29th of Apr. to 18th. of Oct. in 2013. In May, June, September and October the centre is closed on Saturdays and Sundays. Here you can find what's on in 2013 at Ribe Viking Centre

Ribe Viking Market. Denmark's biggest Viking market
At Ribe Viking Market you can meet hundreds of Vikings every year; craftsmen, Viking warriors, horsemen, musicians etc. Ribe Viking Centre. In 2013 the Viking Market will last from 29.04. - 05.05.

This little video shows Gudrun, a Ribe Viking, playing 2 flutes at a time with her nose
Afterwards you can see photos of Viking warriors, Viking children, Viking life - all at the Ribe Viking Centre - and listen to the Viking band Krauka play the tune "Woden" 

The Wadden Sea Center (Vadehavscentret ved Ribe)

Remember to visit the Wadden Sea Centre with displays about the Wadden Sea National Park, the life of the 12 million migrating birds that visit the Wadden Sea  every year and a multimedia show about storm floods. The displays are exciting and informative for all age groups.

Open from 15 February to 1 November.  Open to groups all year, but remember to book time

Daily Activities:
Multimedia-show about storm surges - from the Middle Ages to the future. Understand the consequences for those of us, who live by the Wadden Sea, if the water level rises due to global warming.
"The heart of the earth" is a poetic image poem. Photos from the Wadden Sea National Park: Jan Kofod Winther. Music: Annisette, Savage Rose
 
For children:
Build your own dike, "Wrestling" with the crabs of the Wadden Sea.
Rent a handcart and go on expedition to the tidal flats (from May-October)
Sometimes activities like cuttlefish dissection