Near Oslo
From Oslo you reach the Borre burial mounds, the Midgard Viking Centre, the free Viking festival in Tønsberg every August and the Museum of the Viking Age. Most events are along the Oslofjord.
The Midgard Viking Festival is a three-day museum festival held the first weekend of July in odd years at the Gildehallen, the reconstructed great hall at the Midgard Viking Centre in Borre, Norway, an hour and a half south of Oslo. It is run by Vestfoldmuseene, alternates with the Borrekaupangen market in even years, and the next one is July 2 to 4, 2027.
The Tønsberg Viking Festival is a free four-day festival on the harbor front in Tønsberg, Norway, held Thursday to Sunday in early August around the Saga Oseberg, a full-size replica of the Oseberg ship. It has run since 2015, and the organizer estimated 18,000 to 20,000 visitors in 2026, a record.
Midgardsblot is a metal and folk music festival held in August at the Borre burial mounds in Horten, Norway, an hour and a half south of Oslo. It is not a Viking market, but it has a Viking camp, a market and talks alongside the stages, and it draws the largest international crowd of any Viking-themed event in the Nordics.
The Gjallarstadir Viking Market is held on the first weekend of September at the Nebbursvollen park in Lillestrøm, fifteen minutes by train from Oslo. Run by the Gjallarstadir Viking Society, it is the closest Viking market to Oslo and one of the last of the Norwegian season.
Borrekaupangen, the Borre Viking Market, is held every second year in early July in Borre Park in Horten, Norway, among the largest collection of monumental Viking Age burial mounds in Scandinavia, an hour and a half south of Oslo. It is run by the Borre Vikinglag association, and the next one is in 2028.
| Event | Time | By |
|---|---|---|
| Borrekaupangen Viking Market | 1 h 30 min | Train to Skoppum or car on the E18 |
| Gjallarstadir Viking Market | 30 min | Train to Lillestrøm, then a 15-minute walk |
| Midgard Viking Festival | 1 h 30 min | Train to Skoppum or car on the E18 |
| Midgardsblot | 1 h 30 min | Train to Skoppum or car on the E18 |
| Tønsberg Viking Festival | 1 h 30 min | Train on the Vestfold Line or car on the E18 |