Viking House — Attraction in Stavanger

NOT A MUSEUM, as the staff explained very clearly. It's a 15 minutes long virtual reality movie about the first king of Norway, a viking, as told in the sagas. It also has very cool souvenirs at the shop. It's a small but very nice attraction with just a film, a shop and the staff wears viking clothes. It's also possible to take pictures in the movie room (that is shaped like a viking ship!) on the hand carved wooden...

Google suggested this when searched for Viking museum. It's NOT!!. It's a shop selling some Viking themed items. You can watch short VR movie about Vikings (about 10-15min long) but that's it. Very pricey for what it is!! We paid in July 2023- 175 NOK!! Not worth the money. However you get half price ticket in different museums once visited Viking house, i.e. Petroleum museum (and I guess...

The VR experience was worth it but there is definitely room for improvement. The handcrafted items are fantastic looking and the artist will even take custom work. The staff were very friendly and conversational and very well spoken in both English and Norwegian. They also speak German but as I don't I wasn't able to test that out. Overall had a good visit....