Menu: A taste of the Viking Age
Lofotr Viking Museum offers adventures with older Northern Norwegian food traditions as a basis.
Here you will find information about the different types of group arrangements that we offer. All prices include admission fee and a tour of the Museum with guide. We also offer a number of additional arrangement features.
Procedure
A Museum guide greets the group. You are given a tour and may borrow a Viking cloak. The tour then proceeds into a banquet room that has been decorated for the occasion and illuminated by an open hearth and candlelight. You are served by waiters dressed in costumes from the Viking Age. After the meal, your tour ends with a visit to our exclusive Museum Shop.
Odin`s Victory dinner
Odin is the most powerful of the Gods in Åsgard. He has two ravens that fly out into the world and tell him what`s happening. Odin is married to Frigg, and he is the father of Balder. Odin lives in Valhalla and only the best warriors were allowed to go there when they died on the battlefield. Odin is the God of the upper classes, and protector of travellers.
Aperitif: 1 glass of mead
Starter 1: Dried whale meat, served with red onions, sour cream and wafer thin bread.
Starter 2: Soup made on an open fire
Main course 1: Lamb, wild boar and steak with vegetables, mushroom and berries
Main course 2: Salmon and fried wolf-fish filled with raw vegetables, cheese and bacon.
Dessert : "Opplagt melk", after an old recipe.
Duration: 3-4 hours
The Chieftain`s Banquet
The chieftain gives you a culinary experience with all that Lofotr can offer. Good food in the right surroundings will make you thrive and will give you a memorable experience.
A banquet with dinner service. An exciting and savoury three-course meal.
Starter: Broth of vegetables and fish.
Main course: Lamb and wild boar, served with vegetables, sour cream, bread.
Dessert: Variation according to time of year, mainly wild berries.
Duration: 2-3 hours
The Lady`s Banquet
The banquets were rich in good food and strong drinks. The lady of the house offered the best she had available when upperclass people were visiting. The Lady of Lofotr is no exception!
Starter: Dried whale meat, served with sour cream, red onions and wafer thin bread
Main course: Saltet lamb. Served with mashed swede and carrots, Viking bread.
Dessert: Barley and cream with fresh berries of the season. An old traditional dish.
Duration: 2-3 hours
Idunn`s Temptation
Goddess of youth, fertility and love. She is the wife of Brage, God of poetry. She is the custodian of apples that allow the Gods to maintain their eternal youthfulness. Idunn was abducted with her apples by Tjatse, a giant who used Loke as a stooge to lure Idunn out of Åsgård. During her absence, the Gods began to age without the rejuvenating qualities of her apples, prompting them to press Loke into the task of rescuing her.
Starter: Broth and vegetables, served with wafer thin bread.
Main course: Lamb and wolf fish, served with vegetables, sour cream, Viking bread
Maybe you will have a taste of Idunns apples?
Duration: 2 hours
Særimne`s cured Meat
Andrimne was the chef for the Æsir. Every day, he killed Særimne, the boar, and cooked it in Eldrimne, his cauldron that possessed magical powers.
The same night, the boar was restored to life, to be eaten again the next day.
A light lunch of smoked salmon and cured meat. The salmon is smoked with juniper berries.
Served with raw vegetables, sour cream and wafer thin bread.
Duration: app. 1 hour 30 min.
Njord`s Fish soup
Njord is the God of wind and the ocean. He can silence the storm, he can put out fires and bring good luck to fishermen.
A creamy fish soup with vegetables, traditional onions, salmon, wolf fish and shrimps.
A satisfying soup served with Viking bread.
Duration: app. 1 hour 30 min.
Lamb broth
A hearty vegetable broth with lamb, served with a chunk of Viking bread and sour cream.
A rich soup!
Duration: app. 1 hour 30 min.
