{"id":10957,"date":"2026-09-11T14:41:31","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T12:41:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevikingmuseum.com\/2026\/09\/09\/autumn-break-among-draugr-and-monsters\/"},"modified":"2026-10-14T14:11:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T12:11:23","slug":"autumn-break-among-draugr-and-monsters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevikingmuseum.com\/en\/2026\/09\/11\/autumn-break-among-draugr-and-monsters\/","title":{"rendered":"Autumn Break Among Draugr and Monsters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">24\/10\/26-1\/11\/26<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"729\" height=\"1021\" src=\"https:\/\/thevikingmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Fafnir.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10915 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thevikingmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Fafnir.jpg 729w, https:\/\/thevikingmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Fafnir-428x600.jpg 428w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 729px) 100vw, 729px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>In the darkness of the autumn break, creatures from the Viking Age come to life at The Viking Museum. Join a spooky family tour and hear a draugr, a Viking Age zombie, tell tales from a world where the boundary between the living and the dead was not always so clear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Do you dare to meet the V\u00f6lva and have your future foretold? The V\u00f6lva, or seeress, will be at the museum every day during the autumn break, between 14:00 and 16:00.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Don\u2019t miss the Monster Hunt, where the whole family can search for strange creatures from the Viking Age and Norse mythology and collect them in their very own Bestiary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On 31 October, there will also be a special themed tour about bl\u00f3t, Viking Age sacrificial ceremonies, at 14:00 (replacing the regular Swedish guided tour).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During your visit, you can also meet Vikings, explore historical environments and experience the dramatised ride Ragnfrid\u2019s Saga.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just in time for the autumn break, it will be even easier for the whole family to discover the Viking Age. From 24 October, children under the age of 15 can enjoy free admission to The Viking Museum when accompanied by an adult. Tickets will be released soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Welcome to an autumn break filled with history, storytelling and just the right amount of chills on Djurg\u00e5rden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Autumn Break Guided Tour Schedule<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>10:30\u201311:00: Guided tour in English<br>11:00\u201311:45: Draugr, dramatised family tour (Swedish only)<br>12:30\u201313:00: Guided tour in English<br>13:00\u201313:45: Draugr, dramatised family tour (Swedish only)<br>14:30\u201315:00: Guided tour in Swedish (on 31 October, a special themed tour about bl\u00f3t will be held at 14:00 instead. The regular Swedish guided tour will not take place on this day).<br>15:30\u201316:00: Guided tour in English<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>24\/10\/26-1\/11\/26 In the darkness of the autumn break, creatures from the Viking Age come to life at The Viking Museum. Join a spooky family tour and hear a draugr, a Viking Age zombie, tell tales from a world where the boundary between the living and the dead was not always so clear. Do you dare [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10947,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-okategoriserad-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevikingmuseum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevikingmuseum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevikingmuseum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevikingmuseum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevikingmuseum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10957"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/thevikingmuseum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10957\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11284,"href":"https:\/\/thevikingmuseum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10957\/revisions\/11284"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevikingmuseum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevikingmuseum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevikingmuseum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevikingmuseum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}