Vikings Before Vikings

The exhibition Vikings Before Vikings is about the unique ship finds from Salme in Estonia. The exhibition is on display at Vrak until the fall of 2026. The beginning of the Viking Age is usually dated to the year 793 when Norwegian Vikings looted the Lindisfarne monastery in England, but findings from ship burials from Salme on the island Saaremaa in Estonia show that Vikings from what is today Sweden made armed expeditions to the Baltics already before the end of the 8th century.