Discover Højbjerg: Moesgaard, forest, and Viking Days

When planning your trip with Højbjerg in mind, cultural history and landscape offer different focuses. The Moesgaard Museum, the natural and cultural landscape of Moesgaard, Moesgård Skov, and the Oldtidssti hiking trail appeal to different interests; the annual Moesgaard Viking Days are another option. You can decide whether your trip will focus on the museum and its stories, trails through nature, or an event date.

Museum, stories, and views

The Moesgaard Museum presents imaginatively staged and dramatized stories about people in the past and present. These stories bring a human perspective to the museum’s programme and bring different eras together as themes. The roof of Moesgaard offers a distinctive landscape feature: from there, you can enjoy an impressive view across Aarhus Bay and the landscape south of the city. The museum’s stories and the view thus offer two different ways to shape your trip planning: cultural and scenic.

Viking Days with a variety of themes

The Moesgaard Viking Days take place every year in calendar week 30. Visitors can discover how the Vikings lived and learn about their crafts, trade, food, games, legends, and music. The range extends from practical crafts and exchange to stories and music. If you’re travelling with people who have different interests, these themes offer various starting points for planning together. If you’d like to plan your trip around Viking Days, keep calendar week 30 in mind and check the specific event dates.

Landscape, forest, and hiking trail

The natural and cultural landscape of Moesgaard covers 100 hectares. Moesgård Skov is an old deciduous forest spanning 153 hectares, with a rich variety of bird and animal life. These two figures provide a concrete framework for planning your time in nature: you can explore a natural and cultural landscape with a stated area, as well as a forest with diverse wildlife.

The Oldtidssti, a longer hiking trail, is part of the landscape at Moesgaard. If you’d like to plan a longer hike, you can include this named trail in your plans. Protected European Union nature areas lie in the southern part of Moesgård Skov and in the forest between Strandskovvej and the water. Please follow the local nature guidelines there.

Bus connections and trip planning

City bus route 18 runs directly from central Aarhus to Moesgaard and takes about 25 minutes. Bus route 31 runs from the bus station to Moesgård Strand. The information gives different starting points and destinations, so plan according to the specific place you want to reach. Check the timetable for the relevant route before travelling, especially if you’re including route 18’s approximate journey time in your day’s plans.

The right holiday home for your plans

When looking for a holiday home in Højbjerg, it helps to first decide what you’d like to focus on: the museum’s stories and Viking Days, a longer hike, or perhaps Moesgård Strand as well? You can then check the location of a specific property and the connections that suit your planned destinations. This way, your choice of accommodation is guided by your itinerary rather than by a general idea of what a stay should look like.

Discover more destinations: Tilst, Norsminde, Brabrand, Skæring, Holme-Højbjerg-Skåde, Risskov, Solbjerg, Malling.

See the overview of the wider area: Aarhus Municipality.