Ribe offers a wide and colorful palette of various museums and attractions. Architectural gems like the Cathedral and the beautiful medieval town center. In Ribe the possibilities are endless and the experiences great.
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Wadden Sea Centre - The Gate to UNESCO World Heritage
The Wadden Sea -The Gate to UNESCO World Heritage. The Migratory Birds Wadden Sea.
In Ribe VikingeCenter you can experience everything from the big international Viking Market in april/may, to Viking warriors and Vikings on their icelandic horses. Lots of hands-on activities every day.
Jacob A. Riis Museum tells the fascinating tale of the boy from Ribe who emigrated to America in 1870. President Roosevelt of the United States called him the most helpful citizen in New York.
Ribe was the home of Denmark's most famous witch Maren Spliids. That is why the museum about witch hunts in Denmark and Europe is of course located here.
Experience Ribe's new attraction, where play, learning and knowledge will go hand in hand with a direct thread to Ribe's ancient and long history, and life in and around the Wadden Sea.
Ribe Cathedral - The Church of Our Lady - from the year 1200 built of Rhenish tuff stone with later Gothic changes and additions made in brick. The Cathedral was originally built as a three-aisled church with two identical towers.
Adventure Minigolf Vadehavet - Indoor Mini Golf by the Wadden Sea
The sparkling Wadden Sea awaits on the horizon! Grab your club, place the ball and embark on a fun and challenging round of mini golf in the middle of the beautiful marsh landscape.
A nice day in zoo. Visit a unique zoo and have a great day in a cozy atmosphere! Explore the 70 different types of animals in the park, and get very close to the animals at the daily zookeeper speaks.
Look forward to fascinating experiences for the whole family at the zoo, on safari, and in Denmark's largest dinosaur park! Visit GIVSKUD ZOO – ZOOTOPIA - just 20 minutes from Vejle.
A trip to the museum is a must when vacationing in Ribe. Visit Ribes Vikings museum where history is lying right at your feet, see Ribe Art Museum's beautiful collection of Danish art, visit the Cathedral Museum or the Old Town Hall, the possibilities are many.
With its outstanding status as Denmark's oldest and best preserved town, Ribe offers a unique atmosphere. Ribe is one of the few towns in Denmark, which still has a beautifully preserved medieval town centre with old half-timbered houses, cobblestone streets and a beautiful cathedral.
The magnificent complex’s Ribe Cathedral and St. Catharinæ’s Abbey and Monastery are the last remains of all the medieval churches, abbeys, chapels and hospitals of old Ribe.
To wander through the old town is to travel back though time. As evidenced by the numerous memorial plaques, many of the beautiful buildings can be linked to famous people and certain periods of the thousand-year history of the town.
At Riberhus Slotsbanke, there is a moat, ruins and a statue of Queen Dagmar, and it is all part of the story about the Castle that once where here. On the lower floor of Kannikegården you can see ruins of the oldest brick house in Denmark.
Ribe’s dramatic history and the magnificent landscape around the city is a great source of inspiration, and it is no surprise that so many talented artists and craftsmen have their homes here.
Experience the lions in GIVSKUD ZOO - ZOOTOPIA, or spend a nice day at Glad Zoo. In Ribe there is a mini zoo with goats, donkeys and small kangaroos, and in Esbjerg you can get very close to the beautiful deers in Nørreskoven.
