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Barnas Jóleblot – Nyttårsfest i Gildehallen

Midgard Viking Centre marks its opening for 2027 with a jóleblot in Gildehallen. Jóleblot was a midwinter celebration associated with the transition to a new year in Norse times.

Children can take part in activities including Viking themed face painting and making rune decorated bragebrikker. Visitors can also meet Vikings and experience the hall with its fire and activities.

Sausages are available for purchase and can be cooked over the fire inside the hall. Bringing your own food is not permitted.

At 3 pm, there will be a storytelling session. The day concludes with non alcoholic mead and a short blot ceremony led by the gydje. Visitors are invited to make their own brageløfter, personal promises about something they would like to accomplish in the coming year.

The family friendly event offers an introduction to Norse traditions through storytelling, crafts and activities.

Special event admission prices apply, and the event is not included with annual passes.

Treventyret

At Treventyret, children can explore woodworking, tools, and their own creativity in a safe and inspiring environment. The workshop is located in the old school building at Grindløkken School and offers hands-on activities where children can build, shape, and create their own small wooden projects.

The activities are suitable for families, schools, kindergartens, after-school programs (SFO), and events, and are designed to foster a sense of achievement, curiosity, and creative expression. Here, craftsmanship, play, and learning are combined in a way that gives children a unique and memorable experience.
Treventyret offers, among other things:

  • Open family workshops on weekends and during school holidays
  • Themed woodworking activities for children
  • Creative courses and activity days for kindergartens, schools, and after-school programs
  • Activities for festivals, market days, and events
  • Safe, inclusive, and pedagogically adapted experiences for different age groups

Treventyret provides children with a unique, hands-on, and creative experience that stands out in the region’s range of activities—where craftsmanship, play, and learning come together.

Copy of ‘Haugar Art Museum’

Haugar Art museum is worth a visit. Andy Warhols tribute to Munch is some of the museums exhibitions, when it is not abroad. You can contact the museum for more information on this.
The museums also have different exhibitions throughout the year, which means its worth visiting more than ones.

Haugar Art Museum has high quality exhibitions at all times, and is one of the country's best art museums. The art museum is located in an impressive brick building, the former Seamen's School, right in the center of Tønsberg.

The museum is closed on the following days:
Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day, New Year's Eve and New Year's Day.