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Sverresborg Trøndelag Folkmuseum

Trondheims largest family attraction

Christmas at Sverresborg

November 29th and 30th / December 6th and 7th

11am - 4 pm. 

Christmas at Sverresborg offers two weekends each year with a celebration of the good old Christmas traditions. 

The Folk Museum's many historic buildings are decorated for Christmas as they would have looked by the standards of the time. In the countryside and in the city, rich and poor. 

Great family activities in the Christmas workshops and Christmas theater at Oppdalstunet.

Live music at the festival square, and Advent time in Lo Church. Borgstua cafe sells Christmas porridge and mulled wine. Cafe with raffle tickets in Erichsen. Tombola.

We light the Christmas tree and walk around the tree to the famous Norwegian Christmas carols every day, and end with the magical Blue Hour that is rung in the mountains. 

To name a few. 

Get in the Christmas spirit with us at Sverresborg!

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Opening Hours

Tuesday - Friday 10am - 3pm.

Saturday and Sunday 11am - 3pm. 

Monday closed. 

 

Borgstua Café is open during the museum's opening hours.

You do not need to buy a ticket to eat in the museum's café.

Sverresborg Trøndelag Folk Museum provides a rich insight into Trøndelag and Trondheim's exciting history. With its enormous open-air area, and large collection of historical buildings, as well as several major family events throughout the year, the museum is Trondheim's biggest family attraction!

At the Folk Museum in Trondheim, you travel back in time over 1000 years, and experience the city, countryside and castle through lively presentations and authentic environmental depictions. Some exactly as they were, and some presented in a new form with modern technology.

Family activities and guided tours every weekend, and during school holidays in low season. (Winter/Spring/Autumn).

During the summer holiday the museum is open from 10am-5pm ALL days! A rich program with many family activities and several daily guided tours.

Sverresborg - a living museum! Children free entrance.

1000 years. 1000 stories. Where stories meet. Your story.

Welcome to the folk museum in Trondheim, Sverresborg!

Sverresborg Trøndelag Folkemuseum is an open air historical folk museum in picturesque surroundings based around the ruins of King Sverre’s Castle. Norway’s oldest medieval castle. 

In the urban section, you will experience images of life and exciting interiors from Trondheim’s fascinating history. From the 18th century to present day. 

The rural section enables you to stroll from farmyard to farmyard throughout Trøndelag, with the medieval Haltdalen stave church as the gem of the collection.

The walk to the top of the ruins of King Sverre’s once monumental medieval castle, offers wonderful views of Trondheim and, not least, an insight into an exciting slice of the city’s history. 

 

80 buildings on site, where more than 20 buildings are open to the public. 

Kafè and Museum Shop. Free parking (5h). Frequent bus transfer from the city center. 

 

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