There is one notable episode in the historiography of the Danish Vikings: in 1070, five ships were deliberately sunk near the city of Roskilde in order to block the path of enemy ships. Almost 900 years later, in 1962, all five were found and raised to the surface. Today, they form the basis of the exhibition of the Viking Ship Museum. There are also more recent finds, as well as many reconstructed ships, on which you can even now go for prey to coastal villages.