Great - just the once! (Jorvik Viking Centre)

Member Name: harryuk106

Product:	Jorvik Viking Centre
Date:	14/11/00 (72 review reads)
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Advantages: Brilliant reconstruction, involving experience...

Disadvantages: ...before a mediocre museum - a long queue and a high price doesn't help

Jorvik Museum is a must - but just the once! Jorvik offers a faithful and fascinatingly accurate portrayal of life in the Viking settlement of 'Jorvik', later to be known as York. The reconstruction is genuinely quite spectacular - authentic to the last detail - including smells, you're trundled around the display on a ghost-train-esque carriage. Unfortunately, this is all-too-short. You're quickly spat out into a run-of-the-mill museum, with archaelogical relics behind glass which will hold very limited appeal to small children or those who generally don't enjoy museums as much as hands-on interactive experiences. The queues can be very long - especially in the summer, so it's wise to plan ahead and check up for availabilty. The price is a little high - but as the only authentic portrayal of Viking Life within York, and a truly inspirational one at that, Jorvik is certainly worth A visit.

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