Vikings invade Bay Ridge: Annual festival celebrating all things Nordic is back!

Velkommen to the 17th annual Viking Fest in Owl’s Head Park on May 20.

The annual event celebrates all things Nordic. The Scandinavian East Coast Museum is hosting this fun festival that features replicas of Viking ships, exhibits of Nordic pastimes of games and crafts, Scandinavian treats and sweets, and, of course, plenty of folks clad in Viking garb. Several storytellers will be on hand to regale the crowd with the tales and sagas of Viking revelry and life in old-world Scandinavia.

Viking Fest, May 20, 10 am to 5 pm. Free.

Owl’s Head Park/ (68th Street and Narrows Avenue in Bay Ridge, www.scandinavian-museum.org/events).

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