Fodor's Expert Review Jorvik Viking Centre

This child-focused exhibition re-creates, based on extensive research, a 10th-century Viking village, with everything from a blind storyteller to the slaughter yard awash in offal. The olfactory element is especially popular with children (even the open sewer), as is the Disneyesque "travel through time" machine that propels you above straw huts and mannequins wearing Viking dress. Commentary is provided in six languages. Kids get a lot out of it, but adults are unlikely to learn anything new. A small collection of Viking-era artifacts is on display at the end of the ride. Admission is by pre-booked time slot only.