Nydam Bog is situated in Oester Sottrup, Sundeved, eight kilometres from Soenderborg. The bog, which in the Iron Age was a sacred lake, is renowned for its rich sacrificial finds from the period 200-400 A.D. "The Nydam Boat" is the most famous of the finds, and is on display at Gottorp Castle in Slesvig.

The special fascination of the Nydam Bog compared to other sacrificial bogs is that this archaeological find has played an important – occasionally even dramatic - role in the Danish national fight for Southern Jutland.

The archaeologist Conrad Engelhardt performed the first excavations in the period 1859-63. Unfortunately, Engelhardt’s work ceased with the outbreak of war in 1864. The National Museum of Denmark resumed excavations in 1989, and has throughout the 90s made significant finds that have contributed to a greater understanding of the Iron Age.

It must be emphasised that the National Museum’s Nydam Project has been achievable only thanks to a great number of public and private financial contributions.