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Video of the 2015 Sheringham Viking Festival
Video documenting the 2015 Viking Festival in Sheringham, Norfolk, uploaded by Marc Peirson to Vimeo.
Blog Post about Light in the Dark Ages
Discussion of how metal fittings would have made their owners more noticeable in the dim light of a Viking Age house.
A Viking Journey (Blog)
A blog by Irish archaeologist Alva Mac Gowan, documenting this year's summer voyage with the reconstructed Viking ship Havhingsten (the Sea Stallion from Glendalough) as it takes part in the Kongens Togt (King's Journey) commemorating Cnut's conquest…
Viking Ship "Wikerl" in Rosenheim, Bavaria
This replica Viking ship was originally built for the movie "Wickie und die starken Männer", filmed in Bavaria in 2009. It mainly sailed on Kochelsee for filming. It was then re-used for the second film in the series and stored afterwards. In 2015…
A Reconstructed Viking House in Iceland
A photograph of a turf-built house in Iceland of a style that would have been common in the Viking Age
A reconstructed longhouse at Fyrkat
Reconstruction of a longhouse at the Viking Age ring fort of Fyrkat
Reconstructed Viking longhouse at the Lofotr Viking Museum
Photo of the large reconstructed longhouse at the Lofotr Viking Museum in Borg, based on the Chieftain's House discovered close to the reconstruction in Borg in 1983.
Reconstruction of a Viking-Age man's clothing on display in Museet Ribes Vikinger
Reconstruction of the clothing of a man from the year 800. Details about the exhibition can be found at http://www.ribesvikinger.dk/en/
Reconstruction of a Viking-Age woman's clothing on display in Museet Ribes Vikinger
Reconstruction of the clothing of a woman from the year 800. Details about the exhibition can be found at http://www.ribesvikinger.dk/en/
Model of Viking Buildings on display in Museet Ribes Vikinger
Model of building layout, based on excavations at Ribe. Details about the exhibition can be found at http://www.ribesvikinger.dk/en/
Photos from the reconstructed marketplace in Museet Ribes Vikinger
A reconstruction of the marketplace in Ribe, including craftspeople, stalls, and a cart and ship used for trading goods. Details about the exhibition can be found at http://www.ribesvikinger.dk/en/
Bjørgvin Viking Market Event
Bjørgvin Viking Market takes place each year at Hordamuseet. It is an event for re-enactors and living history enthusiasts, as well as being a tourist event
Short documentary about the 'Viking' reconstructed ship and its voyage to America
Documentary about the replica of the Gokstad ship that crossed the Atlantic in the late nineteenth century. For more information, see http://www.vikingship.us/bps_documentary.htm
Interior of Viking long-house in Qassiarsuk (reconstruction)
Photograph of the interior of the reconstructed Viking long-house in Qassiarsuk by Camilla Hey - Visit Greenland
How to play Hnefatafl
Catcliffe Primary School instructions on how to play the Viking board game called Hnefatafl.
Stairway to the past - entrance to Vikingemuseet Århus Denmark
Entrance to Vikingemuseet, underneath Nordea bank in centre of Århus, Denmark. A three-metre descent by stairs into original Viking Aros (Århus) town - as you walk down past the original layers of earth, stone and human debris, years on the steps…
Reconstruction of a tenth-century 'lady of the house' weaving in pit-house at Vikingemuseet Århus Denmark
'Lady of the house' in thenth-century clothes weaving wool and linen in reconstructed pit-house on site of original pit-house. Reconstruction at excavation site now Vikingemuseet Århus, underneath Nordea Bank in city centre Århus Denmark. Original…
Entrance to Vikingemuseet (Viking Museum) under Nordea Bank Århus Denmark
Entrance to Vikingemuseet (Viking Museum) under Nordea Bank, Århus, Denmark. 'Aros In The Viking Age' exhibition on excavation site of original town now underneath Nordea bank, Aros = Århus. Exhibit: both replicas and original artefacts found…
Oldest known remains of an Århusian Viking, Vikingemuseet Aarhus Denmark
Oldest known remains of an Århusianer - a headless Viking skeleton (presumed murdered). 9th Century. Displayed in Aros Of The Viking Age exhibition (Aros = today's Århus, Jutland = Denmark's second-largest city) at Vikingemuseet Århus on site of…
Reconstructed pit-house on original excavation site, Århus Denmark
Reconstructed pit-house at excavation site, now Vikingemuseet Århus, three metres underneath Nordea Bank in the centre of Århus Denmark. Original pit-house now at Moesgaard Museum Århus Denmark. Reconstruction includes 'lady of the house' weaving.…