Tapestry featuring Yggdrasill in Ribe VikingCenter
Reconstruction
<span>A tapestry decorating the interior of one of the reconstructed townhouses in Ribe VikingCenter. It was produced using authentic materials and techniques.<br /><br />For more information about the Center, see item #1007 and information about the weaver on the Ribe VikingCenter's </span><a href="http://www.ribevikingecenter.dk/en/learn-more/the-weaver.aspx" target="_blank">website</a>
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Interior of a Viking Dwelling at Ribe VikingCenter
Reconstruction
<span>Ribe VikingCenter has reconstructed eight town-houses from the year 825 AD, inhabited by re-enactors and craftspeople, including the carpenter and shoe-maker. They are based on buildings excavated in Ribe town. This photo shows the interior of one of the houses, occupied by volunteers during the summer.</span><br /><br /><span>For more information about the Center, see item #1007 and the Ribe VikingCenter's </span><a href="http://www.ribevikingecenter.dk/en/about-us/background.aspx" target="_blank">website</a>
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Reconstructed Danish Townhouses from c. 825 at Ribe VikingCenter
Reconstruction
<span>Ribe VikingCenter has reconstructed eight town-houses from the year 825 AD, inhabited by re-enactors and craftspeople, including the carpenter and shoe-maker. They are based on buildings excavated in Ribe town.</span><br /><br />For more information about the Center, see item #1007 and the Ribe VikingCenter's <a href="http://www.ribevikingecenter.dk/en/about-us/background.aspx" target="_blank">website</a>
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Bronze Caster and Market Stall at Ribe VikingCenter
Living History
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<div class="element-text"><span>Bronze casting is one of several traditional crafts carried out at the Viking Marketplace in Ribe VikingCenter, where visitors can interact with the craftspeople at work. <br /><br />For more information about the Center, see item </span><a href="http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/1007" target="_blank">#1007</a><span> and the section on Bronze Casting on the Center's </span><a href="http://www.ribevikingecenter.dk/en/learn-more/the-bronze-caster.aspx" target="_blank">website</a></div>
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Woodworking at Ribe VikingCenter
Living History
<span>Wood was the primary building material throughout Scandinavia, and woodworking was a vital craft in rural areas, and probably a more specialised trade in towns such as this reconstructed area of the Ribe VikingCenter.<br /><br />For more information about the Center, see item </span><a href="http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/1007" target="_blank">#1007</a><span> and the section on the Carpenter on the Center's </span><a href="http://www.ribevikingecenter.dk/en/learn-more/the-carpenter.aspx" target="_blank">website</a>
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Silversmith at Ribe VikingCenter
Living History
<span>Silversmith at the Viking Market at Ribe VikingCenter. Silver jewellery based on Viking-Age designs are produced using traditional methods and sold at the Viking Market in the Ribe VikingCenter. Silver (rather than gold) was used as the main currency throughout the Viking World, and the crafting of silver jewellery for both sexes was an important trade.<br /><br />For more information about the Center, see item </span><a href="http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/1007" target="_blank">#1007</a><span> and the section on Silversmithing on the Center's </span><a href="http://www.ribevikingecenter.dk/en/learn-more/the-silversmith.aspx" target="_blank">website</a>
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Bead-Making at Ribe VikingCenter
Living History
<span>Glass bead-making is one of the traditional Viking-Age crafts carried out at the Viking Marketplace in the Ribe Viking-Center. Colourful beads have been found throughout the Viking World, and were an important luxury item.<br /><br />For more information about the Center, see item </span><a href="http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/1007" target="_blank">#1007</a><span> and the section on Bead-Making on the Center's </span><a href="http://www.ribevikingecenter.dk/en/learn-more/the-glass-beadmaker.aspx" target="_blank">website</a>
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Blacksmith at Ribe VikingCenter
Living History
Blacksmithing was a vital trade in the Viking Age, producing everything from the tools for working the land, to the clinch-nails of Viking ships and expensive swords and mail. The blacksmith may also have been a revered figure, and associated with the legendary smiths Völundr and Regin. There is a blacksmith in residence at the Ribe VikingCenter, who carries out experiments with extracting iron from ore, and producing different items needed in the centre.<br /><br /><span>For more information about the Center, see item </span><a href="http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/1007" target="_blank">#1007</a><span> and the section on Blacksmithing on the Center's </span><a href="http://www.ribevikingecenter.dk/en/learn-more/the-blacksmith.aspx" target="_blank">website</a>
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Reconstructed Viking Garden at Ribe VikingCenter
Gardening
<span>Reconstructed garden from the ninth century, tended by volunteers at the Ribe VikingCenter. Plants are grown in a traditional manner, and only varieties known to the Vikings are grown - including beans, leeks, garlic and herbs. <br /><br />For more information about the Center, see item </span><a href="http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/1007" target="_blank">#1007</a><span> and the official </span><a href="http://www.ribevikingecenter.dk/en/home.aspx" target="_blank">website</a>, including a <a href="http://www.ribevikingecenter.dk/en/learn-more/manor-farm-garden.aspx" target="_blank">list of herbs</a> grown in the gardens
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Níðstang (nīþing pole) Reconstruction at Ribe VikingCenter
Reconstruction
Reconstruction of a Níðstang outside the vǫlva's dwelling in Ribe VikingCenter. The Níðstang was a deeply insulting public act of scorn, and is represented in the sagas as a carved pole covered with a horse's head. The scorn of the níð had to be responded to (by killing the challenger), or it would remain as a deep insult to the target. <br /><br />For more information about the Center, see item <a href="http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/1007" target="_blank">#1007</a> and the official <a href="http://www.ribevikingecenter.dk/en/home.aspx" target="_blank">website</a>
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Reconstruction of a vǫlva's dwelling at Ribe VikingCenter
Reconstruction
This is an interpretative reconstruction of vǫlva (or seeresse's) dwelling at Ribe VikingCenter. This building is inhabited by a re-enactor who holds pagan (or Ásatrú) beliefs, to add to the authenticity of the setting ant the rituals performed. The vǫlva (or 'wand carrier') was held in high regard, and practiced sorcery and prophecy. They are widely depicted in Norse literature including the poem <em>Vǫluspá</em> ('Prophecy of the Seeress'). <span>For more information about the Center, see item </span><a href="http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/1007" target="_blank">#1007</a><span> and the official </span><a href="http://www.ribevikingecenter.dk/en/home.aspx" target="_blank">website</a>
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The Longhouse at Ribe VikingCenter
Building - Reconstruction
A reconstruction of a long-house from 980 AD at Ribe VikingCenter, part of the 'Great Farm' area of the Center. According to the Ribe VikingCenter, it <span>follows the Trelleborg-Fyrkat model, and is built of 160 solid oak trunks with a roof made of 5000 hand-made roofing shingles. </span><br /><br />Re-enactors carry out traditional pursuits in the hall, including weaving and preparing and cooking food. <br /><br /><span>For more information, see item </span><a href="http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/1007" target="_blank">#1007</a><span> and the discussion of the Manor farm buildings on the official </span><a href="http://www.ribevikingecentfollows%20the%20Trelleborg-Fyrkat%20model,%20and%20is%20built%20of%20160%20solid%20oak%20trunks%20with%20a%20roof%20made%20of%205000%20hand-made%20roofing%20shingles.%20er.dk/en/home.aspx" target="_blank">website</a>
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Ribe VikingCenter (Ribe VikingeCenter)
Museums and Living History
Ribe VikingeCenter was established in 1992, and is one of the World's leading centers for living history and experiencing the Viking past. It consists of three main areas representing different periods of Viking history: a recreation of a marketplace and harbour from the eighth century; a series of town houses from 825 AD; and a long-house with 5 connected buildings dating from 980 AD. Each of these areas is populated by re-enactors and volunteers pursuing traditional crafts. <br /><br />As stated on the Ribe VikingCentre Website, the purpose of the Centre is "to communicate Ribe's Viking Age history by bringing it to life in our reconstructed environments". There is a focus on immersive environments, education through experience, volunteers engaging in authentic crafts and pursuits, and experimental archaeology. <br /><br />Reconstructions have been carried out in close co-operation with Den Antikvariske Samling, and the Centre is continually developing new techniques, concepts and experiences to help communicate Denmark's Viking past and to understand the everyday life of the Vikings through lived experience. <br /><br />The Center has also produced a series of <a href="http://www.ribevikingecenter.dk/en/video.aspx" target="_blank">educational videos</a> about life in the Viking Age, and different crafts pursued at the centre.<br /><br /><br />More information available at the Official <a href="http://ribevikingecenter.dk/en/about-us/background.aspx" target="_blank">website</a>
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Skal bygge ny vikingby i Gudvangen
New Viking town to be built in Gudvangen
News Story
Gudvangen Utvikling plans to build a Viking town as a tourist attraction in Gudvangen. It will be called Njardaheimr and will be a place to learn about the Vikings in the Gudvangen area and about trade and handicrafts in the Viking Age.
Mattias Rolighed Bergset
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06/07/2016
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