I recently visited the wonderful Midgard Viking Festival here in Norway. Here’s my video with highlights from my stay:
Visiting the Midgard Viking Festival
Concepts that meant nothing to a Norse heathen
Things were not always as they are today. For example, some concepts and ideas that we tend to take for granted today, weren’t even a thing back in The Viking Age.
Living in the Past
Writing this, the Viking festival season is just over and I already miss it. I will probably go to York and stay there at the Viking festival in February, and until then my Viking crafts projects will keep me busy. But still, those autumn months always feel so long here in Norway …
What did the Viking Age sound like?
When it comes to the Viking Age, most of the discussion and controversy seem to concern how they dressed, how their houses and ships looked like and so on. But how did it sound? What did life in the Viking Age sound like?
So you want to look like a Viking?
What did the Vikings look like? Or, more importantly, what’s the difference between a present day “Viking” and the Vikings back in the good, old days?
Viking skills #3: Woodworking
I rate woodworking as the third most important Viking skill. Why? Because if you lived in northern Europe about 1000 years ago, you needed your woodworking skills to survive. You needed to […]
BJØRN ANDREAS BULL-HANSEN 