Using simple tools.
[upbeat music] Their handmade products are then offered for sale at the annual Viking market in front of the museum.
Clothed in historically accurate attire, the men and women of the museum also infuse ancient customs and traditional dances with new life.
Raiding bands of these seafaring Germanic Norse people spread fear and dismay in Europe, North America, Russia, and the Middle East.
At the marketplace in Borg, various fighting techniques are demonstrated using the corresponding weapons and equipment.
[dramatic music] Today however, the fighting is strictly for entertainment.
[crowd cheering] According to historical tradition, before embarking on a raid, the Vikings would perform a ceremony appealing to the grace and favor of Odin, the chief of the Nordic gods.
The people of the museum do the same.
With the blood of the stallion, the blood of the goat, and the blood of the bull, we ask you to help us make this market successful.
[horn blowing] Casting off into the sea in a Viking longboat is a must on a day of celebration like this.
It is hard to imagine that in the old days, the Vikings spent months traveling in these small vessels, raiding and plundering and winning one battle after the other.
A map in Oslo's Viking Museum shows that the Vikings were not only feared warriors, but also successful traders.
Their shipbuilding skills surpassed those of any other people of their day by far, giving them their major advantage.
Their notorious ships were particularly stable thanks to the clinker or lapstrake method of construction, whereby the planks of the hull overlap.
The Oseberg longboat is the jewel among the ocean vessels discovered from the time of the Vikings.
It has been copied many times.
The ship, built around 800 AD, was found under a burial mound on the shore of the Oslo fjord in 1904.
It is assumed that it was buried along with a high priestess to help her sail safely into the afterlife.
The elongated prow, also called a stem, was often elaborately decorated, especially on the notorious Viking warships.
A special dragon or animal head served to identify the ship.
Oars were standard equipment and sails were also often used.
Their agility and sophisticated construction gave the Viking ship supremacy at sea.
Within just a few moments, the Vikings were able to dismount the single mast, even when under full sail, and take full advantage of the agility the oarsmen were able to provide.
Using simple tools.
[upbeat music] Their handmade products are then offered for sale at the annual Viking market in front of the museum.
Clothed in historically accurate attire, the men and women of the museum also infuse ancient customs and traditional dances with new life.
Raiding bands of these seafaring Germanic Norse people spread fear and dismay in Europe, North America, Russia, and the Middle East.
At the marketplace in Borg, various fighting techniques are demonstrated using the corresponding weapons and equipment.
[dramatic music] Today however, the fighting is strictly for entertainment.
[crowd cheering] According to historical tradition, before embarking on a raid, the Vikings would perform a ceremony appealing to the grace and favor of Odin, the chief of the Nordic gods.
The people of the museum do the same.
With the blood of the stallion, the blood of the goat, and the blood of the bull, we ask you to help us make this market successful.
[horn blowing] Casting off into the sea in a Viking longboat is a must on a day of celebration like this.
It is hard to imagine that in the old days, the Vikings spent months traveling in these small vessels, raiding and plundering and winning one battle after the other.
A map in Oslo's Viking Museum shows that the Vikings were not only feared warriors, but also successful traders.
Their shipbuilding skills surpassed those of any other people of their day by far, giving them their major advantage.
Their notorious ships were particularly stable thanks to the clinker or lapstrake method of construction, whereby the planks of the hull overlap.
The Oseberg longboat is the jewel among the ocean vessels discovered from the time of the Vikings.
It has been copied many times.
The ship, built around 800 AD, was found under a burial mound on the shore of the Oslo fjord in 1904.
It is assumed that it was buried along with a high priestess to help her sail safely into the afterlife.
The elongated prow, also called a stem, was often elaborately decorated, especially on the notorious Viking warships.
A special dragon or animal head served to identify the ship.
Oars were standard equipment and sails were also often used.
Their agility and sophisticated construction gave the Viking ship supremacy at sea.
Within just a few moments, the Vikings were able to dismount the single mast, even when under full sail, and take full advantage of the agility the oarsmen were able to provide.
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