A long ship is an ingenious construction, where nothing is incidental. The animation demonstrates the construction of the Sea Stallion from Glendalough, a reconstruction of the almost 30-metre-long Viking warship, Skuldelev 2. The reconstruction was built in full scale at the Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde, Denmark where both the original 1000 year old ship and the sailing reconstruction can be seen. [DK] Et langskib er en yderst sindrig konstruktion, hvor intet er tilfældigt. Animationen viser
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A long ship is an ingenious construction, where nothing is incidental. The animation demonstrates the construction of the Sea Stallion from Glendalough, a reconstruction of the almost 30-metre-long Viking warship, Skuldelev 2. The reconstruction was built in full scale at the Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde, Denmark where both the original 1000 year old ship and the sailing reconstruction can be seen. [DK] Et langskib er en yderst sindrig konstruktion, hvor intet er tilfældigt. Animationen viser
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Discover the world of the Vikings through shipbuilding, sailing, and captivating stories! The Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde offers unique experiences from the past, where both young and old can explore the Nordic universe. As the only place in the world, you can, during the summer season, go directly from experiencing the original 1,000-year-old Viking ships in the Viking Ship Hall to the Museum Harbour, where full-scale reconstructions of Viking ships are moored. At the boatyard on the Museum
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Discover the world of the Vikings through shipbuilding, sailing, and captivating stories! The Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde offers unique experiences from the past, where both young and old can explore the Nordic universe. As the only place in the world, you can, during the summer season, go directly from experiencing the original 1,000-year-old Viking ships in the Viking Ship Hall to the Museum Harbour, where full-scale reconstructions of Viking ships are moored. At the boatyard on the Museum
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A unique boat-find has been added to the Viking Ship Museum's archaeological collection. On the 23rd March, the ca 3,000 year old Bronze Age boat from Varpelev was transported from the National Museum's Conservation Unit to the Viking Ship Museum. It took many hands to carry the boat into the Museum. It's now lying securely in its case in the Viking Ship Hall and is not yet on exhibition. The boat's form has to be reconstructed first, after which the process of displaying and communicating the b
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A unique boat-find has been added to the Viking Ship Museum's archaeological collection. On the 23rd March, the ca 3,000 year old Bronze Age boat from Varpelev was transported from the National Museum's Conservation Unit to the Viking Ship Museum. It took many hands to carry the boat into the Museum. It's now lying securely in its case in the Viking Ship Hall and is not yet on exhibition. The boat's form has to be reconstructed first, after which the process of displaying and communicating the b
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Here it is: a short film from Gisle’s launch and the maiden voyage on Saturday. From the big smiles on the boatbuilders faces, you can see that they’re happy with the way the boat turned out. Today, they’ve had several rowing trips on the fjord, getting to know Gisle and figuring out what rowing and sailing trials they want to carry out. (The speeches are in Danish only, but you can skip forward to two minutes in to get to the action) Read more about the building process here: http://www.vikinge
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Here it is: a short film from Gisle’s launch and the maiden voyage on Saturday. From the big smiles on the boatbuilders faces, you can see that they’re happy with the way the boat turned out. Today, they’ve had several rowing trips on the fjord, getting to know Gisle and figuring out what rowing and sailing trials they want to carry out. (The speeches are in Danish only, but you can skip forward to two minutes in to get to the action) Read more about the building process here: http://www.vikinge
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Gislinge Boat Project update: Todays work - cleaving logs, shaping planks and adding the finished strakes to the boat with the new bog iron rivets was captured by our photographer Werner Karrasch Opdatering på Gislingebåden: Dagens arbejde for museet bådebyggere - finkløvning af de delte stammer, formning af de tynde planker og påsætning med nye myremalmsnagler blev fanget af vores fotograf Werner Karrasch Follow the project on http://www.vikingeskibsmuseet.dk/baadevaerft/byggeprojekter/gislinge
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Gislinge Boat Project update: Todays work - cleaving logs, shaping planks and adding the finished strakes to the boat with the new bog iron rivets was captured by our photographer Werner Karrasch Opdatering på Gislingebåden: Dagens arbejde for museet bådebyggere - finkløvning af de delte stammer, formning af de tynde planker og påsætning med nye myremalmsnagler blev fanget af vores fotograf Werner Karrasch Follow the project on http://www.vikingeskibsmuseet.dk/baadevaerft/byggeprojekter/gislinge
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[Dansk tekst nedenfor] Enjoy this little film about what UNESCO's recognition of the Nordic clinker-built boat means. UNESCO inscribed in 2021 the Nordic clinker boat traditions on the list of intangible heritage of humanity. The clinker-built boats of the North – and the traditions associated with them – have now been officially acknowledged by UNESCO as living cultural heritage, which must be safeguarded and preserved for future generations. The Viking ship is part of this tradition and on May
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[Dansk tekst nedenfor] Enjoy this little film about what UNESCO's recognition of the Nordic clinker-built boat means. UNESCO inscribed in 2021 the Nordic clinker boat traditions on the list of intangible heritage of humanity. The clinker-built boats of the North – and the traditions associated with them – have now been officially acknowledged by UNESCO as living cultural heritage, which must be safeguarded and preserved for future generations. The Viking ship is part of this tradition and on May
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Gislinge Boat Project update: Another piece of fine cleaved wood was today axed into a finished plank. At the same time the latest mounted strakes was chipped and finished on the boat. Photographer Werner Karrasch Opdatering fra Projekt Gislingebåden: Endnu et stykke finkløvet træ blev i dag forvandlet til færdig planke. Samtidig blev det senest monterede bord tilhugget og bordkanten glathugget. Fotograf Werner Karrasch Follow the project on http://www.vikingeskibsmuseet.dk/…/byggepr…/gislingeba
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Gislinge Boat Project update: Another piece of fine cleaved wood was today axed into a finished plank. At the same time the latest mounted strakes was chipped and finished on the boat. Photographer Werner Karrasch Opdatering fra Projekt Gislingebåden: Endnu et stykke finkløvet træ blev i dag forvandlet til færdig planke. Samtidig blev det senest monterede bord tilhugget og bordkanten glathugget. Fotograf Werner Karrasch Follow the project on http://www.vikingeskibsmuseet.dk/…/byggepr…/gislingeba
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[Dansk tekst under den engelske] The small Gokstad færing Snorri - From Roskilde with Love The small Gokstad færing Snorri, a reconstructed Viking ship has made the voyage - in a container on board a modern cargo ship - all the way to California, USA and is now on exhibit at the solvangvikingmuseum The boat itself is a reconstruction of one of the smaller boats which was found on the deck of the Gokstad Ship, excavated from a burial mound on the west side of the Oslo Fjord in 1880. In the beginn
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I 2021 blev ’De Nordiske Klinkbådstraditioner’ optaget på UNESCOs verdensarvsliste over immateriel kulturarv. Vikingeskibsmuseet bidrager til denne levende immaterielle kulturarv ved at bygge og sejle i klinkbyggede både. Det betyder at bådene bliver bygget på samme måde som for 1000 år siden – med økser, høvle, profiljern, knive, skebor, hamre mv. Bådebygning er blot en af de maritime håndværk, der er en del af den immaterielle kulturarv, der knytter sig til den klinkbyggede båd. På Vikingeskib
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(Scroll down for Danish translation) The boatbuilders are currently working on building a reconstruction of the smallest of the three boats found on board the Gokstad Ship. The boat is being built for Solvang Viking Museum in California. Our photographer has been documenting the process and, in this film, – the first of a series – you can see the progress so far. Read more about previous reconstructions of the Gokstad Boat here: https://www.vikingeskibsmuseet.dk/en/professions/boatyard/building-
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Skuldelev 5 update: The boatbuilders are getting ready to split the last of the three pine logs that will be used for making planks for our new reconstruction of the 11th century warship, Skuldelev 5. Here, you can see Oscar and Hanus hewing an incision into the side of the 13.7 m long pine. There is a matching incision directly opposite on the other side of the log. It is along these incisions that the log will be split in half. Wooden wedges will be driven into the incision, forcing the fibres
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EN: The Gislinge Boat for Spejdernes Lejr is close to completion and the scouts can begin looking forward to taking up tools and working alongside the boatbuilders to get boat ready to launch in the lake in Hedeland during the Jamboree. In this film from the construction of another Gislinge Boat back in 2016, you can see how the boatbuilders cleave the oak for making the planks. While small saws for working bone and antler were common during the Viking Age, there is no evidence for the use of sa
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Gislinge Project Update: A short time lapse from the cleaving of the oak yesterday. Gislinge project opdatering: En kort timelapse fra gårsdagens kløvning af egestammen | Vikingeskibsmuseet i Roskilde
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EN: While many people might associate Viking Age axes with combat, the axe was actually one of the important and versatile tools used when building Viking ships. Following on from our cleaving film last week, this film from the construction of the Gislinge Boat in 2016 shows some of the more common axe types we use at the boatyard. All of the tools used are reconstructions of archaeological finds and the selection here gives you a sense of just how specialised Viking Age axes were. From large an
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Top 5 films from The Viking Ship Museum in 2021 – no. 1 We have looked back at the films we posted on Facebook in 2021 and over the next few weeks, will re-share those that performed best. Enjoy the films. Top 5 film i 2021 fra Vikingeskibsmuseet – nr. 1 Vi har kigget på de film vi lagde på Facebook i 2021 og over de næste uger kommer et kavalkadegensyn med de der har været størst interesse for. Nyd filmene. --- [DANSK TEKST UNDER DEN ENGELSKE] Rudder and rudder-frame In the Viking Age, the rudd
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På Vikingeskibsmuseet glæder vi os til foråret kommer og sejladssæsonen kan begynde! I mellemtiden kan vi tænke tilbage på varme sommerdage med vind i sejlet. Her en en film fra Saga Osebergs besøg i 2015. God fornøjelse! At the Viking Ship Museum, we look forward to spring and the beginning of the sailing season! In the meantime, we can look back on hot summer days with the wind in the sail. Here is a video from Saga Osebergs visit in 2015. Enjoy! | Vikingeskibsmuseet i Roskilde
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(Rul ned for dansk) Earlier this month, the 15 meter long Faroe boat, Sulen, was launched. Sulen is the second of two Teinæringur, that have been built at the museum's boat yard. The Teinæringur are build without using drawings or templates. ‘Just’ with the aid of a few measurements, a wealth of experience that has been handed-down and knowledge of the waters the boat is built to sail in. It is a Nordic construction method that can be traced back to before the Vikings built their ships 1000 year
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Rul ned for dansk The Sea Stallion from Glendalough is a reconstruction of the 30 metre-long Irish warship, Skuldelev 2. It is a bold design, both heavy and strong enough to carry its 112 m² sail, but also sufficiently light and long to be rowed by a crew of 60 men. A compromise between strength and lightness. Read more about The Sea Stallion here: https://www.vikingeskibsmuseet.dk/en/visit-the-museum/exhibitions/the-five-reconstructions/the-sea-stallion-from-glendalough-skuldelev-2 ____________
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[Video lessons with Ida from the Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde] It's Friday, and Ida is ready to tell you about life aboard a Viking ship. Remember to turn on subtitles if you have muted the sound. We've got a lot of exciting questions from you guys out there at home school. Many of your questions are about the toilet and hygiene conditions on board a Viking ship. So that's become the topic of this Friday's video lesson, and then we'll address some of your other good questions next week. You ca
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Top 5 films from The Viking Ship Museum in 2021 – no. 3 We have looked back at the films we posted on Facebook in 2021 and over the next few weeks, will re-share those that performed best. Enjoy the films. Top 5 film i 2021 fra Vikingeskibsmuseet – nr. 3 Vi har kigget på de film vi lagde på Facebook i 2021 og over de næste uger kommer et kavalkade gensyn med de der har været størst interesse for. Nyd filmene. --- (English text below the Danish - the video has English subtitles) Test Historien: H
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The Mast and the Sail Knowledge of 'The Sea Stallion from Glendalough': [Dansk tekst nedenfor] The sail that HAVHINGSTEN sailed to Ireland and back again with is 112 m2 - that is as big as a medium-sized bungalow. It is made of flax and carried on a yard that is hauled up in the centrally placed mast. All Viking ships were rigged in this way – just like all other Northern European sailing ships right down to about 1400. Even in the twentieth century such single square sails were employed, for ex
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[Dansk tekst nedenfor] A ‘rum’ – for the Viking sailor Knowledge of 'The Sea Stallion from Glendalough' 2000 - 2004: Viking-Age warships were divided into rum. A rum consists of the distance between two frames. In each rum there was normally space for two men, who at the same time were responsible for operating an oar on either side of the ship. The rum formed a framework around a considerable part of the life of the crew during a voyage. It was here they worked, here they slept and if the ship
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Efter en solrig sommer fyldt med glade gæster og genlyd fra smedens hammer, økseslag og krigertræning, slutter vi Vikingeskibsmuseets udvidede sommerprogram af med de meget populære bådebyggerdage fra den 23. - 26. august. I håndværkerdagene er der ekstra god tid til at dykke ned i de traditionelle, maritime håndværk, vi arbejder med på Vikingeskibsmuseet. Læs mere her: https://www.vikingeskibsmuseet.dk/nyheder/archive/2018/august/article/baadebyggerdage-1/ The Viking Ship Museum completes our s
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[Dansk version under den engelske] Planks used to make Viking ships were incredibly flexible. In this video of a jauntily bouncy plank, you can see exactly what we mean. When building on the new full scale replica of the Viking Age warship Skuldelev 5 one of the most commonly asked questions we get is: ‘Why didn’t the Vikings use saws when making planks?’ We especially get this question a lot when laboriously cleaving large oak logs. The short answer is that while small handsaws have been found
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Rul ned for dansk We learn more about the people and culture of the Viking Age by testing the reconstructed ships under realistic conditions and by sailing with the same seriousness and dedication as the Vikings did. When we sail a new reconstruction for the first time, we have to rediscover a technique more than 1,000 years old. No modern human beings possess the same basis of experience that the Vikings had, neither on land nor at sea. But the boatbuilder's sense of materials, form and aesthet
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[De udspændte træbåde] Skibene fra vikingetiden var andet end store klinkbyggede fartøjer med smukke profilerede stævne. Bl.a. var det udspændte både - stammebåde der ved hjælp af opvarmning af ild, blev spændt ud til en anden form end den oprindelige udhulede træstamme. I filmen ses bådebyggernes arbejde med rekonstruktionen af Tuna både. Læs mere om Tuna båden: http://www.vikingeskibsmuseet.dk/fagligt/baadevaerft/byggeprojekter/tidligere-projekter/den-udspaendte-traebaad/tuna-baaden-aar-800/ [
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Gislinge project update: One of the key elements of the Gislinge Boat Project was the production of a linen sail for Gislinge III. Several of the Museum’s other vessels have sails of wool but this is the first time we have experimented with hand-woven linen sailcloth. Measuring 10m squared, the sail is made from five panels which were then sewn together. In this film, the Museum’s weaver, Anna Nørgaard, explains the processes involved in producing a sail using flax, from the initial harvesting a
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[English version below] Her, hvor vinteren bider og vi er ved at nå afslutningen af 2025, er det tid til at se tilbage på årets store begivenheder. En af dem var uden tvivl søsætningen af rekonstruktionen af den store Gokstadbåd, der fik navnet Godfred. I august blev Godfred søsat med stor begejstring på Vikingeskibsmuseet. Båden er bygget med stor præcision og respekt for det traditionelle håndværk, og den skal fremover formidle nordisk bådtradition og kulturarv på Solvang Viking Museum i Calif
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[Rul ned for dansk] Viking ships have left their mark on the Scandinavian maritime culture. Today's wooden boats are still being built within the same tradition as ships from the Viking Age. The building method is called clinker-building, and there are still people in the North who build wooden boats using this technique. It is a living, intangible cultural heritage, which can be traced back to the Viking Age. Intangible cultural heritage is the traditions, techniques, social practices and langu
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Knowledge of The Sea Stallion from Glendalough: Strong and flexible back bone The keel is the backbone of the longship. It has to be strong so that it can withstand stresses and strains at sea and when the ship is run up onto the beach. It also has to be flexible, however, so that it is not broken up by the movements of the ship in the waves. The Vikings called the longships 'serpents' – perhaps because it felt as though they twisted their way through the water. The SEA STALLION’s keel is more t
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