Lofoten Continued...Lofotr {Viking Museum}
We also had the opportunity to visit the Longhouse Viking Museum "Lofotr" located on Lofoten
The Lofotr Viking Museum is a historical museum based on a reconstruction and archaeological excavation of a Viking chieftain's village on the island of Vestvågøya in the Lofoten archipelago in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the small village of Borg.
In 1983, archaeologists uncovered the Chieftain House at Borg (a large Viking Era building believed to have been already established around the year 500 AD. A joint Scandinavian research project was conducted at Borg from 1986 until 1989. Excavations revealed the largest building ever to be found from the Viking period in Norway. The foundation of the Chieftain House at Borg measured 83 metres (272 ft) long and 9 metres (30 ft) high. The seat at Borg is estimated to have been abandoned around AD 950.
The museum includes a full reconstruction of the 83-metre (272 ft) long chieftain's house, a blacksmith's forge, two ships (replicas of the Gokstad ship, one in full scale size) and their boathouses, and various reenactments intended to immerse the visitor in life at the time of the Vikings.
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| Elder Putt, Sister & Elder Bergquist, Dad, Sister Miller, Elder Ashby, Elder Miller |
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| Selfies on the Ferry Ride from Tromsø island to Senja -Elder Ashby, Dad, Elder & Sister Bergquist, Mom, Sister & Elder Miller, Elder Putt |
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| fascinating rock formations |
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| salmon farming on the fjord |
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| Reine |
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| Viking Swords & swords |
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| viking art |
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| viking guardian at the doorway |
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| viking boar & piglet on the farm outside the longhouse |
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| view of surrounding valley |
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| twisted tree inside the longhouse entrance way |
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| cod drying in longhouse - a tradition that continues to this day in the surrounding villages |
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| Mom and the twisted tree |
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| masks |
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| eagle |
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| wood carvings are always impressive and each one tells a different story about life among the vikings |
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| workshop |
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| workshop |
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| guide - telling stories about the vikings and the history and life inside the longhouse |
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| wood carvings on doorways |
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| reindeer, moose hides lining the walls |
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| visitors can make your own bread and have it cooked on the fire |
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| wool being made into a blanket |
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| shoes |
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| visitors can dress up in viking attire and participate in the reenactment of viking lore |
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| viking bed |
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| millstone to grind flower |
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| longhouse - the blocks are the original foundation posts |
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| looking down to the fjord where the ships were docked |
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| goats on the farm |
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| Norwegian work horse |
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| view of the valley from the longhouse |
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| boar taking a nap |
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| backside of the longhouse |
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| Dad & Elder Miller |
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| doorway entrance to the longhouse |
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| herbs drying in the longhouse |
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| this is one of the exit signs - pretty clever we thought |
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| viking - final resting place in his bed |
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| weaving yarn |
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| viking footwear |
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| spinning wool into thread |
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| work bench in Lofotyr museum |
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