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    • The Tune ship crossed the building in a protective metal frame, and the crew kept the speed down to about 24 centimeters per minute for safety.
      Last ship in place at the Museum of the Viking Age
      The Tune, the smallest of Oslo's three Viking ships, is now the last to move into its new home at the upcoming Museum of the Viking Age.
      5 months ago — News
    • The Hardraade Viking Ship Association launched a full-scale Viking ship on Steinsfjorden in western Norway.
      Emotional scenes as new Viking ship launched in Norway
      The Hardraade Viking Ship Association reveals the ship's official name in front of more than two thousand onlookers.
      11 months ago — News
    • Two Viking ships equipped for battle, interpreted as karvi. Illustration by Christian Blache (1838–1920).
      Everything you need to know about the karvi Viking longship
      Due to its small and compact nature, the karvi Viking longship was able to ferry livestock and warriors, cross vast oceans, and travel up rivers. Not bad for such a simple piece of early medieval naval engineering.
      1 year ago — Culture and religion
    • A replica Viking ship named the Naddodd capsized off the coast of Norway in the North Atlantic Ocean.
      Viking ship replica capsizes off the coast of Norway, one person drowns
      An American archeologist has passed away after the replica Viking ship she was sailing on capsized between the Faroe Islands and Norway.
      1 year ago — News
    • After decades of service, the replica Viking ship Gaia is retiring, with a new ship already being constructed in Norway.
      Replica of Gokstad Viking ship calls in at Roskilde in Denmark
      The replica Viking boat is making one of its final journeys after 35 years of service.
      2 years ago — News
    • Viking Park Iceland features the replica Viking ship Örninn, recently installed at Hjörleifshöfði to commemorate Iceland's Viking heritage.
      The Eagle has landed: Viking ship Örninn on view in Iceland
      The latest attraction at Viking Park Iceland sits beneath a burial mound dating back a thousand years or more.
      2 years ago — News
    • In light of the Gjellestad ship's fragile state, archeologists are urgently appealing for action to ensure this rare Viking burial site in Norway is preserved for future generations.
      Archeologists call for urgent action to save Norway's Gjellestad ship
      First Viking ship burial found in Norway in over a century could be lost within a decade.
      2 years ago — News
    • Discovered by archeologist Oluf Rygh in 1867 within a ship burial mound in Norway, the Tune Viking ship is set to be displayed in the upcoming Museum of the Viking Age.
      Uncovering the rich history of the Tune Viking ship
      Setting aside the controversy surrounding the construction delays and high costs of Norway's new Museum of the Viking Age, this upcoming cultural institution promises to bring the early medieval era to life like never before.
      2 years ago — Culture and religion
    • At the Roskilde boatyard of the Viking Ship Museum, experts combine archaeological insights with age-old shipbuilding methods to meticulously reconstruct historic Viking ships.
      Maritime archaeologist uses photogrammetry to create a 3D scale model of a Viking ship at Roskilde
      The four-year project to reconstruct the Viking ship Skuldelev 5 at Roskilde in Denmark has just entered a new phase with the start of the photogrammetry process, which involves capturing a series of overlapping photographs.
      2 years ago — News
    • Employing Viking-era techniques, the intricate process of oak splitting transforms 10.5-meter-long trunks into shipbuilding materials.
      Splitting oaks the Viking way at Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde
      After trekking through the forest last February to find suitable trees, experts are now splitting the wood in a traditional way to use it to build a replica of a historic Viking ship.
      3 years ago — News
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