Going to the Viking Longhouse was an experience—to say the least. It started with a bus ride with some funny people playing “20 Questions”, anxious to get to the longhouse and experience a little bit of the way the Vikings lived their lives. We enjoyed new types of food, endured a smoke-filled longhouse, and grew […]
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On Friday, September 12th, 2014, UWGB’s History Seminar class took a field trip to a Viking Longhouse near Marshfield, WI. This Longhouse was constructed by and located on the land of Owen and Elspeth Christiansen. During the 26 hours at the location, the students were able to share in the experience of living this type […]
While I learned many interesting things during my class trip to a Viking Longhouse, including but not limited to Viking knitting, blacksmithing, tapestry, and cooking. Though all of these were interesting in their own way, I especially enjoyed the food, because well, who doesn’t like food? It’s the thing that has allowed life to prosper […]
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The Viking Adventure was a chance to experience history in a different way than I am accustom to. It provided a few unique opportunities to explore the culture and life of the past. It is easy to read about a society that has long since been gone from this world. The opportunity to experience this […]
Arriving to the long house the weather appeared not to be in the group’s favor but as the weekend progressed the weather would be a major contributor to this learning experience. As we trekked across the wet grass towards the longhouse to set up camp everything in our posession became damp and cold. I was […]
When I first heard about this Viking trip, I would have to admit, I was a little apprehensive. You mean to tell me we have to camp with people we don’t really know, sleep in the cold, use a wooden “toilet,” eat strange food, and make things with fire and metal? Ok…sure… Well, to tell […]
As many of us know, back in the viking age everything was hand made. The History 480 class was able to experience this on our trip to the Viking camp on September 12-13, 2014. A couple of us were put to work making breakfast for everyone after a night in the cold. For breakfast we […]
Last weekend’s trip to the longhouse in Stratford proved to me how invaluable an accurate recreation can be, as well as someone with years of experience. Even for (or perhaps especially for) someone who had been involved in historical recreation for a number of years prior. Coming up, I had a few preconceptions of what […]
During my experience at the Viking Longhouse with Elspeth and Owen Christianson I discovered exactly how much went into performing daily life for Vikings. For one night and a full day I was brought back in time and able to experience first hand the lengths people went through each day. The cooking process, blacksmithing, and […]
The process of making food was shown on our two day trip to Viking Camp. I had the opportunity to help cook, as I volunteered to do so, and indeed it was a tedious process. Women, it would seem, would have to dedicate a decent amount of the day preparing and cooking for the family […]
Over a couple of days in the beginning of September I spent some time in a recreated Viking longhouse put on by Guttorm. Throughout my time there I was able to take part in some hands on learning and was able to work and see some of the tools that would have been used by […]
The experience of visiting the Viking longhouse was very interesting, not to mention enjoyable. Our host and the builder of the longhouse,Owen, was kind enough to show me the way he constructed the longhouse using a small version, that was sort of like a puzzle and was the size of a small doghouse. Owen also […]
My experience with the various methods of production of Iron Age implements, buildings, and foodstuffs has lead me to believe that although life in Iron age Scandinavia could be brutal, the people of this time and region had managed to develop a style of living that not only allowed to survive in the harsh […]
The Viking Age would be filled with a plethora of different smells. One can always tell what’s going on by the smell. How many times have you come home and asked what’s cooking? How many of you could tell someone had mowed their lawn recently? If you live by the river, you could be walked […]
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