The proof: Summer has arrived! (Photo: Thor Lanesskog, ThorNews) I am so fortunate that I only live a few hundred meters from the Norwegian Sea, and this particular day I bring my fishing rod, a couple of saltwater lures, a… Read More ›
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Grave Findings Could Solve a Viking Age Mystery
The Osberg funeral ceremony taking place in Vestfold in the year 834 AD. (Illustration: kulturarv.no) In the autumn of 834 AD, two elderly women were buried together in the magnificent Oseberg ship discovered in 1903 nearby Tønsberg in Vestfold, Southeast… Read More ›
Braided Maids From the Far North
The two sisters from Mathisdalen in Finnmark, Northern Norway, spend from ten minutes to an hour to create a new braided hairstyle, and they never run out of ideas. (Photo: Aurora Braids) It started with a braided hairstyle picture on… Read More ›
A Viking Woman’s Last Journey
This buried boat with a woman dating back to the early 800s documents the Viking women’s independence. (Photo: Møre and Romsdal County, Culture Department) In 1910, there were conducted archaeological excavations of several burial mounds at Røttingsnes in Tingvoll, Western… Read More ›
What is a Tagaryen Dragon Doing at the Preacher’s Pulpit in Norway?
Teaser by HBO Nordic, Game of Thrones (season 6): “3 days left” (Photo by: HBO Nordic) It is not unlikely that there still exists dragons in the Land of the Vikings. Could this be the reason why a Tagaryen dragon… Read More ›
Follow the Dragon Harald Fairhair from Western Norway to North America
Will the Dragon Harald Fairhair reach as far as New York City, which is one of the expedition ports? (Photo by: drakenexpeditionamerica.com) On April 26, the largest Viking ship since the Viking Age set sail and left the town of… Read More ›
New Viking Ship Museum in Oslo: This is the Jury’s Favorite
«Naust» by AART Architects is the jury favorite. (Photo: AART Architects) The Viking Ship Museum, located directly outside of Oslo city at Bygdøy, will undergo a long-needed expansion and modernization. Of 111 proposals from around the world, the… Read More ›
The “Thinking Bench” That Makes You Think
The Thinking Bench at the Angelskjæret reef, at the outlet of the river Namsen in Central Norway. (Photo: Thor News) “Our thoughts are free”, is one of the Norwegian Humanist Association’s (NHA) mottoes. However, you also need a place to think. Since… Read More ›
The Norwegian Mountain Codes
Mountain Code no. 1: Plan your trip and leave word of your route. (Photo: Sindre Thoresen Lønnes/ Norwegian Trekking Assiciation) Are you planning to wander in the Norwegian mountains this Easter, you should prepare well. Large areas are practically deserted,… Read More ›
Here the Vikings Worshiped Thor and Odin
Drawing of the place of worship at Ranheim discovered in 2010. (Photo: Preben Rønne, NTNU University Museum). We still know little about how and where the Vikings worshiped their Norse gods, but a few findings show that religious rituals took… Read More ›
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