 7th of
August 2008
The
Sea Stallion on coins
On
Saturday the Sea Stallion will arrive in the harbour of Roskilde. But
today he Danish National Bank just presented special Viking money:
A coin with the Sea Stallion. The coin has a value of 20 kroner. Read
more
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Photo: Viking
Ships Museum
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26th of
June 2008
The
Sea Stallion returns to Roskide
The
Viking ship The Sea Stallion is now returning from Dublin in Ireland and
is expected to arrive in Roskilde in Denmark at the 9th of August. Last
year it passed North of Scotland but in 2008 it will go South of England
and - among other places - make a stop in the harbour of Portsmouth. Read
more
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 15th of
April 2008
New
Viking exhibition in Copenhagen
At the
17th of May the National Museum in Copenhagen opens a new prehistoric
exhibition including some of the best know archaeological Viking age
finds of Denmark.
The exhibition covers
2200 square meters and is financed by the shipping company Maersk by a
donation of 4,8 million Euro. Read
more
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6th of
April 2008
Are
Vikings more happy?
Research
studies seem to show that people in former Viking areas seem to be
happier and show more trust to each other than many other people. Now
scientists from Aarhus University start studies to see if there is a
connection between the Viking herritage and the development of trade and
legal institutions in Scandinavia today. Read
more
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 2nd of
April 2008
New
"beauty" Viking ship will soon be launched
In May
another large Viking ship will be launched near Roskilde in Denmark. The
new longship is 24 meter long and will have space for 38 oarsmen. The
ship will be among the largest Viking ships in Denmark - only second to
The Sea Stallion in length - but expected to be much faster than the
larger colleague.
The new ship is
inspired by the Ladby Ship and has extraordinary beautiful lines. It is
build by Maritimt Forsøgscenter - a private maritime experimental
centre. The new ship will be part of a small fleet of Viking ships used
for tourist trips and events. Read
more
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5th of
January 2008
The
Sea Stallion live on BBC tonight
This
evening the BBC will send a reportage about the voyage of the Sea
Stallion last summer. If you don't have access to English TV you still
have many possibilities of seeing the Sea Stallion live on the internet. Read
more
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6th of
December 2007
The
Sea Stallion leaves Dublin in June
At the
29th of June 2008 the Viking ship The Sea Stallion is planned to leave
Dublin heading for Roskilde. The Viking Ship Museum is working on a plan
to let the impressing Viking ship visit London on its way back - but
this plan is not yet ensured. Read
more
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4th of
December 2007
The Calendar is
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20th of November 2007
The
Sea Stallion seeks crew members
Last
summer the largest reconstructed Viking ship went from Denmark to
Ireland passing the North Sea with a crew of 65. Next summer the Viking
ship will go back from Dublin to Roskilde and for this voyage the Sea
Stallion from Glendalough is seeking men and women who are ready to live
and work on board. Read more
about the challange.
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Rare silver coin
from king Olof Skötkonung. Note the bird on the backside of the
coin
Photo: ArkoDok,
Gotland
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23rd
of September 2007
New silver
hoard on Gotland
On the
Swedish island Gotland in the Baltic Sea it is almost routine to find
silver treasures - and recently it happened again. When a garden owner
turned the soil for the coming winter he opened for 54 silver coins.
More than half of the coins were from the English king Ethelred who in
1012 were forced to pay the Danish king Sven Forkbeard 48.000 pounds of
silver but there were also German, Arab and Swedish coins. Ass.
professor Dan Carlsson from ArkeDok Gotland stresses that especially the
Swedish coins are interesting because they are very rare. They were minted
by the Swedish king Olof Skötkonung (994-1022). Only few days ago
archaeologists found 15 coins more in the same garden. So the hoard now
counts 69 silver coins. Anyhow it is still relatively small compared to
many other finds on Gotland. This summer archaeologist added more coins
to a treasure that now counts 800 silver coins. See pictures
of the coins from the new find and read
more about the hoard.
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Danish Minister for Cultural Affairs Brian Mikkelsen
Photo: Klaus
Holsting
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15th
of August 2007:
No excuse for
the Vikings
When
the Viking ship The
Sea Stallion arrived in Dublin this week the Danish minister for
cultural affairs Brian Mikkelsen made a speech saying that the Vikings
"did a lot of damages to the Irish people". Some
Irish medias has therefore quoted him for giving an excuse for the
violent acting of the Vikings. The
minister however denies that he gave an excuse:
- We don't
excuse for the activities of the Vikings 1000 years ago. They acted as
one did at that time, says Brian Mikkelsen to the Danish newspaper
Politiken.
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14th
of August 2007:
The Sea Stallion
arrives in Dublin
Today
the The
Sea Stallion will arrive at its goal for this years voyage: The
Irish capitol Dublin. The coming winter the Viking ship will be
exhibited in the city and next year it will go South of England
through the Canal on its way back to its home harbour in Roskilde.
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3rd
of July 2007:
Building
the Sea Stallion lastet 4 years
Building
a Viking ship is hard work - especially if it is done with the same
tools as the Vikings used. The Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde used
four years to build The Sea Stallion from Glendalough. Read article
about the building
process
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2nd
of July 2007:
The Sea Stallion in the North Sea
After
leaving its home town Roskilde
yesterday, The
Sea Stallion has already past the North of Denmark - Skagen - and
is now entering the North Sea on its way to England. The wind is 15
m/s and the ship has an average speed of 5 knots using sails.
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 Viking
ship is sailing from Denmark to Ireland in July
The
Worlds largest reconstruction of a viking ship - The Sea Stallion from
Glendalough - will go on a journey from Denmark to Ireland in the
coming summer.
The 30 meter long
viking ship will start in Roskilde near Copenhagen and pass the North
Sea on its way to Dubin in Ireland. The crew consist of 65 people from
11 different countries.
Read
More about the trip starting at the 1st of July
14th
of April 2007
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