Viking Valley, History museum and theme park in Gudvangen, Norway.
Viking Valley is a museum and theme park in Gudvangen where visitors can explore reconstructed houses and work areas from the Viking Age. The site shows how people lived then and what crafts they practiced.
Gudvangen was an important trading place during the Viking Age near Nærøyfjord, where merchants regularly gathered. The museum is based on this historical importance of the region.
Performers here show how people lived and worked during the Viking Age, demonstrating crafts like woodworking, metalwork, and weaving. You can watch them prepare meals using old recipes and see the objects they used in daily life.
The site is easy to explore on foot and offers activities like axe throwing and archery for all visitors. You should wear comfortable clothes and shoes since you will spend much time outdoors.
The site was deliberately designed so visitors can try practical activities like traditional crafts themselves, not just watch. This gives people a more direct sense of how difficult and skillful these tasks were.
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