Norstead, Living museum in L'Anse aux Meadows, Canada

Norstead is a reconstruction of a Viking Age village and trading port near L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland. Its wooden buildings, raised on the open ground, reproduce a chieftain's hall, a church, a workshop and a boat shed, and the site holds the 54-foot replica Viking knarr that was sailed from Greenland to L'Anse aux Meadows in 1998 with a crew of nine.

Norstead grew out of a 1998 voyage: a 54-foot replica Viking knarr sailed from Greenland to L'Anse aux Meadows with a crew of nine. The site opened in 2000 and that year won the provincial Attractions Canada award for Best New Attraction. It also served as the centrepiece of events marking the 1,000th anniversary of the Vikings' arrival in Newfoundland.

Norstead takes its name from the Old Norse words for a landing point or trading post, and the site is presented as a Viking port of trade rather than a farm. The 54-foot replica knarr, sailed from Greenland in 1998 by a crew of nine, is displayed on site and is central to how the settlement's seafaring role is explained.

The site lies near L'Anse aux Meadows at the northern tip of Newfoundland's Great Northern Peninsula, reached by road from Route 430. The grounds are gravel and grass, so wear footwear that handles uneven, damp surfaces. Fog and wind off the Strait of Belle Isle can arrive quickly; layered clothing and a rain shell are useful even in summer.

The site displays a replica of an authentic Viking knarr, a sturdy merchant vessel that actually sailed from Greenland to this location in 1998. The voyage with a crew of nine demonstrates that such historical ships remained seaworthy under modern conditions.