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

Norstead encompasses four hectares with wooden buildings featuring earthen floors, including a chieftain's hall, church, workshop, and boat shed housing Viking vessels.

The museum opened in 2000 to commemorate 1000 years since Vikings first arrived in North America, receiving 28,000 visitors during its initial operating season.

Visitors participate in traditional Viking activities with costumed interpreters, learning blacksmithing techniques, sailing methods, and navigation using historical instruments.

The museum operates from June 3rd to September 14th, 2024, with daily hours from 9:30 AM to 5:30 PM, located 2 kilometers from L'Anse aux Meadows UNESCO site.

The site houses a 54-foot Viking knarr replica that completed an actual voyage from Greenland to L'Anse aux Meadows with nine crew members in 1998.

Location: Newfoundland and Labrador

GPS coordinates: 51.60180,-55.52400

Latest update: April 6, 2025 04:12

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