We like to write about our activities but everyone always asks for pictures. So here you'll find some.
Photos
Haithabu-2016
We went to the easter market in Haithabu/Hedeby 2016 as visitors so we had more time for looking around instead of mostly being looked at. We spent one day on the market itself, meeting old and new friends, and one day at the local Viking Museum and walking around the Haddebyer Noor.
Dyeing with yellow onion skin
Our first attempt at dyeing wool with yellow onion skin. The images speak for themselves.
Adventon 2016
These images were taken between 14 and 18 September 2016 at the Histotainment-Park Adventon in Osterburken (Baden-Württemberg) during the "Wikingerfest".
Diersfordt 2016
The early medieval crafts market in Diersfordt near Wesel (North-Rhine-Westphalia) was the largest of its kind in 2016. More than 350 reenactors met between 9 and 10 September and played a part in this museum-grade event. A two-part review (in German) can be found here: Wikinger in Wesel: Aufbau und Fachtagung and Wikinger in...
Viking Ship Museum Oslo 2016
Midgardsblot 2016
The Midgardsblot Metal Festival in Borre (Vestfold, Norway) is a perfect blend of Black Metal and Viking age history.
Museum of Cultural History, Oslo
Easter Market Haithabu 2017
This was our first stay as active participants in one of Germany's arguably most authentic Viking age markets. As if meeting so many high-quality peers was not enough, there even was an active archaeological dig going on next door.
Trelleborg 2017
Moesgaard 2017
National Museum of Scotland
Diersfordt 2017
Easter Market Haithabu 2018
It was by far our coldest market weekend so far but everyones spirits were high and as a season opener this one surpassed every other market.
Birch leaves and Indigo
It was a very sunny weekend and just as sunny shone the yellow tones we managed to dye onto round about 8kg of wool cloth and yarn. All expectations were exceeded by the greens produced the next day when dyeing some of the material again using Indigo...
Hedeby summer market 2018
Our four weeks long Denmark tour started with a very quiet week in Hedeby. Unfortunately, neither of us had any motivation to take many pictures.
Trelleborg 2018
Moesgaard 2018
Unser zweiter Moesgaard-Markt übertraf den von letztem Jahr in fast jeder Hinsicht. Wetterbedingt verbrachten wir einen Großteil der Freizeit am Strand, überwiegend mit Lokis Freemen. Während des Wochenendes teilten wir das Zelt mit Elisa und Georg, zwei Freunden aus Berlin.
Building Big Man
Ribe 2018
HIKG 2018
Unser Saisonabschlussmarkt brachte nicht, wie erwartet, den lange ersehnten Wettertest für unser neues Zelt, sondern erinnerte uns noch einmal an den Sommer 2018: Temperaturen über 25°C und pralle Sonne, das ganze Wochenende lang. Während die HIKG-Kämpfer sich nicht davon abhalten ließen, den Tag über zu trainieren, genossen...
National Museum Copenhagen 2018
When visiting Copenhagen at the end of 2018, we took the opportunity and went to the National Museum. We would like to share some impressions from that visit with you; but careful! The pictures show artifacts from Denmark's Bronze Age up the the Middle Ages, so the Viking stuff is somewhere in between.
Spring market 2019 in Hedeby
The spring market during Easter in Hedeby was our first market in 2019. 2017 rain and mud, 2018 icy wind and snow - 2019 warm temperatures and sunshine. The visitors were large in number, their motivation to buy stuff so great that no merchant had any reason to complain. The entire atmosphere was just fantastic. We could not...
Archeon 2019
We started this year's summer tour during Pentecost in the Netherlands at the multi-period park Archeon. A very quiet and atmospheric start. Unfortunately, the park lacked a pair of nice wool combs for demonstrating this part of textile work, but we were able to change that :-) - It was the first time we were at the Archeon...
Hafnarfjörður 2019
Having returned from Archeon we flew off to Iceland. We left most of our stuff at home, borrowed a tent for during the day (which we shared with Max (kvalitativt krigsbyte) and Maxi) and totally confused our internal clocks because around that time Night simple does not exist up there.
I Förfäders Spår 2019
After the market in Hafnarfjörður, we faced 36°C and high humidity in Germany. Hardly being able to exist in this weather, we packed everything we thought we would need for 5.5 weeks, drove north to Copenhagen (thanks to Simon for letting us stay for a night) and then to Sweden. We took a few days to enjoy the Swedish...
Sagnlandet Lejre 2019
Another market we visited for the first time was the Viking Week at the Land of Legends in Lejre. The Land of Legends has what the Archeon doesn't: A lot of space.
Trelleborg 2019
This year we spent around ten days at Trelleborg. We also re-united with our friends Dany and Micha, with whom we spent the market at Archeon and who would from then on travel with us until Ribe, where they could only stay for a few days.
Moesgaard Viking Moot 2019
After Trelleborg came Moesgaard, of course. Moesgaard was as mixed an experience as always. Due to limited space, it can't grow in size, so it's really, really crowded.
Ribe Warrior Week 2019
... Ribe. If Lejre was taking a deep breath before the bigger markets, Ribe was like exhaling again, relaxing a little.
HIKG 2019
Beautiful weather, nice people and more fighters than ever before at this year's HIKG.