While we were waiting we explore a bit around and we could see that all the boats on this port were old or outmoded, so it seemed an active museum. Then we had lunch, and after all, with a group of Norwegian student we sailed and rowed a replica of one of the amazing oldest Viking boats, the Gaia. In contradiction to this traditional fame in Norway, I want to say that in Valencia, where I came from, we also have a lot of navy industry, however we don’t have ships like this, I’ve always seen boats destinated to the freigh transport, because Valencia has a big comercial port even now. They were used for fighting and for conquest more places due to the boats could sail inside the rivers and go hiding until the strategic places. The most interesting things for me was the stones they use for make the boat heavier and float easily. This type of navy were handmade and they usually use oak for built them. After that, I could understand why Norway is well-known as the Viking land, because they lived here for several years, but the main point is that they leave a lot of clues and materials that help historians know the way they lived: traditions, sailing methods, costumes…Īt the image you could see the size of one of these Viking ships, it was large but not very huge because it used to sail in the sea, but also through the rivers. Last Monday, September 3th, we went on a tour around the southeast of Norway and they show us some of the places where they had found the firsts Viking boats. Now they are really famous, and a lot of them have replicas at the museums around Norway. The excursion of this week was also about boats, but a specials ones, which were used several years ago, during the viking age (800- 1066 AD).
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