OAK HARBOR, Wash. — After 13 years of craftsmanship and community effort, Valkyrie — a 60-foot, hand-built Viking ship — sailed through Deception Pass on its maiden voyage. Constructed from cedar and ...
The Friends of the Viking Ship bought a property in downtown Geneva so the organization could build a museum to house the longship. Michael Olesen, a director for the nonprofit Friends and chairman of ...
Three 1,200-year-old Viking ships that have stood the test of time are embarking on their final and possibly riskiest journey to their new forever home in Norway. The first to relocate is the Oseberg, ...
The Oseberg longship – considered one of the most important historical discoveries of the Viking age — voyaged to its final destination last month. But the journey it took to get there was complicated ...
Poulsbo’s marina recently became home to a ship that looks like it came from a millennium ago, promising adventure and modern-day connections to Scandinavian ancestors that once commanded the sea.
Here’s what the naming ceremony of the ships is like Have you ever stood in the shadow of history, feeling like an extra in a movie about ancient secrets and grand adventures? That’s exactly how I ...
The Viking Honir in Basel was one of nine river ships Viking welcomed into its fleet on Oct. 21, in ceremonies across six ...