A long ship is an ingenious construction, where nothing is incidental. The animation demonstrates the construction of the Sea Stallion from Glendalough, a reconstruction of the almost 30-metre-long Viking warship, Skuldelev 2. The reconstruction was built in full scale at the Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde, Denmark where both the original 1000 year old ship and the sailing reconstruction can be seen. [DK] Et langskib er en yderst sindrig konstruktion, hvor intet er tilfældigt. Animationen viser

Building those old Viking ships was a work of art by master craftsmen. The Hollywood image of barbaric Vikings simply becomes laughable in the face of such craftsmanship. Imagine the social resources and organization needed to facilitate such construction and design without power tools or computers. | Historic Vessel Vega

236K views · 945 reactions | The world's best preserved viking ships can be found at the Viking Ship Museum in Oslo | Visit Oslo | Facebook