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After a long winter, I was so happy to put on my turnshoes and step back into the reenactment scene 🩰🍃 
These events have become rarer occurrences since we became parents (it's not like I can just spontaneously decide one evening that I want to hop on a bus with my gear and a sheepskin and borrow a spot in someone's tent anymore 😂)... But it makes it even more enjoyable when we are able to attend! ♥ And it does look like Einar will love having historical reenactment be part of his childhood. During our drive home on Thursday, after we had finished setting up camp the day before the Bjørgvin Viking & Medieval Market started, he excitedly proclaimed from the back seat: "Viking markets are fun!"! I found that especially adorable because all he had really done that day was watch us set up the Oseberg tent and jump on our bed inside it. But when we came back the next day he got to enjoy the full splendour of it all, and we were busy running around after him amidst campfires, blacksmith forges, the seaside, and all sorts of things that can make a three-year-old excited and a mother anxious. 
The tents popped up one after another, and the grounds of the Hordamuseum soon became alive with everything I’d missed: the smell of open-fire cooking, booths with beautiful crafts (I bought a sunwheel-pendant in gilded bronze, and a Birka glass), handsewn clothing and beautiful embroidery, dancing and lively music (by the Danish band Fýri), and historical demonstrations of smithing, weaving, bow-making and archery. 
Behold our chieftain Arild (His Excellency, the Honourable, etc., etc.)! 
His caftan was custom-made by Atelier Wenetela Wolf, and I stopped by at her stall to admire her detailed and original creations. Just look at this little guy: 
I had sewn a new tunic for Einar, this time in a wonderfully soft ecological wool (natural colour, no dye)! I love this light herringbone weave on him. ♥ 
Our customary Saturday lunch! I feel obliged to tell you that I actually had prepared a second plate just like this, but "someone" stepped right into it before I took the photo. Eggs just aren't the same after they've been trampled... 😂 
I was especially happy that our whole group, Folkvangr, were reunited and could spend the evenings together! We are a group consisting of four families or "houses", who have been travelling together to markets and historical events for many years (come to think of it, it's probably been around a decade now)! Spending time together with friends who have the same geeky interests and humour is one of the great joys in life! 😄🥰 
Thanks for now, beautiful BM, and see you again next summer! Music: Pøbel - When the Cat's Away # Comments
Whip out your scrolls and quills (or chisels?)! It´s time to mark your calendars and prepare to journey back in time: Below is the overview of Viking and Medieval reenactment events in Norway in 2025. More dates will be added as they are announced. 
Can you smell that? Campfires, sheep skins, and dinner slowly cooking under the open sky.. 🔥🍃 (As always, feel free to share - and if you do, please credit my website). Music: Rúnfell - Freyas Forest # Comments
Today is the first full moon (after the first new moon) after the winter solstice. Do you know what that means? 
Gleðileg jól - til árs ok friðar! # Comments |
 
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