{"id":23238,"date":"2016-08-11T18:35:27","date_gmt":"2016-08-11T17:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/?p=23238"},"modified":"2021-07-23T16:11:39","modified_gmt":"2021-07-23T15:11:39","slug":"lofotr-viking-museum-borg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/lofotr-viking-museum-borg\/","title":{"rendered":"Lofotr Viking Museum, Borg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Zagan the motorhome&#8217;s again sat at the base of sweeping green and scree-footed cliffs, facing out to the broad white sand beach at Haukland (<a href=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?q=loc:68.19924,13.52961\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">N68.19924, E13.52961<\/a>). I can see the clifftop through our roof light, it&#8217;s kinda cool. It&#8217;s free to stay here too, and after sharing our 100 NOK-a-night place last night with 17 other motorhomes and campervans, I imagine we&#8217;ll have plenty of company this evening too.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_23261\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23261\" class=\"size-large wp-image-23261\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07888-1024x400.jpg\" alt=\"Free overnight motorhome parking at Haukland\" width=\"620\" height=\"242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07888.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07888-300x117.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07888-768x300.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-23261\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Free overnight motorhome parking at Haukland<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Throwing axes, shooting arrows at an apple, rowing a long boat and sporting helmets while pulling out a huge sword? Not quite our average Thursday, but that&#8217;s what we&#8217;ve been up to today. In a fit of history-sniffing, we rolled up to the Viking Museum at Borg earlier on, and proceeded to get our \u00a316-apiece ticket&#8217;s worth (N68.24569, E13.75786)! Asking around fellow vanners who&#8217;d already been to the museum, we&#8217;d received ratings ranging between &#8220;oh my god, it&#8217;s FANTASTIC!&#8221; to &#8220;it&#8217;s OK&#8221;. Gotta say, we loved the place.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_23256\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23256\" class=\"size-large wp-image-23256\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07815-1024x490-1024x490.jpg\" alt=\"Viking Chieftain's House at Borg\" width=\"620\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07815-1024x490.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07815-1024x490-300x144.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07815-1024x490-768x368.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-23256\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Viking Chieftain&#8217;s House at Borg<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Being here in northern Norway it takes the tiniest of imaginations to fall backwards 1000 years to Viking times, especially when someone&#8217;s gone to the trouble of reconstructing an entire Viking chieftain&#8217;s house a few meters from where it originally stood. The Lofotens look like a custom-built backdrop for a Viking odyssey, a multi-million budget\u00a0computer-generated scenic wonder, with a few teeny weeny telegraph poles and massive white (off-white in our case&#8230;) motorhomes giving the 21st century game away.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_23258\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23258\" class=\"size-large wp-image-23258\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07841-1024x552-1024x552.jpg\" alt=\"I piled the pressure on Ju by telling the local staff we were from Nottingham and were descended from Robin Hood\" width=\"620\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07841-1024x552.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07841-1024x552-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07841-1024x552-768x414.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-23258\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I piled the pressure on Ju by telling the local staff we were from Nottingham and were descended from Robin Hood. She grazed the apple.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_23257\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23257\" class=\"size-large wp-image-23257\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07838-1024x521-1024x521.jpg\" alt=\"Although when it came to my turn I got the impression they weren't expecting much from my archery?\" width=\"620\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07838-1024x521.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07838-1024x521-300x153.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07838-1024x521-768x391.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-23257\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Although when it came to my turn I got the impression they weren&#8217;t expecting much from my archery?<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Maybe that&#8217;s why I really enjoyed the museum. Nothing like as impressive as the Egyptian Museum in Turin, but that place felt oddly disjointed &#8211; the stuff in the museum just didn&#8217;t belong in Northern Italy. The stuff here, in the museum and the adjacent longhouse, couldn&#8217;t have felt more at home, mainly because they were actually found on the spot after a farmer uncovered the place setting his plough a few cm deeper than usual. That plus I&#8217;ve had a boyhood-era dream of living out my days sinking mead and chewing on roasted meat in a long hall, Beowulf-style. Mead was indeed available, but at \u00a385 a glass (I exaggerate only slightly), I immediately gave up on my dreams and we made do with mucking about with the helmets and stuff.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_23248\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23248\" class=\"size-large wp-image-23248\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07769-1024x512-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"Oi! Hands our of my ye-old-Nutella jar!\" width=\"620\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07769-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07769-1024x512-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07769-1024x512-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-23248\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oi! Hands our of my ye-old-Nutella jar!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_23259\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23259\" class=\"size-large wp-image-23259\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07854-1024x604-1024x604.jpg\" alt=\"Give a man a battle-axe...\" width=\"620\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07854-1024x604.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07854-1024x604-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07854-1024x604-768x453.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-23259\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Give a man a battle-axe&#8230;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The museum presented a serious side of course, starting with a film depicting the chieftain being forced through political change to load everything, goat and all, onto a boat to emigrate to Iceland. Various finds from the site were displayed in well-lit cases, coupled with English (or various other languages) audible commentary. Folks wandered about in Viking-era dress, some of them seriously crafting stuff up as though the\u00a0iPhone generation looking on didn&#8217;t exist. The boat rowing was a bunch of fun, the provision of a life jacket being the only nod to health and safety as we clambered on board and commenced much oar-clattering and grunting as we rowed about the lake. I swear the chap from Belarus in front of me somehow managed to have even worse timing than me &#8211; that&#8217;s my excuse.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_23264\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23264\" class=\"wp-image-23264 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_20160811_141619344_HDR-1024x576-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Us two rowing a Viking boat, as you do...\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_20160811_141619344_HDR-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_20160811_141619344_HDR-1024x576-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_20160811_141619344_HDR-1024x576-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-23264\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Us two rowing a Viking boat, as you do&#8230;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Woo, a couple of Brits have turned up and parked next to us &#8211; time to grab a glass of wine and go have a chat. A few more photos follow from the museum&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-23253\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07803-1024x552-2-1024x552.jpg\" alt=\"DSC07803 (1024x552) (2)\" width=\"620\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07803-1024x552-2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07803-1024x552-2-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07803-1024x552-2-768x414.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-23252\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07789-1024x512-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"DSC07789 (1024x512)\" width=\"620\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07789-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07789-1024x512-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07789-1024x512-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-23251\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07781-1024x646-1024x646.jpg\" alt=\"DSC07781 (1024x646)\" width=\"620\" height=\"391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07781-1024x646.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07781-1024x646-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07781-1024x646-768x485.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-23247\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07765-1024x512-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"DSC07765 (1024x512)\" width=\"620\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07765-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07765-1024x512-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07765-1024x512-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-23249\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07772-1024x528-1024x528.jpg\" alt=\"DSC07772 (1024x528)\" width=\"620\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07772-1024x528.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07772-1024x528-300x155.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07772-1024x528-768x396.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-23250\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07779-1024x645-1024x645.jpg\" alt=\"DSC07779 (1024x645)\" width=\"620\" height=\"391\" 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src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07742-1024x590-1024x590.jpg\" alt=\"DSC07742 (1024x590)\" width=\"620\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07742-1024x590.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07742-1024x590-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07742-1024x590-768x443.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-23242\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07723-1024x501-1024x501.jpg\" alt=\"DSC07723 (1024x501)\" width=\"620\" height=\"303\" 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https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07720-1024x512-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-23240\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07718-1024x593-1024x593.jpg\" alt=\"DSC07718 (1024x593)\" width=\"620\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07718-1024x593.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07718-1024x593-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07718-1024x593-768x445.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-23239\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07716-1024x554-1024x554.jpg\" alt=\"DSC07716 (1024x554)\" width=\"620\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07716-1024x554.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07716-1024x554-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07716-1024x554-768x416.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Cheers, Jay<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Planning your own motorhome adventure to Norway?<br \/>You\u2019ll find loads of tips in our\u00a0<strong>free guide<\/strong>\u00a0to\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/touring-norway-in-a-motorhome\/\">Touring Norway by motorhome<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" 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