Neil Hopcroft

Vikings enjoying the lake at the bottom of the garden. There are beautiful views over the lake to the mountains in the background.

Vikings on Norderön beach, for a reenactment of a ritual.

The Viking banquet in the Longhouse.

Some views of the sky over Storsjön from Norderön.

The Viking longhouse is situated in a forest leading down to the beach of Norderön.

The Vikings had a fight over a horn of beer.

Some of the vikings at the Longhouse.

We went to a Viking Longhouse near Östersund, an hours flight north from Stockholm. The longhouse is set in the forest of Norderön. I arrived on the friday evening, while everyone else had been there all week. Theres something surreal about being met at the airport by Vikings, but at least I could figure out quite easily who I […]

There are some statues in the gardens around Stadshuset.

There was something magical about the sky over Stadshuset.