Viking Daily Life & Survival — Inside the Long Night

Описание: Viking daily life, Viking winter survival, Norse longhouse design, Scandinavian winter hardships—step inside Ása’s coastal longhouse and Thorvald’s inland farm as the first killing cold tests everything they prepared.

Learn why wet vs. dry cold demanded different tactics, how longhouses trapped heat without chimneys (ljore vents), why families rationed oil, stacked fuel within arm’s reach, slept on raised platforms to beat floor drafts, and carried fire through storms.
We map the many “norths”: coast vs. inland, latitude vs. daylight, sled & ski travel, and why community rhythms—clustered hearth work, story and song, visiting windows—kept minds steady until thaw. Archaeology (Borg, Oseberg, Hedeby) and law codes (Gulathing) ground the story in evidence.

What you’ll learn

How wet cold kills differently than dry cold

Anatomy of a Norse longhouse (hearths, ljore, platforms, storage)

Coastal vs. inland strategies: drainage, roads/bridges, woodpiles

Food security: smoking, drying, fat management, soured dairy

Winter time discipline: light loss, watch cycles, morale

Sources (select)
Neil Price, The Viking Way; excavations at Borg (Lofoten), Oseberg, Hedeby; Norwegian law codes (Gulathing).

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