Viking Age

Come and celebrate that Spring has arrived!

19.00 The gates are open.
Experience the Viking museum with café and shop.

20.00 Local politician Ulf Bingsgård signal the arrival of Spring with his horn. Spring singing with Shirine and spring speech. Fiery show and the Valborg bonfire is lit by Gantelius.

Participants will be shown the processes involved in producing hand-dipped tapered candles with 100% cotton wicks. These will be 16-19 cm long. They will take away a pair of pure beeswax candles hand-dipped in the medieval manner. They will be also advised on where to get the materials.

ALL COURSES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE- MINIMUM NUMBERS APPLY

This two-day workshop is aimed at those who have done the one-day basket weaving course or who want to take on a more ambitious project.Plan your own project and make a basket with a handle/handles (eg: a shopping or small log basket). The class will also cover the growing, harvesting, storing and preparation of the willows for working.

€150 per participant

Axe Club are running a unique and engaging course on the fast-growing sport of axe throwing with an Introduction to Axe Throwing Course. On this half-day course, learn the basics of this exciting and skilful sport.

This course will be repeated on 25th May, 22nd June, 20th July and 1st September 2019.

€40 per participant

Over the course of two days, participants will make their arrow shafts, heads and fletchings all made from techniques spanning from the stone-age and up, including the use of primitive glues. How to make a quiver, arm guard and finger tab will also be demonstrated during the course.

All material and hand-tools included.

ALL COURSES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE- MINIMUM NUMBERS APPLY

Relax and spend a day in the mindful experience of learning the traditional skills of Bodgers (skilled woodworkers who used green timber) under the guidance of master craftsman Tommy Kelly from Bevel Furniture / Bevel Woodworking School

During this two-day workshop, learn the basic techniques of carving in either the round or in relief. You will carve and take home your own unique sculpture.

Note: please bring a heavy jacket and strong work boots.

€150 per participant

This course will be repeated on 24th and 25th July 2019.

The festival's theme is trade and cultural exchange. The theme has been chosen on the basis that the Vikings had contacts across cultures and several of our objects in the exhibition refer precisely to this. We want to highlight trade and cultural exchange during the festival.

One weekend a year, trade travelers, craftsmen, Vikings and other visitors gather at Lödde å to shop, exchange news and socialize - just like 1000 years ago. At that time, Lödde was an important trading route and a crowded trading place annually attracted people from near and far. VikingaTider offers you a time travel back to Skåne's early history.