And so they're off! Today, the first Viking mission from Denmark to Ireland in a thousand years departed from Roskilde Fjord to the sounds of drums, horns and cheers. Viking re-enactors and sight seers gathered from all over Denmark to witness the departure, at 4pm this afternoon. The above image is an older one as I'm stil waiting for Roskilde Viking ship museum to update their news page, that or either DR who are supposed to be covering the event. I'll add more info as I get it and hopefully some good images from on board the vessel.
According to TV2 (Denmarks commercial TV network) the Irish minister of culture was present at the departure and joked "Please don't burn the place down!"
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Hey moif
My mom managed to get a view of the ship sailing today (would that be a correct term when they are actually rowing..?). She was really impressed and had a great outing with my dad, although it did rain.
I've been trying to find the rute on a map, but can't manage. Will you have a chance to see the ship as it passes through Kattegat?
Hello suger plum.
You can follow the progress of the ship here: As you can see, its already more or less passed us by!
http://www.dr.dk/Tema/Havhingsten/Kort/kort.htm
Holy smokes Moif. You've been posting like crazy, and making the rest of us look bad.
The ship is underway. I hope Poseidon has their backs.
The BBC have an article on the ship as well now:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6259760.stm
"Please don't burn the place down!"
Heh heh....
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