We found our camper stop at the Sjolyst Marina near the
peninsular at Bygdoy. This is the island with a lot of museums on it , that
seemed interesting to us.
We walked in from the Marina through pleasant countryside, considering
how close to the city centre we were and spent the rest of the day Museuming.
First the Viking ship museum with three boats
which had been excavated from burials sites in the area. These date from around
900 AD and were very well restored as they had been in blue clay which had
preserved them very well. The valuables
had been looted very soon after burial as with the Pyramids in Egypt but there
were still many artefacts on view. They believed very strongly in the
afterlife, so again as with Egypt there
were all the things necessary for the comfort of the desceased. There were carts and sledges, horses and
jewellery and much more. This provided us with a very good insight into the
culture of the time.
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