I am Vietnamese and I absolutely love the Scandinavian culture, especially old Norse lifestyle. Thank you for making such quality content. Looking forward to learning about the daily foods for old Norsemen.
This was incredibly well done. The showing of old time prepping of food for travel, the music, and the story behind the video is very heartwarming. The scenery is also very breathtaking.
I love my country and it's history and heritage. To me, it's the most beautiful and mystical place in the world. To hell with politics and all that hollow bullshit. It's the fjords and mountains and forests i love. The people. How we tamed this wilderness and learned to live in and with it. It makes me hear music in my soul.
Yes, personally i don't care about anyones skin colour. If i ever were to judge someone, it would be on the content of their character, and i can only hope to be judged in the same manner myself. Unfortunately, certain groups in todays bullshit overly politically correct sjw culture, will belittle or condemn your culture and label you a demon if you simply happen to be born caucasian.
I loved watching this (ex Viking Age reenactor here, domestic history). Also, in my native Scottish Highlands and Islands, barley (called Bere) was commonly used in very similar ways. Even today the Orkney Islands still make and consume Bere Bannocks, a large griddle or oven baked barley cake, and still grind and sell barley flour for making breads. Interesting too that the Viking travellers and settlers imported many foods to Scotland, including some kinds of livestock. Great video, thanks for uploading and sharing. Brought back some lovely memories.
Flatbreads, made with various kinds of grains and using various techniques, were first kind of bread and were known practically everywhere where human lived. It's one of the foodstuffs that connects every culture and humanity as a whole.
@@mix-n-match834 I once tried making bannocks from grass seeds and spring water, cooking them on a hot rock by the campfire. I'm pretty sure I used up more calories in gathering and grinding the seed (I could only find a small piece of rock to use as a saddlestone) than I gained from eating the bannocks.
Would’ve been an interesting plot twist if all this was prepared and he went outside and hopped on a mountain bike that was fitted to look like a horse.
Fantastic! My ancestors are Norwegian! My favorite is herring in cream. My daughter's family camps on the Norwegian Hardangervedda. My granddaughter loves dried cod! So great!
The fat people were from the royalty, and they were mainly people above 40 years old, normal people were in constant movement, so they were thin/muscular.
привет ребята! ваш канал просто класс, это здорово что вы пытаетесь возродить быт ваших предков, это бесценный и очень нужный всем опыт жизни в дикой природе, класс))))
Fantastic. I've tried to gather images and descriptions of how Vikings would travel distances- this is perfect. How would he have slept? Beside the fire wrapped in cloak I presume.
It could be wool, but the thing is that wool is very heavy. And belive me, you want to minimize the total weight of what you carry. We have one in wool that is soaked in horse fat. We also have one in linnen, soaked i linnen oil.
While we're on the subject, did the fat-soaked wool tarp go rancid? Does it make everything that touches it greasy, or is it more of a longer-chain lipid, like the kidney fat that candles used to be made out of?
feel very calm in mind while watching this. in modern life people can get everything very easily. eating, drinking and wanting too much than we really need.
Very interesting, but I would like to clarify, this is NORDIC and not Viking. While Vikings, being Nordic, would almost certainly do same thing, it is always bad idea to combine these two words as being the same. Viking is a profession, i.e. raiding, while Nordic are people of Norther Europe. Some Nordic people were Vikings, but many were not. They were farmers, tradesman, fisherman, etc..etc..etc..
Nearly right. I come from the westcoast of Norvegr, and I can tell you this: Vik, means Inlet. The peoples from the inlets was called Vik-ings. But when they travelled to raid, or traid or for war, They were travelling "in Viking" so this has something to do with the older language. Check it out, and keep up your interest for real history. Skål !
Marek Dohojda I believe history is taught in a skewed manner. The vikings weren't a raiding maniacal people they are portrayed as. Were they not settlers, farmers, and traders more than anything? Most all peoples have fought for things, but I hate how history is taught in public schools and such. Not saying that's where you got your info and I am on a quest now for the true, more rich history of the viking peoples!
I think the word 'viking' is taking on a new meaning. Obviously nobody calling themselves a 'viking' can actually raid and pillage or the like. I think today, being a viking is more of a mindset. I think people use it when referring to MANY things these days. Customs, traditions, a way of thinking and life. my thoughts on it.
It is common practice to retroactively prescribe names to historical events, cultures, etc. that were not used during the time in question or were used in a different way. Historians often refer to this period as 'The Viking Age' since the raiding during that time had a significant impact on Northern and Western Europe. Then, describing people of these early medieval norse cultures as 'vikings' for shorthand is completely acceptable. It certainly is a few less syllables. Think of it as synecdoche (fittingly, a commonly used poetic device of these so-called vikings).
my god, that soil was so young, the rock was at flor level! that were white rocks, is a granitic rock type? gives the landscape a beautiful contrast for the colors of the moss and the lichen
You mean the hills Rickard is walking on? Moss is the only thing that grow on them. This is due to weather conditions. It's just bedrock... so Magmatic. Dried lava. Extrusive rock.
Loved the video. When times are hard because of calamity or winter, the food gets scarcer and rougher. Whey you're starving, almost anything with calories tastes pretty good. Mouldy bread and cheese, rancid butter and fat were lifesavers.
@@KossolaxtheForesworn Cloths, weapons, tools… Not like germanic people, balts and slavs used all the same stuff. But no. Lets label those things with Nordic bandits that were in minority.
always wanting to know more on daily life of the era, these vids are quite welcome. There was not always fighting going on. May I suggest a topic ? What and how did they carry with them? And to which role. Peasant/worker/craftsmen ... rucksack/pouches/etc ....
Well, the suggestion was already done. But lets make it a bit more elaborate. suggestion: How would travel on land be performed. What would be carried, and how ? We have all seen small pouches (also, what is in there) But what if a group was traveling. Rucksacks, baskets, carts? Food/Blankets/tents/tools/cooking-gear ? And what about the specialist workman or traders ? Reason for asking, is to see re-enactors glimpse over a wider range of possibilities, and enlarging the scope of their character to be more true to the period. Or would we have to stick to only have beach-parties re-enactment ;)
Great vid! Really loved. Just one concern, I feel really worried about the stone grinder. The concept is great, but the reason we don't use them today Is because often small bits of rock would break off and go into the flower. So when they ate the bread, if they were unlucky, could risk biting on a small rock and breaking a tooth.
Stone-ground bread is fun and games until you break a tooth on a piece of rock. It's because of things like this and the fact that most people didn't live past 40 (most kids didn't even reach their 18th birthday and women died all too often in childbirth) that the astrophysicists need to discover time travel to the past already. I'd love nothing more than to use it to update the past and give them modern technology. Ideally, I'd go to Newfoundland during the early 11th century and give both the Norse and Beothuk 21st-century technology, medicine, weapons, science, etc. From there, I'd unite the Norse, Algonquian, and Iroquoian-speaking peoples of eastern North America under the banner of technocracy and communism. They shall know the virtues of Marxism-Leninism-Maoism and rule by scientists at the same time. They'd get modern mills so they don't break their teeth while eating bread. They'd get vaccinated so the Indians don't die from all those bad old diseases. I'd give these "Vinlanders", "Marklanders", etc. the tools create and maintain a modern nation, one that cleanses the world of the Four Olds and cultivates the Four News.
Can I come live with you all? This feels so very good to watch, it's making me cry as it stirs my heart. I'd love to eat that food on the open air after walking long. I can smell that open natural place.
Probably the same reason why I'm a practitioner and scholar of HEMA, it's an aspect of humanity that is similar yet so very alien to what we know from our own cultures from the east.
Yes! Very emotional and inspiring. The more I try these ways of living, out in the wild, the more I know how day to day felt for these people. I personally think I would never have made it in those times...or I would have had to. P.S. Music?
very interesting indeed, i think it also shows how well men are well prepared by wives and mothers for long journey, cause lives were previous in those days indeed
In Estonia we still eat the butter milk with the grain thingy. We call it kama, but we mix it with alot more buttermilk and less grain so it is more liquid than porridge. Nowadays also put sugar in it to make it a bit sweeter, but otherwise it's very good and healthy. With it usally is that people hate it or love it.
It’s funny how American shows make things in again !! Vikings were fkn badass and some of the best builders and finally they get there respect for the tactics and building and farming
Very beautiful video. Almost got inspired to raid my neighbor's home this evening.
Lol
Almost? That’s quitter talk!
Just do it
You can still raid their internet with NordVPN.
Almost I killed half my block for a loaf of bread
Cooking show, history lesson, and music video all in one. I've never seen anything quite like this. Extra compliments on the slick editing!
Thanks! =)
Somehow the experience was enhanced alot by not using dialogue! Great, great work!
Show and not tell. I love that method.
Northern85Star exactly
Viking MRE looks good.
it even features rocks or something
Hmm, no hiss...
Imag N. Eerie
Yeah exce
The only upside of ancient heater pack technology.
Imag N. Eerie ---- that's what I was thinking ! Not so old school .
I like how everyone looks like they sorta don't know what they're doing but they very clearly do.
I love how this tells a very human story, even as it tells about the food, and shows parts of the clothing being assembled for wear.
I am Vietnamese and I absolutely love the Scandinavian culture, especially old Norse lifestyle. Thank you for making such quality content. Looking forward to learning about the daily foods for old Norsemen.
This was incredibly well done. The showing of old time prepping of food for travel, the music, and the story behind the video is very heartwarming. The scenery is also very breathtaking.
I love my country and it's history and heritage.
To me, it's the most beautiful and mystical place in the world.
To hell with politics and all that hollow bullshit.
It's the fjords and mountains and forests i love. The people.
How we tamed this wilderness and learned to live in and with it.
It makes me hear music in my soul.
You love who you are, brother. Dont listen to anyone calling you a racist for that.
I'm pretty sure Norway and Scandinavia was uninhabited when the people that preceded us migrated here after the end of the last ice age.
Yes, personally i don't care about anyones skin colour. If i ever were to judge someone, it would be on the content of their character, and i can only hope to be judged in the same manner myself. Unfortunately, certain groups in todays bullshit overly politically correct sjw culture, will belittle or condemn your culture and label you a demon if you simply happen to be born caucasian.
Seth :o who??? its year2017 not 1000bc..evolve please
ColdNorwegian arm ur self brother..coz time might come..where u need to fight againts invaders and their masters
I loved watching this (ex Viking Age reenactor here, domestic history). Also, in my native Scottish Highlands and Islands, barley (called Bere) was commonly used in very similar ways. Even today the Orkney Islands still make and consume Bere Bannocks, a large griddle or oven baked barley cake, and still grind and sell barley flour for making breads. Interesting too that the Viking travellers and settlers imported many foods to Scotland, including some kinds of livestock. Great video, thanks for uploading and sharing. Brought back some lovely memories.
I find this fascinating as heck and would love to see this with other cultures and time periods!
Those barley cakes. I did the same ones here (in Venezuela) without knowing they were so ancient! They're one of my favorite dishes :3
in Finland, we call it a bread.... A cake🤣🤣🤣
Flatbreads, made with various kinds of grains and using various techniques, were first kind of bread and were known practically everywhere where human lived. It's one of the foodstuffs that connects every culture and humanity as a whole.
@@mix-n-match834 I once tried making bannocks from grass seeds and spring water, cooking them on a hot rock by the campfire. I'm pretty sure I used up more calories in gathering and grinding the seed (I could only find a small piece of rock to use as a saddlestone) than I gained from eating the bannocks.
Ahh I wish these were longer ! I could watch them forever
Very intresting!
DreyVisual
Beautiful scenery and I like the music too!
Drying herring is a great way of preserving. Same with the steak 🥩!
Tack så mycket
Skäll
Nice. Something educational with accurate material culture. No biker vikings in sight.
imagine him just cycling along the mountains lol
Would’ve been an interesting plot twist if all this was prepared and he went outside and hopped on a mountain bike that was fitted to look like a horse.
History channel has nothing on this. One of the coolest videos I've seen in a minute.
Wow what a well done video! Great cinematography and edit and costumes wow!
This video is very, very well made. It deserves more views.
Fantastic! My ancestors are Norwegian! My favorite is herring in cream. My daughter's family camps on the Norwegian Hardangervedda. My granddaughter loves dried cod! So great!
I love dried cod. Ate it when I lived in Greece. I use to eat dried flaked fish in Japan, I don't know what fish it was.
And this is why nobody was fat a thousand years ago. Food was a lot of work!
Minute Man
There were fat people back then you ding dong, lol.
LoedVader - Are you familiar with the concept of hyperbole? Look it up in the dictionary if you aren't.
The fat people were from the royalty, and they were mainly people above 40
years old, normal people were in constant movement, so they were thin/muscular.
When even the food prep takes hard work, and even a “sendentary” person would require 3000+ calories per day back then
Really liked the video. I would like to see up close the making of storage bag , he had around neck. Loved the bedding . Like to see that up close.
привет ребята! ваш канал просто класс, это здорово что вы пытаетесь возродить быт ваших предков, это бесценный и очень нужный всем опыт жизни в дикой природе, класс))))
This is just awesome. Watching stuff being prepared or things being made from different times in history will always fascinate me.
Great video. I'd love to see a breakdown of his bedroll.
Good idea! =) We will look in to that!
Hands on History AS me too!!!
me three
The video about the bed roll will be out in a few days!
@@HandsonHistoryAS Would they use something akin to the Scottish plaid?
Fantastic. I've tried to gather images and descriptions of how Vikings would travel distances- this is perfect. How would he have slept? Beside the fire wrapped in cloak I presume.
Yes! And maybe try to find some shelter. And if more people are traveling together they might bring a tarp
It could be wool, but the thing is that wool is very heavy. And belive me, you want to minimize the total weight of what you carry. We have one in wool that is soaked in horse fat. We also have one in linnen, soaked i linnen oil.
how does the oil soaked linen fare against the weather, i presume said linen is of the heaver variety than what you would use for clothing?
While we're on the subject, did the fat-soaked wool tarp go rancid? Does it make everything that touches it greasy, or is it more of a longer-chain lipid, like the kidney fat that candles used to be made out of?
Most people would travel by boat, as most people in that time lived by the coast.
This was very well produced. Keep making more! Thanks
no words yet far more educational than most historical reenactment vids out there! Very well done!
this is so cool! my grandfather was a viking. i only wish he was alive so i could show him this. it would certainly have brought back memories for him
feel very calm in mind while watching this. in modern life people can get everything very easily. eating, drinking and wanting too much than we really need.
Very interesting, but I would like to clarify, this is NORDIC and not Viking. While Vikings, being Nordic, would almost certainly do same thing, it is always bad idea to combine these two words as being the same. Viking is a profession, i.e. raiding, while Nordic are people of Norther Europe. Some Nordic people were Vikings, but many were not. They were farmers, tradesman, fisherman, etc..etc..etc..
Nearly right. I come from the westcoast of Norvegr, and I can tell you this: Vik, means Inlet. The peoples from the inlets was called Vik-ings. But when they travelled to raid, or traid or for war, They were travelling "in Viking" so this has something to do with the older language. Check it out, and keep up your interest for real history. Skål !
Marek Dohojda I believe history is taught in a skewed manner. The vikings weren't a raiding maniacal people they are portrayed as. Were they not settlers, farmers, and traders more than anything? Most all peoples have fought for things, but I hate how history is taught in public schools and such. Not saying that's where you got your info and I am on a quest now for the true, more rich history of the viking peoples!
I think the word 'viking' is taking on a new meaning. Obviously nobody calling themselves a 'viking' can actually raid and pillage or the like. I think today, being a viking is more of a mindset. I think people use it when referring to MANY things these days. Customs, traditions, a way of thinking and life. my thoughts on it.
It is common practice to retroactively prescribe names to historical events, cultures, etc. that were not used during the time in question or were used in a different way. Historians often refer to this period as 'The Viking Age' since the raiding during that time had a significant impact on Northern and Western Europe. Then, describing people of these early medieval norse cultures as 'vikings' for shorthand is completely acceptable. It certainly is a few less syllables. Think of it as synecdoche (fittingly, a commonly used poetic device of these so-called vikings).
Like when a Marine gets called a soldier
That's some excellent editing, people! Great video and thanks for the walkthrough!
Great video my friend, good story and I like how you put it all together. Keep the old traditional ways going.
my god, that soil was so young, the rock was at flor level! that were white rocks, is a granitic rock type? gives the landscape a beautiful contrast for the colors of the moss and the lichen
You mean the hills Rickard is walking on? Moss is the only thing that grow on them. This is due to weather conditions. It's just bedrock... so Magmatic. Dried lava. Extrusive rock.
Really inspiring and beuteful video!
THANK YOU =)
Love the music and the scenery. Very good video.
Loved the video. When times are hard because of calamity or winter, the food gets scarcer and rougher. Whey you're starving, almost anything with calories tastes pretty good. Mouldy bread and cheese, rancid butter and fat were lifesavers.
Love it how anything nordic gets branded "viking"
anything above germany according to states = vikings.
@@KossolaxtheForesworn Cloths, weapons, tools… Not like germanic people, balts and slavs used all the same stuff. But no. Lets label those things with Nordic bandits that were in minority.
Probably because it's easier to market. 'Viking' food sounds more interesting than 'Nordic' food.
im intetested in how ancient mankind prepared their food and what it tastes like ..
great video
always wanting to know more on daily life of the era, these vids are quite welcome.
There was not always fighting going on.
May I suggest a topic ?
What and how did they carry with them? And to which role. Peasant/worker/craftsmen ...
rucksack/pouches/etc ....
Yes please
Well, the suggestion was already done. But lets make it a bit more elaborate.
suggestion:
How would travel on land be performed. What would be carried, and how ?
We have all seen small pouches (also, what is in there) But what if a group was traveling. Rucksacks, baskets, carts? Food/Blankets/tents/tools/cooking-gear ?
And what about the specialist workman or traders ?
Reason for asking, is to see re-enactors glimpse over a wider range of possibilities, and enlarging the scope of their character to be more true to the period. Or would we have to stick to only have beach-parties re-enactment ;)
Great historical reconstruction. Good job. Thank you.
Some of them look quite delicious! I think I would like that buttermilk cookie.
I think it's more of a kind of flatbread than a cookie.
Good wholesome food that does not need preservatives and will keep one healthy and alive, great culture.
Thanks for showing how its done, very interesting.
Excellent video. I love how it tells a story.
This is great, more food and recipe related video's please, +1 Subscriber
Very enjoyable. i love the atmosphere in the video
Djäkligt bra video!
Words can’t express his much I love this video
Great video, thank you very much for sharing. You have a new subscriber.
Thanks !
Hello, this is a great video. Nice soundtrack as well, glad I discovered this.
Great vid! Really loved. Just one concern, I feel really worried about the stone grinder. The concept is great, but the reason we don't use them today Is because often small bits of rock would break off and go into the flower. So when they ate the bread, if they were unlucky, could risk biting on a small rock and breaking a tooth.
That is true in deed... Vikings had very bad teeth.
Maybe not bad teeth. but pretty much everyone from that time had very worn down teeth. due to dirt and grit in there food.
Not a very good idea to file your teeth either...
Stone-ground bread is fun and games until you break a tooth on a piece of rock.
It's because of things like this and the fact that most people didn't live past 40 (most kids didn't even reach their 18th birthday and women died all too often in childbirth) that the astrophysicists need to discover time travel to the past already. I'd love nothing more than to use it to update the past and give them modern technology. Ideally, I'd go to Newfoundland during the early 11th century and give both the Norse and Beothuk 21st-century technology, medicine, weapons, science, etc. From there, I'd unite the Norse, Algonquian, and Iroquoian-speaking peoples of eastern North America under the banner of technocracy and communism. They shall know the virtues of Marxism-Leninism-Maoism and rule by scientists at the same time. They'd get modern mills so they don't break their teeth while eating bread. They'd get vaccinated so the Indians don't die from all those bad old diseases. I'd give these "Vinlanders", "Marklanders", etc. the tools create and maintain a modern nation, one that cleanses the world of the Four Olds and cultivates the Four News.
Whistling Maniac Some had some didn't. Filing your teeth is as stupid as it gets.
Can I come live with you all? This feels so very good to watch, it's making me cry as it stirs my heart. I'd love to eat that food on the open air after walking long. I can smell that open natural place.
Such a wonderful video, I hope to see more traditional food, make more of this please!!
Dried fish, smoked jerky, journey cakes and some fresh butter. Keep ya going!
The idea, atmosphere and music all on top
Lover ur viedos some of the most authentic I've seen on the period wish there were new ones
Meat and bread and butter. Who'da thought.
Learn how to cook with a little story and insight! A great video. Also will attemp to make the bread soon here
Food looks good....refreshing to look at the food prep
Amazing video and information sir thanks much!!
Отличный видеоролик! Молодцы! Желаю вдохновения и новых успехов!
Great video, very satisfying to watch.
I love how those bowls look
Pots? Whatever they're considered
This was an incredible video... I learned a lot and was also really entertained by the story and cinematography! You have a great channel going here
Great Video!
Greetings from Germany.
You did a great job! Well done!
I watched the video more than once and every time I wish I could click on a thumbs up to him👍👍👍👍👍nice video
"Listen, Loddfafnir, and listen carefully! If you have to cross mountains or fjords, make quite sure you take enough food." -- the Lay of Loddfafnir.
I'm Asian and i have no idea why i love this so much!
Probably the same reason why I'm a practitioner and scholar of HEMA, it's an aspect of humanity that is similar yet so very alien to what we know from our own cultures from the east.
Im black and im fascinated by this
i dont know but its so mindblowing that i have to stop for few seconds xD .. rly awesome i wish i was born in this time
really love it and it shows a very nature and health way to make traditional food
That story was actually amazing!!
What mods you use on your Skyrim remastered? Looks so realistic 🤔
no answers damn
I came from the future and this thing is from elder scrolls 10
I would love to try all these foods. They look delicious.
Very cool. My ancestors were vikings! Makes me wonder what they ate.
Beautiful production! Well done!
No words needed. Fantastic !
I enjoyed watching this.
Well done. The music is perfect
I don't know how's acute are this reenactments, but they see very cool and I like it
Yes! Very emotional and inspiring. The more I try these ways of living, out in the wild, the more I know how day to day felt for these people. I personally think I would never have made it in those times...or I would have had to. P.S. Music?
Songleikr =)
Awesome video. Next time I go trekking in Norway I’ll be better prepared
I love this video! Great job!
Not sure why, but the ending got my feels working overtime.
very interesting indeed, i think it also shows how well men are well prepared by wives and mothers for long journey, cause lives were previous in those days indeed
In Estonia we still eat the butter milk with the grain thingy. We call it kama, but we mix it with alot more buttermilk and less grain so it is more liquid than porridge. Nowadays also put sugar in it to make it a bit sweeter, but otherwise it's very good and healthy. With it usally is that people hate it or love it.
Could you use honey or other fats like lard ? I can't eat dairy anymore sadly.. but it looks good!
It’s funny how American shows make things in again !! Vikings were fkn badass and some of the best builders and finally they get there respect for the tactics and building and farming
Please do more videos like this 😃 I find their diet very interesting
Great video
Watching this made my soul happy,Skål!
Great video guys. Very impressive!
Norway is amazingly beautiful.
Hail, thanks for the video! Keep up the awesome work and knowledge of our ancestors, Skal!
Nice video very informative
Well done, great video.
This is very nice! Authentic. Just like Heathcliff
when you realize the dried herring is so dry you have to use a stick to break it apart
Sounds like my ex’s herring........
Super cool informative video!