Amazing Viking Turf House Tour - Stunning Green Building!
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- Опубликовано: 17 окт 2024
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In this video, we're excited to share the re-created 1000-year-old Viking settlement at L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland, Canada. We visited the site last fall and had we really enjoyed learning more about the settlement, but also about the traditional construction techniques they used for the turf dwellings and workshops.
The turf houses are built with timber frames that are load-bearing, and walls that are built with peat bricks that have been cut and dried from a nearby bog. Each wall actually has two layers of the bricks, with a layer of gravel sandwiched in the middle to help drain any moisture before it infiltrates to the interior of the structure.
It's incredible that the Vikings were able to build such beautiful and functional structures with limited building materials, and in such a harsh environment.
Another thing that we found really neat that didn't have anything to do with the structures was the fact that the bog not only provided peat for building but bog iron they could use to create nails and other hardware they needed to repair their ships.
If you're interested, here's a link to our longer, more in-depth video about an Icelandic turf house: • Beautiful Tiny Turf Ho...
And here's a link where you can learn more about the L'Anse aux Meadows historic Viking settlement in Newfoundland:
www.pc.gc.ca/en...
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Hey Everyone! Thanks for watching :)
If you want to learn more about turf houses, check out this video we made in Iceland: ruclips.net/video/_7JFwLyrdJw/видео.html
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I'd love to get a responsible sized island and build a village like that it would be really nice and peaceful away from the overly modernised places of today. I was always an outdoorsy guy from a very early age i lived in the countryside there was a small town but a lot of fieldlands and woodlands as a young boy i was always out build things camps my older brother and his friends couldn't ever find out main camp they used to find it enjoying that me and my three best friends never up upset/angree that they destroyed our decoy camp they didn't even find it strange that we always buil the decoy in the exact same place all the time we even used to watch them from our proper camp destroying our decoy it was funny and cooking outside etc i wasn't ever into TV games consoles things like that. Anyway loved your video and i like i said I'd really love to get a reasonable sized island and build a village like that always wanted to do that from a very early age I've never liked the overly modernised world it's to stressful to noisy messy band to much of a throw away circiety.
Very neat houses. I could definitely live in a house built like that.
Why do I love turf houses so much?? I want to build one on my property.
Did you do it?
As a kid in the sixties & seventies, occasionally I’d get to see a home/similar structure as these, built into a hill, and always thought to myself, that it’d be the best home to live in, and now, I still think the same way.
They're beautiful.
I have some land out in the Ozarks upon which I've been building my rendition of a Norse Mead Hall for the past several years. Working on it is one of my favorite hobbies. It's absolutely beautiful. I've tried to use authentic Scandinavian designs as much as possible. It's very labor intensive and goes up but slowly. A lot of my work is limited to those occasions when I have extra hands to help with the heavy timbers. I've built most of it with cedar and hickory. I would live in it if my wife would let me. I'm pretty sure she'd divorce me first. It'll probably take another 5 or 6 years to build to my full satisfaction. I've had to learn as I've gone along.
I'd love to see some shots.
why move away from this ,I wish they just improved over time ,I love Turf Houses SO green and natural ,Amazing !!!
I like the idea of mowing my roof
No just leave your goat on it 🐐
Until you fall off it. Let animals graze it.
I thought that is what they invented goats for.
Hell no. The mowing of regular lawns already releases absolutely insane amounts of pollution and waste so much fossil fuel....
You must be an American
Wow, so much information in just 4 minutes, and filmed so beautifully. I didn't know there was so much knowledge about Viking settlements in North America.
Great video!
A friend in the UK (a viking reenactor) is setting up a viking village in Gilcrux, Cumbria.
- Moorforge.
If you're interested in seeing something like this growing in Britain, have a look at what he's trying to do.
Hows it going so far
As a kid a grew up like this but inside the house we had a woodstove made out of mud or something. I will never go back to live like this. Believe it or not in some parts of the world people still live like this and it's a damn hard life.
this is a really cool place to live. just plain and simple
This is just living in a fantasy. So beautiful ❤️.It reminded me of Lord of the Rings houses,like Bilbo's house💓
I love this house and farm. I can see the people living this way for MANY generations. Thank You...
Did you know that the Vikings actually built very eco friendly houses of what ever they could use . The earth house is still a very sturdy and efficient house and with walls that thick with a gravel moisture barrier between the two layers of the wall they can last thousands of years . They are even more earthquake resistant than the housing we live in .
Wonderful video! I live in Newfoundland. I visited this Viking village a few years ago. It is amazing! Thanks for sharing.
Amazing buildings made with such genius methods. Thank u for sharing!
Thank you for publishing this!!! You have no idea how much this helps!!
I would love to visit this place in Newfoundland. How lovely!
Thanks for making this. Showed it to my kids during our (homeschool) class. We learned something today & we don’t have to travel to Iceland or Newfoundland. This YT account is such a blessing! ❤😊
I enjoyed this video, we feel there as we listen to the curator of the museum. You let him do most of the talking, you interviewed minimally and I liked that. It felt natural with no intrusion into his comments. Very instructive, you asked all the important questions.
Excellent video because of the man who preserves them and his famiy history being so connected to the buildings. The word amazing comes to mind. Those homes are treasures but so are the people and knowledge they possess
I have had the pleasure of visiting here. It is truly worthwhile!
This gives me chills to watch it. So cool and with many useful ideas band beauty points. And like stepping back in time.
I would love to just spend a week in a small community of turf houses. Living like people did in the past, just for a week. Would be so cool!
Thank you for bringing this very interesting & educational presentation to video!
I love all the peaceful places you show. Beautiful !
+Arkansas Mike Thanks so much👍🏻😊
Not gonna lie, this house looks extremely cozy. Maybe at some point in a past life I lived in something like this. Just something oddly warming and familiar about it.
This is absolutely amazing!!!
Yes I think it very amazing 😉
The gravel between layers of peat bricks is a fantastic idea.
Thank you it helped me to get to the 3 grade. So, THANKS!!!!!!!!💖💖💖💖💖😊😊😊☺️☺️😊
I love the inside, I would like the outside looking more like a house than a bump of grass though.. but it still looks cute!
Thanks, I would love to check it out in person 😎
Newfoundland is an amazing place and the people are some of the friendliest you will find on this planet.
I spent 2 nights as a child in house like this.It was awesome.
Vikings know how to build these homes easy for me no problem with today's materials man could I build a house in the woods no prob.
makes me proud to have some viking in me
Thank you for the brief. Safe travels, guys.
genial. Muchas gracias por mostrar tan fabulosas casas nórdicas. Saludos desde Uruguay. Vikingø Celtå
Stunning I would love to stay in a place like that some time
Woah, was not expecting this episode to be filmed where I live...wish I knew, would have loved to meet you guys
The layered wall design to block moisture and provide insulation is genius. I wonder how long it took them to figure it out? We’ll probably never know.
That's brilliant, this is one thing I didn't know about the Norse, thanks for the video
These are beautiful!
love it. keep going and showing these beautiful, organic, primitive, social dwellings.
The most informative piece for me was the explanation on how they avoided moister to come in from the ground. I always wandered how.
Yay! My home province!
Wow! How’ve I never heard about these!
That's awsome. Definitely gana build one of these when I buy some land in the bush.
so much great reference material for my art. thank you
Interesting use of building materials
Looks cozy to me, I'd live in one.
I would absolutely 100% live in that today! My family has a nice piece of land that is connected to Daniel Boone National forest and I am planning on building some type of small building to use as a camp house for weekends with the kids. Just so happens the guy across the road has a backhoe I could use to dig up a area for this!!’
I'd love to live in a house like this like a summer house! Only with more modern ways of building
Fico só imaginando como deve ser passar uma noite numa casa assim. Que maravilha de casa.
I would love to live in a house like this.
Awesome! I would love to build one of these.
I too
That looks awesome, thanks for sharing! Always cool seeing all the alternative ways of building a home :)
Thanks for the positive feedback, happy you enjoyed checking these turf houses 🙂👍
Now I know what my house is going to be!
Love the turf home videos, keep it up!!!
Thanks so much Cristopher 🙂🙂
Having spent a short time living in Ireland it grieves me to think of how many Turf houses I could have built instead of having to use it on the fire, im sure briquette houses could have worked too!
Absolutely fascinating! Wouldn't the inside layer of peat bricks pose a fire hazard from sparks from the open fires?
Lovely video, big grats from Sweden :-)
if they hosted airbnb i would invite a bunch of my army buddies there for a reunion. a peat house would be way nicer than the conditions we used to sleep in
Amazing video! I was hoping to see another turf house on your channel.
Thanks Thomas, happy you enjoyed the video🙂🙂
I hope you enjoyed my province!
hello fellow Newfie
I would totally live there
Amazing green home!
Very cool...storm proof, fire proof, insulated, and environmentally friendly. What more could you ask or need. Thanks for sharing..
I don't think a house made of wood and peat could be fire proof, they are both used as fuel in fires. ;]
Mr. Majestic Are you maybe unsure, what "peat" is? XD
Go google it or look up the wikipedia page, if there is one...
Respect Norway.
And thanks, for rocket stove....
Fred/France.
This is my Dream House! A wife and a few kids... Perfect.
Fascinating.
this is AWESOME. love the way people use to live back in the days
Beautiful
I would seriously live in one
That is awesome! Love it
how does the heating work? wouldnt it either be too cold from all the open roof stuff or no enough to keep the air breathable?
I would love to live in one of those for like a year or so
Thanks for another great video! :D
Wow so so cosy 💗
Thanks for watching🙂
Lancer meadows i
St Anthony Nfld was there late 60s when there was just the floor outline of one longhouse..good that there are recreations now.
I suppose these could be built anywhere??? I’d be interested in these. I also enjoy Cobb houses. Rhys looks much simpler.
Awesome villiage😏👍🏻Greetings from Rus✋🏻
I had to watch this for school
Two questions I have is of those that have a dugout construction as in when you step through the door to go inside the ground floor drops a few feet, how do they keep that from flooding during heavy rain? And also as far as the roof vent for the fire smoke to escape from when it's raining do they have some sort of hatch or cover to keep the water from coming through the vents and getting the inside of the house wet and muddy?
Wow I visited these a few years ago, so weird seeing them on your channel! Great video!
Looks a heck of a lot nicer in a finished state than the ruins would suggest.
How wonderful if you can explore more historic dwellings. Have you considered southern Spain where historic cave homes are still used, and the court yard homes made of of an Adobe material never needed heating or cooling? Thank you for sharing!
Thanks for watching Lena😀. That's a great idea about the cave homes in Spain, I have a friend who stayed in some of them many years ago and they sounded pretty interesting.....maybe on a future trip to Europe..😀😀👍
Exploring Alternatives There are cave homes in New Mexico and Colorado, but not entire neighborhoods, as in Grenada. Maybe you can find cliff dwelling homes which are currently used, such as was common by Native Americans and First Peoples? How did they historically live per the ecosystems where they resided? The First Peoples had incredible knowledge which should be shared more, especially for younger generations. I know you have covered Earthships quite a bit, but Reynolds has a popular underground house people can build for only $3K (US). Wouldn't it be wonderful if you could share this occupied dwelling? In China and north Africa there are historic villages (still occupied) made up of underground homes. So, underground is a proven option. Thank you for letting me share.
I would love to experience such a place. That would make the best Airbnb real estate ever. LOL!
Ha! It's true, people would go crazy for that!!
Let us just keep some things natural without turning them into money making ventures.
H FS Here in Denmark You Can actually live in historical buildings (all from Stone age to 16th century) for vacation. The only cost is for You to wear the right clothes and feed the goose (You should be aware that it is a museum, so You don't have a whole lot of privacy in the opening hours)
beautiful houses.
I love love this type of houses ~~
Your very welcome, thanks for watching Catarina👍
Great video. Thanks for sharing. Interesting stuff.
Thanks Gary 😀👍
us vikings are very smart we take what we have and build what we need
Wow those are so cool
You need to visit Maramures in northern Romania,for houses made from natural materials
Peat houses were common as the first house of settlers of the West and Canada. They were described as cool in summer and warm in winter.
Extremely interesting. Thanks.
So beautiful, looking around my modern home I can’t help but feel like a phony...
Here for some Valheim inspiration
That is amazing thanks for posting
Love this
I'm definitively curiously what the R value of those bricks is. It is kind of a shame that peat is not a renewable resource, this is a beautiful way to build.
So interesting! Thanks for sharing!
You're very welcome, thanks for watching 👍