The narrowest part of the Baltic Sea is at Kvarken, where the Swedish and Finnish coastlines are both characterised…
Esping means "aspen boat". When building an "esping", the first thing to do is to select a large aspen tree in the…
This "Áttamannafar" (8-man boat) was built of spruce by Jógvan Hansen as a special exhibit at the Viking Ship…
Krákan was built of pine and oak at the Viking Ship Museum boatyard in 1993. The "áttamannafar" (8-man boat) was…
Trolle was built at the museum boatyard for the School Service and for taking museum visitors on boat trips.…
This large, twelve-man vessel was built of pine at Eidi on the Faeroe Islands by Simun Johan Wolles for the Viking…
Blakman was built of pine by Niclas í Koltri. The rough seas, unforeseeable weather and strong currents between the…
The Viking Ship Museum's boatyard build two large Faroe Boats in 2018 with 10 oars on each side - in Faroese…