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I cant believe this has more views... This is absolutely fascinating and i love how you actually visit the site and give the context around it. Cheers from sweden

The best you channel i have watched all your videos As i child we were supposed to immigrate to norway but my father chose the australian option i always wonder how differnt life would have been in norway i am amazed by everything i see from there thankyou for the history and the travel for content i am living vicariously through your channel

Think I’ll go and sit outside

I visited one of these south of Stavanger that you could enter. It was fantastic. This one is only an hour or so from me, I’ll try and visit.

Northern History is on an absolute roll! I hope more people watch these. There's nothing quite like seeing the sites directly and on foot thanks to your travels and hikes. It's more vivid and sensory than simply looking at 2D maps and diagrams or black and white footage. It's crazy how UA-cam demonetizes and hides any discussions around WWII. Ironically there is more freedom to explore WWII history on legacy platforms like cable and broadcast television (which young people don't even use). Unlike any other wars I can think of, historical discussions on WWII seems to be becoming MORE sensitive and emotionally charged rather than less as the decades go on, perhaps because analogies from this era are used so often in political rhetoric today. Thank you for continuing to create and share these videos despite whatever UA-cam nonsense is going on at the time.

Wow, some of these stones in Istrehågan are quite massive and must have been a huge effort to erect in the graves.

It makes sense that people have gathered in these hill forts when a threat emerged, and it would take some work to haul water and food uphill all the time, but most people naturally like dwelling and climbing to places with a commanding view and height. It seems to be instinctive and elevate the human spirit, so I would be surprised if they were purely used in a military context. This is a really cool exploration here. Thank you!

This was very interesting much appreciated🎉

As the most communist country in Western Europe, politics tends to be somewhat radical and forced

Phew! This one took a while. But, better late than never. On to new projects, and let me know in the comments if you want to see more WW2 coastal forts.

Mainstream American culture has nothing this deep. Thank you for sharing you knowledge with us. And a definite yes to more sites like this!!! I look forward to your next vlog.

Another excellent video- thank you!

Fan vad mysigt (koseligt) att det finns folk som sätter pris på sitt arv där borta, speciellt med tanke på att amerikanska staten jobbade hårt med att stampa ut bindesstrecksnationaliteterna som Sverre uttryckte det.

Thanks for making this video!

Used to play there as a child 🙂

A little awkward because i am Norwegian-American but more literally since my mother is a Norwegian and we never observed some of these traditions.

Very nicely done.

very good, though from above (via your drone) one boat has a small stone boat behind it, together they look like a fish, a salmon.

This was meant to be a WW2 episode, but Halloween jumped me. But watch out for the next one.

A famous American of Norwegian decent, the late Jon-Eirk Hexum.

Great video on Ship Builders. Visited the 1893 Viking Ship Gokstad clone in Geneva Il USA in September.

Why would anyone leave Norway to go and live in America.America is practically a 3rd world country.They must have rocks in their heads.

We have a similar situation with Icelandic emigrants in Minnesota and Manitoba - after all, we Icelanders speak the oldest Norse dialect there is: Old Norse (or pretty close to it). Any Icelander traveling around Gimli (í Vesturheimi) will have a very similar feeling: Old people actually still speak our original language! This is not about clinging to an old culture to the exclusion of everything else, this is about remembering and cherishing the original culture (Norwegian/Icelandic) and integrating it with the current descendants. There is one thing that the Norse explorers managed better than most: Assimilating! The Vikings (the brutal bullies of the times) raided and pillaged, the rest of us went womanizing (and our women went manizing?). A gentle seduction was always more meaningful than a rape...

when did the iron age in Norway date from?

Thank you again for providing us with another interesting podcast. Please keep it up. I am curious to understand how you decide/ choose the sites you show us. Warm regards for The Antipodes, Andy

Very interesting. The idea of a cultic site strikes me as very plausible. I am curious about the basis of the dating of the site though. It resembles sites that are considerably earlier, but I have no idea of the depth of human presence in the area. Thanks for putting this up, and all the best.

Hei hvis du kommer til oslo området kan jeg gjerne vise deg bronsealder gravrøysene på hanaborgåsen

Norsk?

this is cool to see because my family emigrated to the like minnesota north south dakota area in the late 1800s who then moved back in the 1930s knowing there’s people like that out there is super cool 🇳🇴

What do you think about this hill fort? Want to see more of them? Let me know in the comments!

Er du ikke helt frisk i hodet? Hvorfor prøver du å gjøre viking-arven til noe som oppstod i danmark? Hvorfor skulle man ha behov for å finne opp havgående viking-skip i et flatt skogs- og jordbruksland? I Norge derimot var man NØDT til å ha båter og skip for å kunne bevege seg mellom øyer og fastland og over fjorder og elver. Det man finner av viking-artefakter i andre nordiske land som sverige og danmark er rester etter de ekte norske vigingene sine bosettinger og tap av fartøy. Hva? Skal vi liksom tro at det var "danske vikinger" som sto på stranda i danmark og tenkte "hmmm.... skal vi finne opp viking-skip som en ren hobby (siden vi ikke trenger de for å komme rundt i damark) og erobre verden med båt, eller skal vi ikke bare gå til fots eller bruke hest og erobre europa på den måten."? De norske originale vikingene fra lofoten hadde ikke noe annet valg enn å lage båter som senere ble videreforedlet til å bli havgående vikingskip.

Perhaps the poem you referred to is the extant remnant of an old English work from an anonymous writer which is now called "Ruin".

It was a sad time for norway and the wrost union for norway. Norway was the big loser of that union.

The problem with the vikings is that people mix ficcion with reality. Is there one single evidence that vikings existed?

Mer troligt att land höjning gjorde vattenvägen ej farbar. Det såg väldigt grunt ut i vattnet från bron. Sama sak har hänt på många ställen i Skandinavien.

Hi Good video. As I am from the area (Porsgrunn) I have visited the cave. I was told that some years ago there was an amature archeologist that wanted to prove that Phoenicians visited this cave for some reason. As the story goes he set of some dynamite in side of the cave. Dont know if he found anything or why he tought Phoenicians had been there. Keep uo the good work.

Midwestern ppl are the nicest ppl ever ever ........ love ND/MN.

Nøgne Ø👌

Very interesting video, thanks for sharing! 😊

Great use of sound effects to spark the imagination! It's sobering to think about the towns and cities that have vanished into history, and how so much of what we see today as permanent will vanish in the coming centuries. There are so many stories hidden around us. So many generations who have walked the same roads and fields.

Awesome. Thanks for posting!.

Do Viking artifacts turn up in the farm fields where the town once was?

The citizens of the United States are starved for such information! Please keep up the good work! The area appears worthy of a visit- particularly considering the nearby Nerdrum Museum.

Da vår tapre sjøhelt Tordenskiold Fraktet slaver til Amerika Kapret Kapten Knutsen Tordenskiolds skute Og satte slavene fri

Mytisk og mytisk fru blom

Another Northern History classic. That is such a cool fort. I love the layout and seeing it well taken care of. The segment on Peter Tordenskiold was very interesting as well.

John Hardy wrote Fallen Empire, but there are others too. This podcast was excellent. Thank you! My list of places to visit is expanding quickly! I really appreciate this. My Danish friends when I visit them always take me to interesting sites like you are doing, which ordinary tourists would not necessary know about such as Bronze age burial mounds in Nordsjælland. Regards, Andy

This episode was voted in on a poll I made on the community section. I'll be posting more polls for future episodes, so make sure to check that if you haven't! www.youtube.com/@NorthernHistory/community

Thank you for another interesting podcast. The wars with Sweden were so bloody and brutal. Yes, more podcasts like this please. On a separate matter referring to your previous video (cave church) as well as this one- are these places accessible to the public for visits? Good'ay from Australia, Andy