Moesgård Viking Moot

Viking Age reenactment

Collage from a Moesgård Vikingetræf
Status Active
Genre Historical reenactment
Date(s) Last week of July
Frequency Annually
Venue Moesgård Museum
Location(s) Aarhus
Country Denmark
Years active 1977 - present
Previous event 2014
Next event 2016
Participants 1,400 (2015)
Attendance 24,400 (2015)
Area Moesgård Beach

Moesgård Viking Moot is an annual historical reenactment event in Aarhus, Denmark with a week-long viking market and mock battles.[1] It is the largest Viking Age reenactment event in Denmark. Moesgård Viking Moot is a week long event, held on and near the beaches at Moesgård Museum. There are no permanent structures in the area so a temporary tent camp with markets, blacksmiths and kitchens is erected, modelled after the Great Heathen Army.[2] On the last two days of the event, tiding tournaments, single combat contests and mock battles are performed, featuring up to a 1000 participants and an Icelandic horse cavalry.[3][4]

The event was held for the first time in 1977. The reenactment was founded by Moesgård Museum which had previously held a weekend of lectures and crafts for children. In 1977 it was expanded to a week long event, with a market for jewellery, clothing and weapons. The market has since grown and is now the largest of its kind in Scandinavia.[5]

2015 event

In 2015 the event attracted 1400 participants from a dozen countries and 23,000 visitors and spectators.[6]

References

  1. Kirstine Lefevre Sckerl. "Krigerrekord på Moesgård". Aarhus Stiftstidende. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
  2. Vikingmagasin. "Moesgård Vikingetræf". Vikingmagasin. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
  3. Moesgård Museum. "Program for vikingetræffet". Moesgård Museum website. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
  4. Mathias Svold Maagaard. "Se billeder af det store Vikingetræf". Lokalavisen. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
  5. Moesgård Museum. "Vikingemarked siden 1977". Moesgård Museum website. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
  6. Kim Pauli. "Tilskuerrekord til Vikingetræf". Jyllandsposten. Retrieved August 10, 2015.

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