At 83m (272ft) long this is the world's largest Viking Longhouse.

 
   
   
 

 

In 1983 excavations began in Norway that uncovered the largest Viking house in the world. The discovery was of a chieftain's home 67m (220ft) long and almost 10m (33ft) wide built around 500 AD and rebuilt a couple of times around 700 AD extending the longhouse to a staggering 83m (272ft) long. This is the Lofotr Viking Museum, a reconstruction of the longhouse built from turf and wood close to the site of the original. On the hills nearby there are traces of at least eight other longhouses, with probably more still to be discovered.

 
 
 
   
     
 
 
 
 

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