Reykjavík Grapevine - 03.06.2011, Page 41

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Viking Festival!
June 16 - June 20
Viking Village, Strandgata 55, Hafnarfjörður
Free entrance
Vikings: They’re Back!
Keep your children and pets at home, because the horned helmet wearing gang has returned, and they’re taking no prisoners... Actually, Vikings were not as brutal as Hollywood films and
geeky medieval novels make them out to be; they were really none more brutal than a gang of drunken football hooligans (if those hooligans had, like, knives and axes and went around setting
fire to stuff and impaling babies on their swords). You can find out about the way these ancient guys lived at the Viking Festival in Hafnarfjörður, which starts on June 16 and goes on until June
20. The Viking Festival is a fun event, a sort of renaissance fair dedicated to the dark ages. Expect demonstrations about Viking cuisine, music, handcraft, archery, etc., along with some impres-
sive simulated battles featuring Vikings from all over Europe. Let your horns show! JH