The Hjortspring Boat Museum

The Hjortspring Boat Museum


Holm, Denmark (DK)
The Hjortspring boat is a vessel designed as a large canoe, from the Scandinavian Pre-Roman Iron Age, that was excavated in 1921–1922 in Hjortspring Bog at Als in Sønderjylland.

It was a clinker-built wooden boat 21 m long (outer length), 13 m long inside and 2 m wide with space for a crew of 22–23 men who propelled the boat with paddles: it was built around 300-400 BC.

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Her you can see a replica of the boat made by locals. At occations it's taken out to demonstrate it. The remains of the original can be seen in the National Museum of Copenhagen
The Hjortspring boat is a vessel designed as a large canoe, from the Scandinavian Pre-Roman Iron Age, that was excavated in 1921–1922 in Hjortspring Bog at Als in Sønderjylland.

It was a clinker-built wooden boat 21 m long (outer length), 13 m long inside and 2 m wide with space for a crew of 22–23 men who propelled the boat with paddles: it was built around 300-400 BC.

Her you can see a replica of the boat made by locals. At occations it's taken out to demonstrate it. The remains of the original can be seen in the National Museum of Copenhagen
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Links: en.wikipedia.org
By: Dania

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