Showing You An Old Norwegian Village

[@Bjornar_Gjostol]

wool is used to protect lettuce and vegetables from large snails that eat up lettuce and vegetables, they will die if they try to go through the wool. My mother in law uses it in the kitchen garden, works very well

[@SR-zi6eo]

I put old, moth eaten wool sweaters in garden also …..🌝

[@kstahl4619]

Yes! And it can also be used as a way to keep moisture in certain areas. Really interesting and I’ve seen it on gardening videos too 😊

[@AngusHenry09]

How ingenious !!! Thank you for information. Love learning facts like these.

[@mikeseier4449]

I never knew Norway had such lush vegetation.

[@MakerInMotion]

A creative solution. Chemicals should be avoided whenever possible.

[@Liz-cmc313]

Thanks Chris. I know I'll never get to visit any of those Scandinavian countries but I can visit vicariously through you 😊

[@deborahgibson9039]

...agree!

[@S.G-i8g]

Me too

[@ahskogen]

Your favourite building (with the number 14) is called a stabbur. It was used to store food and is elevated to prevent rodents and animals to access and ruin the food inside. Here they would store all kinds of food, they’d hang curated/salted and dried meat, etc. They’re still very much around, tho probably not used in quite the same way. Many are used for storage or converted to rentals for tourists.

[@patjones2082]

Kind of reminds me of touring Bodie, CA. Thank you!

[@velvetindigonight]

Loved this your slow meander through a world and way of life long gone. Designs and buildings used for many hundreds if not a thousand and more years……… I love history and archaeology and your literally waling through it. Thank you

[@susankeyes3392]

Blow my mind! Fantastic!

[@bernadettebarrett-nf8nb]

WOW NO WORDS THANK YOU

[@MrRoundwound]

I travelled over 2000 km of Norway in 1986. The relatives that I met there were exemplary,as good hosts.

[@icouldjustscream]

It's really beautiful there. 1:40 That kale! Curled Scotch and Tuscan, it looks like. Kale is an amazing crop for cold climates. I live in Canada and kale will survive frost and even light snow. I've harvested Scarlet kale from under snow in late November.

[@rzella8022]

Very cool construction of wood and stone, in such a breathtaking location!

[@woollab]

I used wool as a mulch when I lived in Texas in the dry side of the state. Works great! And the scenery is beautiful in Norway! Thank you!

[@st2826]

Look at the amazing view they have 😮

[@LeaveNoTrashBehind]

Oh my goodness Norway is such a beautiful country!

[@sayfonix]

yes it is :)

[@pajeetsingh]

Everything above 37 degrees latitude is beautiful.

[@AnnabelleBeaudoin]

Beautiful ❤

[@sayfonix]

Hi, i`m from norway, and i didn`t even know about this place, thanks for the video!

[@harrysmith31]

I'm from Canada. I've watched all of your KZbin videos on both of your KZbin channels. They are very interesting and informative. Keep up with the great content.

[@stepps511]

This is awesome, Chris. Thank you for taking us along with you. I really appreciate a culture that respects the past and attempts to "preserve" examples of life and living from bygone eras. The history is phenomenal. Enjoy!

[@brendafuller907]

Beautiful!! I wonder if people watched Viking longships come & go from there! Fascinating! Thank you!

[@sheilaathay2034]

I visited some old places like that in Norway. Really ancient ones. Nice to see them taken care of. I visited most of the Stavekjirke too. I think we saw 19 of them on our drive. So cool.

[@EdwardHerman-co4yw]

Another great video. Thanks Chris. Enjoying this from Philly.

[@banzand]

Looks like Kattegat!!

[@libbyjensen1858]

My gosh, the scenery is GORGEOUS!

[@12snapper43]

All those dry set stone foundations are amazing.

[@jburnett8152]

Amazing they are still standing at all considering the climate. A beautiful country that's for sure.

[@sherrycarney4924]

what a beautiful place! i would imagine the river was very importasnt to ther early people from drinking, cooking, washing, fishing..watering livestock....everything. thanks for showing it to us!

[@terrioestreich4007]

I love this!

[@classifiedinformation6353]

Chris, I have just found your channel. Thanks for sharing your walks through this beautiful country. We must be brothers from another Mother. Your content fires every nerve cell in my history and old house loving brain. Subscribed! John in Bethel, Missouri. USA

[@vvsshinobi2346]

imagine waking up to that view must be like absolute serenity.

[@5boysandamom]

Thank you for taking me with you on your travels 😊

[@mikewojnar6254]

I would love to walk around there while listening to Enslaved!

[@JRL6869]

Thank you so much for showing something I had never seen before. It was amazing and so beautiful, and I felt like I was there.

[@Carolbearce]

Very cool village with amazing views!

[@andreajohnson1796]

Wow beautiful and green thanks for sharing Chris

[@patrickfuchs3859]

Beautiful preservation. My mother grew up in what's now a ghost town in Montana... Garnet. It's wonderful this areas are taken such good care of.

[@TomK58190]

The elevated buildings standing on the oddly shaped pillars where used for food/grain storage. The pillars are shaped like that to make it difficult for rodents to get up into the houses. That's also the reason why the stepping stone in front of the entrance isn't placed right up against the house.

[@TheSuprahuman]

Very nice Chris. Just Googled your favorite building and it turns out it is called a stabbur. Used for food storage, fine clothing and fragile products. Elevated to keep out rodents etc

[@sayfonix]

9:10 thats what norwegians call "stabbur", It's the building where they stored food and other stuff. the way that the builing is placed above the ground on the "pillars" are because mice and other animals cant get inside :)

[@cya2163]

Norway is so incredibly beautiful...thank you for sharing...God bless...

[@deborahgibson9039]

I am fascinated by this village. I sincerely hope it is being completely restored, for the sake of history! And the location and scenery is beautiful!

[@FuRpLe74]

Wow that’s beautiful and very old …. ❤️ it .. what a great find Chris 😊

[@marilynbliss5342]

They were great craftsmen of wood

[@absatwell8163]

So beautiful!! Thanks for sharing with us!

[@michellemichaels3258]

So cool ❤

[@DonnaMcFadden]

Beautiful area!❤

[@elizabethrowe7262]

Interesting old village! They were made to last for centuries by the looks of them. Wonderful view also and love the joke about the dunnies Australian slang for toilets.

[@JohnShinn6078]

I could live there, easy. Thanks Chris! 🤠👍

[@bobby-io2rr]

One of my favorite videos from you Thanks

[@alzg8779]

Beautiful! Thanks Chris

[@ReaderOfThreads]

If you haven’t already, you should check out the folk museum in Oslo. It contains preserved buildings from all over Norway, and it’s like stepping into a time machine.

[@chrisblack8390]

My dream home! Beautiful! Thank you

[@henryf.ky.3415]

Very very interesting!!! Great job! That place is awesome. Thanks

[@pistonar]

The outhouse joke killed. It was goofy, but it made me laugh. I like that you let the images speak for themselves instead of describing everything that we're already looking at. Cool video.

[@adamn5821]

Neat little town and a great view from up there. Very cool.

[@09artgirl]

About the wool, I found this online: "When tackling soft or boggy areas, sheep’s wool is a natural material which will perform the same function as the geotextile. Particles of aggregate and small pieces of gravel stick in the wool as the water seeps through it and the path will float on top of the marsh or bog".

[@lostonwallace1396]

Sheep wool has amazing water soaking properties, the wool soaks up water, and helps provide water to the soil so that plants get water more easily.

[@Buzzygirl63]

Beautiful place. Thanks for sharing it with us Chris!

[@kstahl4619]

That view! WOW! Cannot wait to visit Norway among many other countries when I’m able.

[@glennjudd2467]

Totally beautiful ! Need to go there !

[@judybrady860]

It reminds me of our New Salem hear in Springfield, Illinois. Abraham Lincoln lived in New Salem

[@retiredafce3373]

My family is from Jolster Norway. The village is similar to this one.

[@Jason_Phillips3679]

It’s so awesome that you are able to travel to these magnificent destinations for your videos..👍

[@margomaloney6016]

Sheep wool offers all the standard benefits of mulch such water preservation, weed control, pesticide, temperature regulation, protection of microbes in the soil, etc. The wind does not blow it away either! 😊

[@davidgoodman6924]

I could spend the rest of my days living in that village. Very beautiful. 😔

[@raraszek]

Gorgeous village. Much nicer than the ones here in Poland, there's no comparison

[@brigidspencer5123]

Thanks Chris for another great video. This village reminds me of Birka island that is part of the Stockholm Archipelago and some parts of the open air museum in Stockholm.

[@OriginalAcefanatic]

Very cool! Thank you!

[@jamesholt7612]

Awesome video as well as the history.

[@RobsNeighbor]

There is a cool place near Mt Horeb Wisconsin called little Norway near cave of the mounds in southern Wisconsin, very cool video!

[@marilynbliss5342]

Wool retains water and keeps weeds from growing

[@matthewtaylor1697]

wow what a cool place.

[@roballison3281]

I want to live there !!! Thank you for sharing :)

[@jayesouthworth]

Under the bleechers by Seemore Butts

[@krishanthakur7958]

Beautiful norway ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@creatureconnor]

These are awesome! How long did you spend in Norway?

[@JedCurrie]

Good video thanks 👍

[@Weise1001]

otternes bygdetun is an open air musem, meaning no one lives there anymore

[@scottbogfoot]

The red paint on them is what helped preserve them. The old style red barn paint has iron oxide in it which makes it so bugs don't want to eat it. New red paint dont do they same thing. And that's why barns are red 😃

[@classifiedinformation6353]

Also, Iron oxide, as well as other Iron oxides, are UV resistant. The damaging rays of the sun will slowly destroy organic materials, such as wood. John in Bethel, Missouri.USA

[@frankdomingo191]

Chris per Siri the sheep’s wool keeps the root’s warm.

[@sallykohorst8803]

I have enjoyed Norway which is a beautiful country. Lets see what you find next.?

[@4rd4x4truck]

50 Yards to the outhouse by Will E Maket and Betty Don't.

[@anthonycalbillo9376]

Start ripping off the magazine pages....

[@theirishprincess7110]

Chris, it looked like something white walked by the window of the first house you walked by. I looked a few times but couldn't figure out what it was. Did anyone else see it?

[@brandyjean7015]

The 2nd building, the 1st one with windows? I think there were patches of white, that was sky peeking through the trees to the right.

[@pinkpineapples8645]

Nice job!!! Now I’m off to google Scandinavian cruise lines…..

[@creatureconnor]

I wanna live there!

[@anderssn]

Your favorite building looks like it was a granary. Granaries were often built elevated to avoid the floor and contents getting wet and rotting.

[@torgrimandersen4182]

It is a food cache. The pillars have a larger diameter at the top to prevent rodents to climb up and enter the building. Also, there is always a gap between the top of the stair or the stepping stone and the door, which also prevents rodents from entering.

[@steadynumber1]

I'm guessing the wool in the garden plot was acting as a mulch to stop the weeds encroaching on the crops. I have ancient viking ancestry along my maternal line.Thanks for the video.

[@RaraAvis1138]

There be fae here🧚‍♂️🍄

[@rdmeenach]

That cruise ship looks somehow out of place in such a serene environment…

[@rakim126]

Every nook and cranny oozing with history. And the best part...totally empty of tourists.

[@prunave6576]

❤😮

[@Solidier1]

The area looks nice. Like how the place been mown down. need to get rid of the stuff on the roofs. Wonder if there any survivors who actually lived in one of these houses have stories. maybe a few people in nursing homes in their late 90s. Thanks for the video. Looks really nice.

[@arkangelnorthman]

300 A.C. ??? COOL!! LOL!!!

[@e.p.t.2358]

Are there bears in Norway?

[@henriz.l]

Yep 😊

[@anthonycalbillo9376]

Hmm, that might be lime mortar. If it's as old as it looks.

[@scottl8137]

So Chris, we all need to know how did u find out that the sheep pen fence was electrified??⚡💥😳

[@BBQNBLUES]

I think you just found the Secret Keebler Elf Village Obviously they don't have earthquakes, or that entire village would be rubble.

[@luciecomeau67]

oh WoW

[@wms72]

A thousand years ago, the sagas say the Kings of Norway still had dirt floors. The rsised foundations didn't happen until the Christian era.

[@annicanilsson4247]

It has roots from the old norse time, vikings 😉

[@hoopie_304]

Why would anyone abandon such a beautiful village.

[@pajeetsingh]

Is this where Bilbo Bagging lived?