What did vikings actually do all day?

What did Vikings actually do all day? In this video, we follow an ordinary Viking from before sunrise to long after dark, and the real answer is a lot less like the movies and a lot more like a brutally hard farming life. Most of the people we call Vikings were farmers, not warriors, and a Viking's whole day revolved around a strip of land, a few cows, a flock of sheep, and a field of barley. You'll find out what a Viking actually did all day in July versus January, why a Viking walked cows through the living room twice a day from October to April, and what Vikings ate every day (dried fish as hard as a plank, soured milk, and barley porridge). You'll also see why three dry days in July mattered more to a Viking family than any battle, and why Viking women spent about two years spinning the wool for a single sail. The video also covers thralls (the people Vikings owned), the ale Vikings drank every day and the Norse poem about the "heron of forgetfulness," how the thing (the Viking open-air assembly) settled murders with silver, and why outlawry was worse than death. We look at why Viking raiding was only a gap in the farming calendar, the Gotland merchants with filed teeth, and how Vikings spent their free time on bone skates, skis, board games, and a weekly wash that gave Saturday its Old Norse name. If you have ever wondered what Vikings actually did all day, or whether a Viking's day sounds better or worse than your own week, this video answers it. The ax was a few weeks of the year. The grass was the rest of it. If you enjoyed this video, like and subscribe for more videos on history's most misunderstood people. #Vikings #VikingHistory #DailyLifeOfAViking Timestamps 0:00 — Midnight in Norway 0:40 — A Farm and a Bad Field 1:26 — The Cows in the Living Room 2:04 — Dried Fish and Three Dry Days in July 3:34 — January, Wool, and the People He Owned 5:47 — Ale, Law, and the Raiding Season 8:16 — Skates, Skis, and Washing Day