Norstead (Newfoundland)
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Norstead: A Viking Village and Port of Trade is a reconstruction of a Viking Age settlement. Located near L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland, Canada.
History
Norstead has its origins in a 1998 voyage in which a 54-foot replica Viking knarr was sailed from Greenland to L’Anse aux Meadows with a crew of nine men.[1][2][3]
The site, which opened in 2000, hosts the replica Viking knarr. That year, Norstead won the provincial Attractions Canada award for "Best New Attraction" and was the centerpiece of a series of events held in 2000 to commemorate the 1,000th anniversary of the Vikings' arrival in Newfoundland.[4]
