Battling Vikings and longship races are among the regular highlights of the Jorvik festival, now celebrating its 13th year. New for 1998 is the Viking Trial of Strength with displays of endurance Viking-style.

Throughout the week, there is an opportunity to taste Scandinavian food, listen to traditional folk songs and hymns, and dance to traditional Celtic music. Alternatively, you can try some arm or leg wrestling, cheer the crews in the longship races, watch the Vikings wage war on the Saxons at the Battle of Brunanburh or marvel at the boat burning ceremony and the firework finale.

All the events take place in and around the city of York and are organised and funded by the Jorvik Viking Centre.

Programme of Events

Fri Feb 13 - Sat Feb 21 (10am - 5pm)	Viking Food	Jorvik Viking Centre
Fri Feb 13 (12 noon - 2pm)	A Taste of Norway	Parliament Square
Fri Feb 13 (7.30pm)	Songs of the North	York Minster
Sat Feb 14 - Sun Feb 22 (10am - 5pm)	Working Craft Galleries	Merchant Adventurer's Hall
Sat Feb 14 (10am- 3pm)	Longship Races	River Ouse
Sat Feb 14 (7.30pm)	The Jorvik Viking Ceilidh	Bonding Warehouse
Sat Feb 14 (7.30pm)	Viking Feast	St William's Restaurant
Tue Feb 17 - Thu Feb 19 (12 noon - 2pm)	The Sword of Bloodaxe	Parliament Square
Thu Feb 19 (2pm - 3pm)	Viking Trials of Strength	Coppergate
Sat Feb 21 (1pm - 1.30pm)	Viking Procession	The City
Sat Feb 21 (2pm - 3pm)	Battle of Brunanburh	Clifford's Tower
Sat Feb 21 (6pm - 6.45pm)	Boat Burning and Fireworks Finale	River Ouse
Sat Feb 21(7.30pm)	Viking Feast	St William's Restaurant

Information and Tickets
For more information or to book tickets for the Songs of the North (£5) and the Jorvik Viking Ceilidh (£3.50 - over 18s only) contact:
The Festival Office
Tel: York 01904 636668

To book tickets for the Viking Feast (£30), contact:
Liz Casling
Tel: York 01904 634830

Jorvik Viking Centre
Coppergate
For information about opening times and ticket prices:
Tel: 01904 653000

Viking Links

Jorvik Viking Centre
Travel back 1000 years in 'time cars' to a street in Viking-age York. http://www.demon.co.uk/tourism/jvc/index.htm

Regia Anglorum: a re-enactment society that recreates Viking history. Their members dress in authentic Viking battle dress to take part in the Battle of Brunanburh
http://www.ftech.net/regia

The Viking Home Page with lots of links and information
http://control.chalmers.se/vikings/viking.htm

The Vikings: Britain's oldest, and largest, Dark Ages re-enactment society
http://www.biochem.ucl.ac.uk/~davis/vikings.htm