A faering is an open boat with two pairs of oars, commonly found in most boat-building traditions in Western and Northern Scandinavia. This film demonstrates how to sail with a Romsdal faering - a typ...
About the use of juniper as building material and in cooking.
The handcrafting of herring barrels was a venerable skill that eventually gave way to industrial production methods. In this film, however, cooper Ole Vaka from Haugesund shows us how to make a barrel...
A short account of tobacco manufacturing in Norway, which got under way in the city of Fredrikstad in 1683. Before long, most coastal towns, including Kristiansand, had their own factories. And thanks...
The film shows the production of a copper kettle starting with the copperplate.
This film, from the island Osterøy in western Norway, demonstrates a local method of house building that has remained unchanged for generations. The construction entails that the poles and beams are ...
A smith shows how to make the traditional handmade auger.
The film shows the traditional use of elm bark as animal feed in winter time in Western Norway.