What viking traditions are still being followed today?

Answer 1

The Vikings were farmers, fishermen, hunters and soldiers, fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, but not like any other culture, more close! Vikings would often gather together to go drinking and celebrate/partying in the long house, around the long table infront of the fire, drinking, talking, laughing, be friends and enemies but all in a good way, (most of the time). But they lived a simple, yet complex life.

Danish people still gather around, often, around a long table in a hall, drinking, talking, brawling etc. and we do it alot. teens as well as adults! We have market places, with shops, huge tents where we gather round with large trinkets of beer, talk with each other, laugh with or at each other ;) But we respect each other, we value peace, therefore we often gather round to celebrate or simply just to party to be with each other!

The vikings would fish alot: catching their prey for dinner, lunch etc. they were excellent sailors and seafarers, they would not bow down, or give up because a little resistance like storms or blizzards, wounds or injuries, you get the point. And guess what, Danes still do that today, every Dane, girls or boy, young and old, likes to sail, knows how to sail and to fish. We respect the sea, so that we can tame it!

Being farmers: most Danes have some sort of farm, pigs, chickens, cows, horses etc. crops and so on. We know how to farm, we respect nature, we know the nature, we live "with" the nature, and are peaceful around it, we value it! We only kill what we can eat, and to eat, and we eat it ALL!

Being hunters: Danes still hunt this day today, i myself have got the hunting license, yup, you need that in Denmark. We hunt our pray to be more "one" with the nature, we respect that we shoot to kill, to eat, we value the wild!

Food!! :D Danish food, pork roast with crisps, salmon shrimp on Danish rye bread, the "cold table" where there is all kinds of food, all that you could possibly imagine, we eat alot, but we need it, else we can't be huge lol. :P Also it helps resist the cold.

Crafting and skills: Danes are excellent iron workers, builders, doctors, soldiers, policemen, chefs (some of the best chefs in the world) farmers, fishermen, etc. etc. etc. you name it! We know how to work hard, and to work in every condition, and we do it properly!

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Well, all of this is not the most detailed or precise answer, a little rough around the edges! But what we know today, what we do today, is because of our history, especially the viking age! We are still vikings this day today. Hope this answers your question.