The Viking house in Ekestad was built in 1992 as an unemployment project. One of the main objectives was to keep it as historically accurate as possible. ekestad06.jpg (43109 bytes)
ekestad01.jpg (28269 bytes) One of the main uses was to let shoolclasses of children aged 9 - 11 experience a day of ironage life.
Unfortunately this popular pedagogic approach to history lessons was stopped during 2003 due to budget cut-downs in Kristianstad kommun. ekestad02.jpg (24510 bytes)