摘要：A Viking plank-road recreated for The Aarhus Story Archaeological findings have shown that there were plank-roads in Viking Age Aarhus. A plank-road will be what visitors to the museum first encounter in Aarhus Story, the exhibition about Aarhus’s history from the Viking Age and into the future. To be able to make this plank-road, Den Gamle By’s carpenters have had to learn wood splitting techniques that were used during the Viking Age. The first attempts to split tree trunks for planks did not go as planned: the wood was too twisted and gnarly. It was not until a thorough selection of the wood had been carried out that the right tree trunks – ones that could be transformed into straight planks – were found. After having been split, the planks were further refined using adzes and broadaxes made on the basis of axes from the Viking Age. Working on the plank road has given Den Gamle By’s carpenters an insight into a rarely-used method of carpentry. The finished product, the plank road, will have a tangible presence and embody a story that will set the scene for the experience, visitors to the exhibition about the history of Aarhus, are to have.
