Final opportunity to tour Viking ship for the fall season

Posted October 10, 2016 11:00 pm

Submitted by Allan F. Benson

Geneva's replica Viking long ship, the Viking, will host final tours of the season Saturday, Oct. 15, at Good Templar Park, 528 East Side Drive.

Guided or self-guided tours are available. Thirty-minute guided tours begin at 1 p.m. The last guided tour of the day is at 3:30 p.m. Tours will resume in April 2017.

Admission is $5, or $3 for teens. Parking is free.

The Viking is 78 feet long, 17 feet wide, and 6.5 feet high. Its black oak planks are fastened together with thousands of iron rivets. At sea, the Viking averaged 10 knots and the hull was designed to flex with the waves.

The Viking was built in Norway in 1893 and sailed by volunteers to the Chicago World's Fair. The ship is an exact replica of the Gokstad, a Viking ship built in 850 and unearthed at Gokstad, Norway, in 1893. After being exhibited at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, the Viking replica was displayed in West Chicago before being moved to Geneva in 1996.

Visit www.vikingship.us.

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