Winter has arrived: first snowfall in 40 years for Viking-age Coppergate!
From 11 November 2024 to 23 February 2025
If you feel a chill in the air today, that icy blast could be coming from a Scandinavian source, as Nordic meteorologists are celebrating the first snow in 40 years – underground in JORVIK Viking Centre!
Winter has arrived at JORVIK Viking Centre for a brand-new experience that explores what 10th century York might have been like during the cold winter months. From 11 November, the world-famous recreation of Viking-age Coppergate has had a snowy make-over for the first time in its 40-year history.
“Since we first opened in 1984, we’ve presented our recreation of Viking-age Coppergate as a moment frozen in time in the Spring, but this year we’ve taken inspiration from one of the archaeological finds – ice skates made of bone – to show what the city might have looked like in mid-winter,” explains chief operations...
