Thing Sites: í Vági (Klaksvík) Traditional Geocache
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Thing Sites: í Vági (Klaksvík)
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This cache is part of the official Thing Sites GeoTour. The cache is a magnetic nanocache. Please bring your own pencil to write in the logbook.
The Thing Sites GeoTour has placed caches in and around the locations of Norse and Viking assembly sites in Norway, Iceland, The Faroe Islands, Orkney, Shetland, Highland Scotland, and the Isle of Man. Follow in the footsteps of the Vikings, and explore some of these fascinating sites.
The first local thing in the Northern Isles – Norðoyar – was in Køtlum, in the hills above Árnafjørður. In the 17th century this spring thing was moved to Vági, now Klaksvík. The thing was held indoors, but the old house has gone, instead you’ll find an open circular space with an outdoor chessboard. Next to the chessboard there is a memorial.
Klaksvík is the second biggest town in the Faroe Islands. Because of the sheltered bays it became an important fishing harbour, and is regarded as the fishing capital of the Faroe Islands.
General information on the Thingsites
Thing sites, from the Old Norse Þing, are the early assemblies found throughout Northern Europe as a result of our shared Norse heritage.
When the Vikings and early Norse settlers arrived in a new place they brought with them their customs and legal systems. Political decisions were made at the thing, laws upheld and disputes settled. Proceedings were overseen by the local ruler and the law-speaker (judge), whose job was to memorise and recite the law. At some things, known as Althings, any free man was entitled to vote. At others - Lawthings - the crown and local communities acted together to interpret the law.
The thing was also a focus for religious activity, as well as trade and exchange. At Thingvellir in Iceland you can still see the remains of the booths, or huts, where traders came to do business with people attending the meeting.
The thing system for sharing and legislating power can still be recognised today. Several things continue to be active. The Icelandic parliament is still known as the Althing, the Norwegian parliament is called the Storting and the Faroese parliament goes by the name of Løgting. The Manx parliament, known as Tynwald, still holds a midsummer court on the thing mound at Tynwald Hill every year.
The cache is hidden in the town centre. There is a parking lot next to the old thing site, now the chessboard, in the town centre and only a short distance away.
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