Hvolris is an excursion site where you can find culture, nature and sculpture, plenty to see. It covers the area around a small river valley, of the Skals river. Although the oldest remains date to Stone Age, most archaeological material is Iron Age or younger.

Kanzach is a small village north of the Federsee in Southern Germany, counting about 500 inhabitants. In the years 2000-2004, a LEADER+ EU project was taking place here, resulting in a tourist attraction at the country side: a reconstruction of a small stronghold of the lower nobility as it could have been in the 14th century. The village’s own original “Bachritterburg” has not been excavated, therefore, main sources came from the region. It has cost about 2 million Euro to build the wooden tower and adjacent buildings, but the museum has attracted many more visitors than planned.

The workgroup for archaeology of the “Heimatverein” association in Greven initiated the plan for the start of a museum. The municipality paid for the land and the construction of the museum buildings, the local archaeology department provided the archaeological backgrounds and the “Heimatverein” runs the museum with volunteers only, the work group “Sachsenhof”. The longhouse is built after archaeological finds at Münster Gitrup.

In 1978, a very rich Celtic grave mound at Hochdorf, a few kilometres North of Stuttgart was the archaeological sensation of the year. It was a very rich grave of about 550 BC and contained grave goods one had not dreamed of before. Besides that, the preservation of organic material was exceptional. The metal objects partly came from the Mediterranean, other parts were locally repaired or made. The bronze cauldron is sensational in its size and detail, the bed / couch is very rich and these are just some of the objects.

Curia Vitkov is run by an association of about 20 volunteers. The area of 2 hectares exists of a crafts village with 3 houses and 4 other constructions (e.g. forgery, shed with baking oven). Besides that, there is the Curia which exists of a nobleman’s house, 2 tower gates and palisade and 4 houses in various stages of construction. The buildings represent typical buildings of this period according to the type of settlement. They are not based on single excavations.

Thanks to the support of the Skoda Auto Trade Union, the youth group Altamira started building an archaeological open air museum. Their motto is “find out who you are in a struggle with nature”. The Youth Association itself was founded in 1985.

About 140 pupils execute experiments under supervision of 20 adults at this most important site for youth and experimental archaeology in the Czech Republic. Education and experiment in one go has never been so clear as here.

One of the first offspring of the Lejre approach within Denmark itself was Næsby, in 1973. It is situated in the northern outskirts of Odense in the breathtaking green landscape of the Stavisådal. It is by now a large centre with many reconstructed Iron Age houses (more particular, 0 – 400 AD), like a small village.

The Lejre Centre, near Roskilde, is the oldest one in Denmark and over decades, has been example to many. The extensive site was in the 1960s scene for an experimental archaeology village, later followed by an experiment in ethnographic education and now famous for its Iron Age scenery as well as Mesolithic, Viking Age and post medieval area. There are some buildings with craft’s workshops on textiles, forging, ceramics et cetera. The surrounding landscape is an important asset as well as the animals, among others aurochs and sheep.