York's Viking centre to reopen 16 months on from Christmas flood
by Maev Kennedy from on (#2J9ZR)
Jorvik centre opens its doors to public on Saturday after 4.3m restoration
The builders are sitting gossiping on a fence, the groaning man is back in the latrine and the unfortunate woman who has been pregnant for the last 10 years has been allowed to sit down: after 16 months and 4.3m, the Vikings of the Jorvik centre in York are back.
The attraction, a recreation of the houses and streets of Viking York situated where archaeologists excavated the real foundations, reopens to the public on Saturday after extensive flooding in December 2015 forced it to close.