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Europe's 'oldest house' has been home to the same family for 925 years
The oldest house still standing in Europe is Kirkjubøargarður, located in the Danish Faroe Islands. It has been home to the ...
Europe’s ‘oldest house’ that's still standing after 925 years
Some are now ruins, but others are still standing and used today. One stands out as perhaps the most aged on the continent: ...
The UK’s ‘oldest houses’ that even have 5,000 year old cupboards and a porch
The Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site is full of fascinating prehistoric domestic and funerary architecture, ...
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Castle floor hid centuries-old vanilla pod. It’s the oldest ever found in Europe
Photo by J. Irmišová et al. (2025.) Hidden beneath the floorboards of one of Europe’s oldest castles, a vanilla pod sat buried in a mixture of dirt and rubble. While it might not seem like ...