Hand-made clothes and cloth kept them warm during the cold winters. by kings built wooden ships with the simplest of to. the viking settlement of haint who once numbered among the foremost trading centers in northern europe. died sure visitors how the vikings went about their daily lives over a thousand years ago tough. it was a life in and with nature but had an incredibly sharp power of observation they were very well acquainted with the materials around them and knew how to use them to their advantage to build housing ships and wagons and make rope. they made a great many things that we could hardly even imagine today the ruined their