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The Vikings had an institutionalised way for expression, which was a kind of assembly, meeting or reunion that was celebrated at least a year in an open place, completely outdoors. This assembly was called the 'Thing,' to which every able man could visit and participate.

This was an equivalent of a parliament in which all sorts of decisions were taken. Complains, disputes and problems were settled; pacts and commercial contracts were then agreed, bounty prizes were distributed and in general, all social problems found some sort of solution then and there. It was also a good way to do anything that required the presence of witnesses.

As they gathered, they slept outdoors or in tents especially brought for the occasion, because in most places where Things took place, there was nothing: in Iceland, Things occurred - and still do - in some sort of cliff. By the way, the Thing in Iceland is the oldest, almost uninterrupted parliament in Europe.

For centuries this technique - not so different from the simple political institution used by many primitive cultures around the globe - proved that it works, even within the Norse, which are usually considered as violent, childish and impulsive by many historians. Meetings were often recorded in runes, or with runic inscriptions carved in stone.

Each Norse colony had its thing and it actually worked pretty smoothly; the habit, however, fell into disuse as Nordic Europe was assimilated into Christianity.

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