Halló , I am playing with Rósa and she use Hardanger fiddle along with a fiddle, but hardanger has a great sound , like when she play " The king of the faire´s " I the faire word is strange but anyway forgive that , about the Viking´s the viking went from Norway to Ireland , then Scotland, Shetland , OrkneyIslands, Föreyjar- Island and to Iceland, then back to Norway so we are all sisters and brothers in a way .
The best plays in Norway to hear the Hardanger I think will be in mid-west Norway in a state called " Sogn og Fjördene " it´s a great plays to visit and you can hear a great music played on a beatuiful fiddle Hardanger . I were there for a week last year and going back 2007.