Veien has been an important meeting-place for 3000 years. The grave area is one of the largest in the Nordic region, containing rich archaeological finds from the Early Iron Age, and a large number of graves and traces of settlements dating from the period around 900 BC to 1000 AD. In 1995, excavations revealed a unique Iron Age 'long house', dating back to 0-200 AD, now under reconstruction. HRINGARIKI will be developed into an attractive Iron Age centre designed for a national and international public with the reconstruction of the long house and the development of a modern interactive centre, to be opened in 2005.