Isle of Berk (Books)

The Isle of Berk is the wild and windy home of the Hairy Hooligans tribe and a myriad of different dragons. It is the setting for the How to Train Your Dragon books and the movie adaptation. One of the smallest inhabited islands in the Barbaric Sea, it is located next to Meathead Island, North Island and Cannibal Island.

Location
Berk is one of the smallest islands in the Barbaric Archipelago. Its population is the Hairy Hooligan tribe.

Geography
Berk is rather round, similar to an oval shape, and is small on maps. It contains many interesting, geological landforms such as rocky arches and cliffs, and several large forests.

Climate
Berk is known to be extremely cold.

Notable places
These include: Wild Dragon Cliff, the Hooligan Village, the Hooligan Harbour, the Highest Point (recently destroyed by fire) and the Seven Isles.

Lifestyle
In the Isle of Berk, most vikings live in houses built out of wood and do their normal jobs such as patrolling the island, fashion tools, farm, fish, hunt, make clothes, etc.

In the books and film the Dragon Initiation Program is run here, also in the books there is a Pirate Training Program. Like most countries, Berk has a National Anthem.

Political System
Berk is a chiefal island. The chief is Stoick the Vast who lives in the Hooligan Village with his son Hiccup, and his wife Valhallarama.