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Vikings

Meet the Woman on a Quest to Attend Every Wondrous British Festival

The historian behind an online database of eccentric traditions has already visited more than 550 events.

Bonnie December 9, 2021

Urnes Stave Church and graveyard.

8 Viking-Style Churches to Visit (Not Pillage)

These epic, wooden stave churches are scattered across two continents.

Sarah Durn November 4, 2021

Wikingerdorf Flake (Flake Viking Village)

Kochel am See, Germany

Wikingerdorf Flake (Flake Viking Village)

The remnants of a fictional Viking village film set now serve as an educational and historical hotspot.

(Detail) This 1882 engraving of Ragnarok shows Odin mounted on a horse fighting the wolf Fenrir.

The Long, Hidden History of the Viking Obsession With Werewolves

A symbol both of chaos and order, the wolf came to represent many things for the Vikings.

Sarah Durn October 27, 2021

St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church

Hunter, New York

St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church

This stave church nestled in the Catskills was built in the 1960s by a community of Ukrainian immigrants and refugees.

The National Museum of Stockholm's <em>Ride of the Valkyries</em> was painted during the Victorian period, which saw renewed interest in Vikings.

Unearthing the Secret Life of a Viking Warrior Woman

Nancy Marie Brown’s new book, "The Real Valkyrie," explores what we have learned about a woman buried in a spectacular grave in Sweden.

Sarah Durn September 27, 2021

Täby Kyrkby, Sweden

Fällbro Runestone (Uppland Runic Inscription Fv1946;258)

This Viking Age memorial contains the oldest known image of a Täby resident.

Haroldswick, Scotland

The Viking Unst Project and Skidbladner

Recreations of a Norse longhouse and boat on Shetland's northernmost inhabited island.

Trelleborg Museum and Viking longhouse

14 Places to Explore Viking Lore

The imprint of their brief ascendancy is still visible all over Europe.

Jonathan Carey April 30, 2021

Chapel ruins and tombolo in the background.

Bigton, Scotland

St Ninian's Chapel

This former chapel resides on an island connected to the mainland by one of Shetland's iconic beachy tombolos.

Reykjavik, Iceland

Skemmtigarðurinn Grafarvogi

This Viking-inspired miniature golf course features a pirate ship and views of Icelandic landscapes.

For more than 800 years, the stave church of Borgund, Norway, has towered over the surrounding village. Conservators face a constant struggle to protect the historic wooden building from the elements.

ancient technology

To Save Norway's Stave Churches, Conservators Had to Relearn a Lost Art

The iconic wooden buildings require ancient weatherproofing technology.

Gemma Tarlach March 24, 2021

Herreshoff Castle

Marblehead, Massachusetts

Herreshoff Castle

This Gothic castle was inspired by Erik the Red's Viking residence at Brattahlid in Greenland.

All Saints' Church, Brixworth

Brixworth, England

All Saints' Church, Brixworth

This church is considered the largest and most complete Saxon church in England.

Runstenskullen (The Rune Stone Hill)

Runstenskullen (The Rune Stone Hill)

These ancient rune stones plucked from the countryside now call this university park home.

Kymlingestenen

Stockholm, Sweden

Kymlingestenen

A traveling Bronze Age sacrificial stone that was used to honor elves, fairies, and other woodland spirits.

Bronze arm rings and armlets

Spillings Hoard

Buried beneath an unassuming Gotland farm was the largest collection of Viking silver, mostly of Islamic origin.

A test trench was dug at the site, some 50 miles south of Oslo, to inspect the find before it's further excavated.

A Viking Burial Barge Is Being Swallowed By Fungus

The maritime tomb in Norway is the first of its kind to be excavated in a century.

Isaac Schultz May 18, 2020