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An advertising hoarding in Dublin using Vikings to advertise cheese and onion crisps.

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An essay about Cork in the Viking Age

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A Viking comb and a bronze pin found at Larne, County Antrim, and are on display in Ulster museum, Both items were found in 1840 in a male Viking grave dating to the tenth century.

Although television and film often depict Vikings as muddy, filthy…

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A soft cheese branded with a Viking longship for no readily apparent reason. Seen in a Dutch supermarket.

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A bike store in Copenhagen using Viking in its name, though the connection with the Viking past is not entirely clear.

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These cigarettes carry the Viking name and include a logo with a Viking in horned helmet.

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The rousing chant used by Icelandic football fans has been widely commented on in the media following their success against England. The chant is most often referred to as a Viking war cry, but in fact it has nothing to do with the Vikings and is…

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A camembert cheese from Roger Lanquetot et Fils in Vern-sur-Seiche, Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany, which uses imagery based on the Bayeux Tapestry including a Norman ship in the branding of its Viking cheese.

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A coffee shop that will also offer cabins to stay in.

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Viking Cafe in Ayrshire, Scotland shows little actual connection to Vikings, but is branded with a Viking motif.

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Virgin butter from Buttervikings on the Isle of Wight

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Lerwick's central bus station is named 'Viking Bus Station', in a very clear nod to the island's Norse heritage.

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Sprinkler system produced by The Viking Group, and branded with their Viking logo. Photographed in Dubai Airport. For more information about the company (which specialises in fire protection), see their website at http://www.vikingcorp.com

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I received this as a Christmas present in 2015. It is a metal bottle opener which fits the standard size of beer bottles here in Germany. It was created as merchandise for the exhibition "Wikinger!" in Rosenheim, Bavaria, 2016.

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A worked bone ice skate, possibly ninth or tenth century, held in the Hunt Museum collections.
HCA 684
http://www.huntmuseum.com/collection/collection-items/hca-684.aspx

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Single-edged, decorated bone comb from the Viking Age. Held in the Hunt Museum Collections.
HCA 592
http://www.huntmuseum.com/collection/collection-items/hca-592.aspx

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From this years Blot at Agder Vikinglags marked at Bronseplassen, Norway

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Mead produced by Dansk Mjød A/S, in Billund, Denmark and named Viking Blod (Viking blood). Aimed at the tourist market.

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A calendar illustrated with images of Viking Age artefacts, including the Oseberg ship.

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Viking Biking is a company in Oslo that rents bicycles and offers bicycle tours. It uses the image of a horned-helmeted cheerful Viking on a bicycle as its logo.
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