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Sculpture of a Viking Ship Hull outside Dublin City Council's Civic Offices
A sculpture which is intended to evoke the hull of a Viking ship, by artist Michael Warren. It is placed on Wood Quay outside the main entrance to Dublin City Council's Civic Offices as a gesture towards the importance of this site, now mostly…
Midgardsblot Metal Festival
Midgardsblot is a Viking metal music festival held at Borre in Norway. In 2016, the festival includes much more than music, with seminars on photography and a screening of the film 'Trace'. There are also living history activities.
Midgard Historisk Senter
The Centre for the Viking Age in Vestfold, Norway
Article: The Modern Vikings
A short article about the heritage of the Norsemen, emphasising that there is more to them than plundering and pillaging.
Vendel and Valsgärde Helmets on Pinterest
A Pinterest page for photographs of the Vendel and Valsgärde helmets.
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles visit The Last of the Viking Heroes
A comic featuring Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Vikings.
Nyheter: Dansk vikinggrav med britisk sensasjon
A well-equipped grave at Randers in Denmark included a brooch that was probably of Irish or Scottish origin.
Blog: The Medieval Nordic Legal Dictionary
The Medieval Nordic Legal Dictionary is a 3-year project aimed at producing a Nordic-English lexicon of the legal terminology found in medieval Scandinavian texts.
Modern Poets on Viking Poetry
Modern Poets on Viking Poetry is a cultural engagement scheme based at the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic, University of Cambridge. It is funded by the AHRC. The project aims to create cross-cultural engagement between modern and Viking…
The Viking Museum, Aarhus, Denmark
An exhibition of Viking Age artefacts and details about Viking Age Aarhus.
Viking Chant - Iceland Scores
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…
Monty Python - Spam (featuring Vikings!)
The origin of SPAM.
A clip from Monty Python's Flying Circus involving spam-loving vikings with horned helmets!
A clip from Monty Python's Flying Circus involving spam-loving vikings with horned helmets!
Vikings: World's Largest Epic Viking Battle - 570 Reenactors - 387
For 39 Years The Danish and now Viking Reenactors, for the whole world, meet to be Vikings for a Week. They have magnificent glorious battles, eat, walk, talk, and do viking craftsmanship,,,, and have Fearless fantastic epic battles :-) and this…
The Vikings for Kids
A website with numerous resources for teaching younger children about the Vikings
Branding of Muddy Bay Furniture in Lerwick (Hyperlink)
Furniture shop in Lerwick, Shetland incorporating a small Viking figure with horned helmet in the logo. Their advert reads 'Delivering furniture is much easier these days'.
Musée d'Archéologie nationale
The Musée d'Archéologie nationale offers a range of material to explore, including some Viking Age artefacts.
Representation of Yggdrasil and the Norse Cosmos in Museet Ribes Vikinger
This representation of the World-Tree in Museet Ribes Vikinger uses the celing and floor to give a sense of Yggrasill's function in connecting different parts of the Norse Cosmos together. Photograph taken July 2016.
Wooden rune blocks game in Museet Ribes Vikinger
An activity for children (and adults!) in Museet Ribes Vikinger, where you can assemble messages using runic characters.
Lofotr Vikingmuseum
Museum of the Viking Age with reconstruction of a Viking chieftain's house, at Borg in Lofoten, Norway