The seafaring Norse people are often remembered for their daring raids, exploration and settlement during the Viking Age. While their navigation and exploration skills are widely celebrated, their prowess in...
For a long part of human history silver was more valuable than gold, and the Norse peoples and Vikings were always keen in showing their love for Silver Jewelry, the most luxurious...
The Wild Hunt is a well-known myth: A ghostly leader and his group of hunters and hounds flying through the cold night sky during the winter solstice, as the winds...
Forty years after the first siege of Paris, another large Viking fleet of a few hundred ships sailed up the Seine. The year is 885, and Rollo leads his Vikings...
The first siege of Paris was a direct response from the legendary hero Ragnar Lothbrok to the breaking of an oath made by the king of France Charles II. When king...
In 865, after almost on hundred years of the beginning of the Viking Age, a large Viking army invaded England, and it came to stay. The Great Heathen Army came...
Viking influence in Spain is extremely underrated, but the city of Catoira has something to say about it. Every year, on the first Sunday in August, the replica of an...
