Despite being synonymous with the Viking Age, Norway currently has no Viking sites on UNESCO’s World Heritage List. This is why that could soon change. This week, Norway’s Directorate for Cultural ...

While strolling in his home city of Reykjavik last year, Gabríel Ólafs wandered into a bookstore, where he found an out-of-print collection of ancient Viking melodies. The Icelandic pianist-composer ...

Gabríel Ólafs drew inspiration from Viking tunes for his album Lullabies for Piano and Cello, featuring cellist Steiney Sigurðardóttir. While strolling in his home city of Reykjavik last year, Gabríel ...

ROSKILDE, Denmark — For thousands of years, wooden sailboats allowed the peoples of Northern Europe to spread trade, influence and sometimes war across seas and continents. In December, the UN’s ...

Five historic Danish Viking age Ring Fortresses have just been added to the prestigious UNESCO World Heritage List. The fortresses were built between year 958 and 987 under the reign of the Danish ...

The only historically accurate information about Vikings generally comes as a footnote in history books that mentions in passing Leif Ericson's voyage to North America 500 years before Columbus made ...

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Local leaders in the Danish municipalities Jutland, Funen and Zealand have joined forces to seek protected heritage status for five ring forts from the Viking era. The circular fortresses are some of ...

Gabríel Ólafs drew inspiration from Viking tunes for his album Lullabies for Piano and Cello, featuring cellist Steiney Sigurðardóttir. (Courtesy of Universal Music) ...

From words we use daily, to leaps in shipbuilding, placenames, cuisine and more, Edythe Preet explores all that the Vikings left behind in Ireland. One day while searching for I can’t remember what in ...