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The Oseberg ShipThe Oseberg ship is on display at the Viking Ship Museum in Oslo. It was found in a grave mound at Oseberg in Norway with the remains of two women,…
MS SigynMS Sigyn was a Swedish ship that transported spent nuclear waste from Swedish nuclear power plants. She was named for Loki's wife, who held a bowl…
Blog: A Viking JourneyAn Irish woman's blog about going to Denmark to sail The Sea Stallion, a replica Viking ship.
Pre-Viking Dragon Head Stem Post in the Limburgs MuseumThis distinctive dragon-head stem post probably came from a ship, and was recovered from the River Scheldt in the Netherlands. It has been…
Great British Viking Quest: Episode 1: Journey to the MainlandEPISODE 1 of the Great British Viking Quest #GBVQ.
I take a bumpy flight across the ocean to speak at 'The Viking World - Diversity and Change'…
Souvenir Viking ship prow from IcelandSmall ornament of a Viking ship prow with dragon head and Iceland inscription
Small souvenir Viking ship ornament from IcelandSmall Viking ship with prow ornament, produced by Sólarfilma ehf. Photographed in an Icelandic souvenir shop
Souvenir Viking ship ornament from IcelandIcelandic souvenir metal Viking ship ornament, photographed in a tourist shop near Gullfoss.
Blog Post: Viking Adventure in The NetherlandsA blog post from Tamara Bakx, about a visit to an exhibition on Dragons and the history of Limburg. The blog post is named 'Vikings adventure in The…
Boat named 'Troll' from Elburg in the NetherlandsBoat names in Scandinavia often make references to the Norse past, and particularly to the seafaring culture of the Vikings. It is less common to come…
Viking replica boat, Unst, ShetlandA replica of a Viking ship in Unst, Shetland
Northlink Ferry in Lerwick, ShetlandPhoto of Northlink Ferries in Lerwick, Shetland. Their logo features a pointing Viking with flowing hair and a horned helmet. Northlink operates…
M/V Thor Magni in Cork HarbourM/V Thor Magni, a research/survey vessel, belonging to Thor Offshore which works with the oil industry. The company name is a direct reference to the…
Logo of Clontarf.ie, featuring a Viking ShipLogo of http://www.clontarf.ie/, a co-operative initiative by the Clontarf Residents’ Association, the Clontarf Business Association and Web Together.…
Ship Detail from the Lärbro Tängelgårda I Image Stone in Statens historiska museum in StockholmShip detail from the lower panel of the Lärbro Tängelgårda I Image Stone (SHM 4373 I), one of three related stones from Lärbro…
About the art of rigging a Viking ship with hemp.Woody Wiest talks about rigging the Draken Harald Hårfagre using hemp ropes.
Icelandic T-Shirt, Viking ShipT-Shirt from an Icelanic Tourist shop depicting a Viking ship.
An alternative interpretation of the Viking sundial artefact: an instrument to determine latitude and local noonBalázs Bernáth et al have suggested that the Viking sun compass found at Uunartoq is a sun shadow board designed for determining local solar noon,…
Errors on Viking sun compass hint at alternative purposeA wooden fragment found at Uunartoq, Greenland, in 1948 has long been thought to be a sun compass that Vikings used to navigate. Balázs Bernáth, et…
Nyheter: Fant 1.300 år gamle båter, sverd og smykkerFour boat burials and several other burials from the period immediately before the Viking Age were found after a chance metal detector find in…