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'.
It is quite common to find house names with references to Norse myth in areas with a strong connection to Norse heritage - this example is from Kirkwall in Orkney.
T-Shirt playing on the placename Twatt (from ON þveit, meaning small area of land), which is common to both Shetland and Orkney. Photographed in a tourist shop in Lerwick.
The history of three Viking kings (Harald Bluetooth, Sweyn Forkbeard, Cnut the Great) told using sound and video projection mapping as a Son et Lumiere for Illuminating York 2013.
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Souvenir Handmade Icelandic Magic Runes: Viking Runic Script. Various necklaces and jewelry featuring runes, Thor's hammers and replica animal bones. Found in a souvenir shop in Iceland.
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One of several runic necklaces in the 'Runestones - Ancient Stones of Prophecy' series from Sólarfilma, which assumes that the runes were regularly used in divination.
Glass flagon featuring a cartoon Viking warrior with horned helmet and drinking from a horn. The labels read 'skal' (cheers) and 'Iceland'. Found in a souvenir shop, Iceland.
Fridge magnets featuring a Viking warrior with sword, beard and horned helmet, and a shield with the label 'Iceland'. Seen in a souvenir shop in Iceland.