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Viking Age PodcastA (mostly) weekly podcast devoted to telling a (mostly) narrative history of the Viking Age. Currently covering the early Viking Age in Ireland and…
Two knives on display in the National Museum of IrelandIron knives from Christchurch Place and High Street, Dublin. E71: 9406; E122: 1890
Unfinished comb plates on display in the National Museum of IrelandUnfinished comb plates from Fishamble Street, Dublin. E172:11280; E172:9574
Viking Lands Map from Layers of Learning InitiativeA print out and colour in map of the Viking World from the Layers of Learning initiative, which is a homeschool curriculum company and produces…
Monument to Bishop Absalon at Højerup KirkeA monument to the twelfth-century Danish Bishop (and Archbishop) Absalon, who played a key role in Danish territorial expansion and crusades against…
Vikingene tålte ikke fornærmelserAn article about honour and law in the Viking Age.
News: Vikings abused and beheaded their slavesAn article interviewing Anna Kjellström and Elise Naumann about the treatment of Viking slaves in burials.
Nyheter: Kan ha funnet Olav den helliges kirkeArchaeologists digging in Trondheim have found human remains and the remains of a church that may date to the early 11th century. The site, behind the…
Viking Snack: harðfiskur / stockfishHarðfiskur (English 'stockfish') is a delicious snack of naturally dried fish that is commonly eaten with butter on it. This brand is marketed as…
Viking SchnapsViking Schnaps is an alcoholic drink available in various flavours that are named for the Norse gods. Its tagline is 'Pure natural drink for real…
Dublin Castle WallsThe walls of Dublin Castle were built on the original defensive banks of the Viking settlement. In the undercroft of the powder tower the foundations…
Pink Ireland Supporter's HatA 'Viking' style Irish horned hat from Landsdowne Kid's Hats, seen in Dublin airport. One of the few examples of appropriation of Viking and Norse…
Lancaster City MuseumLancaster City Museum holds a collection of various Viking Age finds including combs and spearheads, as well as other objects found at Heysham.
Blog post: Vikings galore!A blog post with photographs of Viking reenactors in Sweden.
La Drakkar CamembertLa Drakkar Camembert from La Laiterie de Gratot in Manche, Normandy. The branding draws on the Norse heritage of Normandy and includes a stylised…
La Ferme des VikingsA bed-and-breakfast, and working farm that produces, jam and honey. The actual Viking connection is unclear.
Viking Ship Artwork, Dock Road, LimerickMetal artwork depicting a Viking ship on the side of 1 Steamboat Quay, Dock Road, Limerick, a mixed use apartment and commercial block.
Digitala Sveriges RuninskrifterDigital copies of the series "Sveriges runinskrifter", the standard corpus work for Swedish runic inscriptions.
Anundshög, Västerås (Slide-Show)Anundshög, Västerås. Sveriges största gravhög.
(A slide-show with pictures of Anundshög burial mound, ship settings and surrounding area. Captions…
Utgravning av Gokstadskipet 1880 / Excavation of the Gokstad Ship in 1880A historical photo of the partly-excavated Gokstad ship in Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway in the 1880s. From the Universitetsmuseens fotoportal