Aarhus began as Aros, a fortified Viking settlement at the mouth of the Aarhus River in the late 700s. Excavations show it was an important center for trade and craftsmanship, and many downtown streets preserve traces of the city’s Viking past in their names and layout. Since 2019, Aarhus has replaced the standard red and green walking figures at several pedestrian crossings with small Vikings holding axes and shields. The lights are installed at multiple locations, including points that fo...| Atlas Obscura - Latest Articles and Places
A diagram of medieval burials discovered at a site called Tjoldhilde’s Church, in Qassiarsuk, Greenland.| The Last Word On Nothing
Everything you need to know about this year’s team before their home opener.| Mpls.St.Paul Magazine
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Une fois n’est pas coutume, on va se pencher sur de la non-fiction. Et sur les vikings plus précisément, avec un livre qui prend le parti du jeu de rôle pour plonger le lecteur au coeur de l’histoire viking (et plus généralement sur celle de la Scandinavie), en le mettant... Suite -> Cet article L’Histoire des Vikings comme si vous y étiez, de Vincent Boqueho est apparu en premier sur Lorhkan et les mauvais genres.| Lorhkan et les mauvais genres
Let's make a Viking longship from an empty milk carton to compliment your Medieval European history studies, the Vikings Unit, or North Mythology exploration.| My Blog
To improve athletic performance with chiropractic care we identify joints, whether in the spine or extremities, which are either not working properly or are misaligned.| Chiropractic Health and Wellness
I have bought a 1U server to use as a virtualization platform to host my personal online services (mail, web, DNS, nextCloud, Icinga, Munin etc). This is the first time I have used a high-end libre hardware device that has Continue reading Vikings D16 server first impressions→| Simon Josefsson's blog
A SOLO ROLEPLAYING GAME OF BRUTAL VIKING POETRY “Start your timer, play atmospheric Viking music and sit down on your chair. Grab your QUILL and RUNESTONES, and close your eyes. Breathe. Relax. Allow full immersion and whisper to yourself “I am Egil, I am Egil”. Whenever you are ready, open your eyes. You are EGIL!” … Continue reading EGIL| Nørwegian Style
Norse tattoos to avoid: Today we’re going to take a look at problematic Norse tattoos, and explain why you should avoid them.| Scandification
The Northumbrian Saga follows the life of Aethelwin, a fictional niece of King Osbert of Northumbria and Aelle the usurper of the Northumbrian throne. Whilst these two men were real figures in Northumbrian history, there is one more member of Aethelwin’s family who is based on a real person. Aethelwin is the youngest child of… Continue reading Historical Figure Profile: Eadwulf of Bamburgh| A H Gray
The most prominent type of settlement associated with trading activities in the Anglo-saxon period was the Wic, an Anglo-Saxon loan word from the Latin Vicus meaning a dwelling, farm, hamlet, or subsidiary settlements. The Wics were communities very similar to those found in rural areas with the distinction of servicing trade and industry. Most communities… Continue reading Wic wic is wich? The Anglo-Saxon trading settlement| A H Gray
As part of my plans of outlining aspects of early medieval life I was going to write a post on Trade. In The Northumbrian Saga, Leodgar and Aethelwin are both traders of Anglo-Saxon Northumbria and…| A H Gray
While most people are very familiar with Norse gods like Odin and Thor (thanks, Marvel), the tales of the equally captivating goddesses of the Norse m| Nordic Perspective