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   VIKING LINKS

THE VIKINGS ARE ROAMING THE INTERNET, and you can find lots and lots of Viking sites on the Web. Here are some selected sites. Press a link below to jump to that section of this page.

GENERAL SITES AND LINK DIRECTORIES

THE VIKING ROUTES

UFFDA! Link directory for sites about the Vikings. In English.

The VIKING HERITAGE has a database and links to museums, historic sites,  reenactments and reconstructions, etc.

Sons of Norway's VIKING AGE CLUB AND SOCIETY

THE VIKING AGE  This is part of a site by Swedish High School site (Sven Erikssongymnasiet in Borås, Sweden). The Viking Age section offers information, in English, on the Vikings' life, food and drink, ships, mythology, etc.

LEIF ERIKSSON

LEIF ERICKSON DAY AND OTHER VIKING SAGAS

LEIF ERIKSSON, a nice page for schoolchildren.

LEIFUR EIRÍKSSON is the Icelandic name for Leif Eriksson, but the site is in English.

The VIKING TRAIL  follows the Vikings to Newfoundland.

MYTHOLOGY

NORSE MYTHOLOGY

The WINDOWS ON THE UNIVERSE site has a section on Norse Mythology

MUSEUMS AND RECONSTRUCTED VIKING VILLAGES

The SMITHSONIAN MUSEUM VIKING EXHIBIT site, with many pictures and maps, and lots of information.

The VIKING SHIP MUSEUM IN OSLO exhibits Norwegian finds, among them the beautiful Oseberg ship. In English and Norwegian.

FOTEVIKEN is a Viking village and museum in Skåne.

RIBE is a reconstructed viking town in Denmark.

L'ANSE AUX MEADOWS, is the location of the Norse settlement on Newfoundland in the year 1,000, now featuring a museum and reconstructed Viking village.

A Parks Canada website about L'ANSE AUX MEADOWS, with lots of pictures and information in English and French.

A well preserved Viking town was found under York in England. The town was called JÖRVIK by the Vikings. The reconstructed town is now a popular tourist attraction.

At the website of the MUSEUM OF NATIONAL ANTIQUITIES in Stockholm, you can find pictures and descriptions of their collection of objects from the Viking era. In English and Swedish. Click on the thumbnails for larger pictures.

Links to VIKING EXHIBITS and museums.

 

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