In 1903 a farmer close to the Norwegian city of Tønsberg – a large city in the Viking age – stumbled over part of a Viking ship from around 834. The ship was used in a burial and was almost in one piece when it was found. Two women were buried there and speculations have …
Yes, yes, I`m married and not looking for anything on the side but you watch this and tell me that the Viking throwing axes here isn`t making your heart beat an extra beat: Now you`re probably wondering what this silliness is – why are all these Americans going to Norway? This is a Norwegian feel-good …
A little while back Vanity Fair had an article about Scandinavia that left me both laughing and feeling insulted. Those are the best articles, aren`t they, the ones that inspire a multitude of emotions? Apparently A.A.Gill was annoyed with the “Scandinavian wave” sweeping over the world lately (I didn`t know there was one but then …
Check out this cool converter where you can see what your name looks like in Nordic Runes. This is what Thyra looks like in Runes: What does your name look like?
I`m still on vacation and just came back to Denmark from a nice trip to Poland where we visited Poznan (don`t go there) and Gdansk (a very beautiful city). But what do you know – Mama Lovis sent me a picture of a Viking festival taking place very close to our cabin. Of course, I …
Elbly showed me this very interesting clip and I`ll share it with you: Legendary Viking town unearthed July 2, 2012 – 05:00 The hidden centre of power for the first Danish kings may well have popped up from the soil in Northern Germany. Archaeologists have surprisingly found some 200 houses and piles of weapons. By: …
I love Vikings and I love milk chocolate. No wonder this is my favorite commercial 😀 This one is cute too even if there are no Vikings in it.
My author name, Thyra Dane, comes from Thyra Danebod, who is one of my main historical heroes. I suppose she`s my hero because she is one of few women mentioned by name in the Viking age. We know she existed because her husband, King Gorm the Old, made a rune stone with her name on …
Yggdrasil is a huge ash-tree with branches so long they go into the sky and three long roots that end in three different worlds. One root ends up in Åsgård and the norner are living by a well close to that root. The three norner, called Urd, Verdande and Skuld, are the goddesses of the …
I found this map in a school book and figured that it would be interesting for other people than school children. It`s a map of where the Vikings went and which Vikings went where. Like all things for children, this is simplified, but it`s still interesting. As you can see, Vikings didn`t just go places. …