Forget your classic city break — I spent 24 hours in the 'Paris of the North'
Perched over 200 miles north of the Arctic Circle, you’d be forgiven for thinking of Tromsø as snowy, inhospitable, and ...
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Eagle-Eyed Man Discovers Rare Viking Arm Ring That May Have Been Lost in a Marsh in Sweden 1,000 Years Ago
Last fall, a Swedish man spotted something in a marsh on Oland, Sweden’s second-largest island. At first, he thought the circular object—found lying on the ground near a construction pit—might be a ...
Step Into Norway’s Viking Age History In Stavanger
A must-visit for Viking Age enthusiasts, the Stavanger region's Norse legacy is celebrated in monuments, museums, and a modern VR experience.
A Passerby Went for a Casual Stroll—and Stumbled Upon a 1,000-Year-Old Viking Artifact
Öland was once a key trading post for Sweden, especially during the Viking age. The country’s second-largest island sits off ...
The Norwegian American7d
Before the Vikings: The extraordinary Bronze Age
The Nordic Bronze Age shaped Viking culture with trade, war, art, and music, as revealed in a 2025 symposium by top ...
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Archaeologists Can't Stop Finding Mysterious Objects In An Unexpected Area Of Norway
As ancient glaciers melt due to climate change, archaeologists have found abundant artifacts, including many amid a Norway mountain range.
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Archaeologists Say They’ve Unearthed Britain’s Largest Known Viking-Age Building Beneath a Family Farm
But while Viking history in Cumbria is well-documented, archaeologists have unearthed few buildings, likely because later settlements and dwellings were built over the same sites. That makes the ...
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Is it time to revisit what NASA's Viking lander found on Mars in 1976?
Back in 1976, the dual NASA Viking landers came to full stop on the Red Planet. Their life detection experimental findings still reverberate within the scientific community – fueling the on ...