A Church, two Runic Stones and two big Mounds is the short summary of the Danish World Heritage Site of Jelling. But the story behind these objects is a fascinating piece of Danish as well as Scandinavian history. The two stones was carved at the time of Harald Blåtand - or maybe even by the man himself - the first Viking ruler that united the early Danish kingdom. One of the stones also contains the earliest picture of Jesus Christ.

I have visited Jelling twice and its easily accessed by a local train that runs almost all the way up to the site itself. Both times I visited have been in January so I have only freezing cold memories from this little village. It’s a nice place to visit if you’re touring Denmark, preferably in the summer though…!