Viking settlements

Connected Sites: 12

WHS where Vikings have settled. Vikings were "seafaring people originally from Scandinavia (present-day Denmark, Norway, and Sweden), who from the late 8th to the late 11th centuries raided, pirated, traded, and settled throughout parts of Europe". (wiki)

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Connected Sites

Southern Öland
Inscribed: 2000
2.52
126
7
"Later, Around The Years 800 To 1000 Several Viking Settlements Appeared In The Periphery." (Wiki)
L'Anse aux Meadows
Inscribed: 1978
3.15
75
8
The First And Only Known Site Established By Vikings In North America And The Earliest Evidence Of European Settlement In The New World (Ouv)
Birka and Hovgarden
Inscribed: 1993
2.24
134
9
"Birka Is One Of The Most Complete And Undisturbed Examples Of A Viking Trading Settlement Of The 8th To 10th Centuries." (Ouv)
Jelling
Jelling
Denmark
Inscribed: 1994
2.37
226
10
"Jelling Was A Royal Manor In The 10th Century, During The Reign Of Gorro And His Son Harald Bluetooth." (Ab Ev)
Visby
Visby
Sweden
Inscribed: 1995
3.29
129
7
"Excavations Have Indicated That There Was A Trading Settlement In The Early Viking Age On The Site Of Visby"
St. Kilda
St. Kilda
United Kingdom
Inscribed: 1986
3.50
30
4
"It Is Certain That The Vikings Visited And May Have Settled The Islands." (Ab Ev)
Ilulissat Icefjord
Inscribed: 2004
4.12
45
5
Semermuit And Qajaa, Both Viking Archaeological Sites, Are Within The Whs
Gros Morne National Park
Inscribed: 1987
3.91
82
10
Vikings May Have Temporarily Resided In St Paul's Inlet In The North Around 1,000 Years Ago (Ab Ev)
Novgorod
Novgorod
Russia
Inscribed: 1992
3.02
93
6
It Was Founded By The Varangian Dynasty
See En.Wikipedia.Org
Kujataa
Kujataa
Denmark
Inscribed: 2017
2.76
13
3
Norse Settlers Arrived In Southern Greenland From 1000 Ad (Ab Ev)
See Archive.Archaeology.Org
Hedeby and Danevirke
Inscribed: 2018
2.22
142
6
Hedeby Is A Viking Era Trading Settlement.
Viking Age Ring Fortresses
Inscribed: 2023
2.00
104
5
"The Function Of The Fortresses Can Only Be Inferred. Finds From Excavations Conducted At The Archaeological Sites Include Crafts And Items Of Daily Life Activities, As Well As Grave Goods And Death Paraphernalia" (Ab Ev)