Below you can read a list of ten facts you should know about Greenland. 10. Roughly 80% of Greenland’s total area is ice-capped. However, the remainder ice free territory of the island accounts for nearly the total area of Sweden. 9. As of 2015, the island has a total population of 55,847 permanent residents. Of…
Below is a list of 10 mythical beings from the Scandinavian folklore that you should know. These fictional characters are part of both the Norse mythology and the Scandinavian folklore and have been described in many Ancient texts since bygone times. The first name of some mythological creatures below will be given in Old Norse,…
During the High Middle Ages, in a relatively remote part of the world, some of the most renowned historical manuscripts of all time were written. As opposed to what contemporary authors wrote about in mainland Europe throughout the Middle Ages (stories about brave knights and princesses for instance), it was in Iceland that the first…
Below is a list comprising 15 renowned Norsemen (Vikings) who are known for having sailed over the North Atlantic Ocean during the 9th and 10th centuries or who are reputed for having played a pivotal role in the history of the early medieval Scandinavian states and of Western Europe/Northwestern Europe during the Early Middle Ages….
(Die) Repser Burg or Reps (also known in the Transylvanian Saxon dialect as R쎤ppes, in Romanian as Rupea, and in Hungarian as K양halom) is a Transylvanian Saxon citadel located in Bra좙ov county (Kreis Kronstadt as it is known in German/Hochdeutsch), south-eastern Transylvania, Romania. In late Antiquity, on the site on which the citadel was subsequently…
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