Tag: Scandinavia

5 Spectacular Viking Village Museums From Scandinavia

Below is a list of five spectacular Viking Age Village Museums from Scandinavia worth visiting: 1. Frederikssund Viking Village The Frederikssund Viking Village is based in Denmark’s capital, Copenhagen on the island of Zealand (Sjælland). It is an authentic Viking Age reconstruction of a Norse settlement which comprises five pit houses (that could have been…


The Complex Norse Mythology: The Gods Of The Norsemen

Before Christianity was officially introduced to Scandinavia in the 12th century, its inhabitants had their own ancient polytheistic religion which orbited around a series of complex mythical figures such as Odin, Thor, Loki, Freya, Sif, Ullr, Skaði, and many others. The Norse mythology comprises the totality of myths passed on from generation to generation since Ancient…


A Brief Overview On The Scandinavian Folklore And The Norse Mythology

The Scandinavian folklore represents the entirety of myths, customs, traditions, legends, fables, and superstitions which stem from the Norse mythology and are shared by the Nordic countries of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Iceland, and the Faroe Islands. In spite of the fact that Iceland and the Faroe Islands are not geographically located in Scandinavia, due to…


Food In The Viking Age: An Overview On The Norse Cuisine

The development of the Norse cuisine was highly marked by three distinct elements: the lifestyle of the early medieval Scandinavian communities, the Nordic climate of most of Scandinavia, and the relative geographic isolation of this region from most of continental Europe (that is only relative by land and definitely not by sea, as sea trade…


The History Of Skiing In Scandinavia – How The Norsemen Started Skiing

Skiing is a very popular sport in the mountainous regions of the world nowadays. It is mainly practiced for fun by many amateurs, but also professionally, and is quite noteworthy for such countries as Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, Austria, or the United States when it comes to the Winter Olympics. The etymology of this sport…