Viking longhouse dating from the 10th century, archaeological site of Toftanes, village of Leirvik, Eysturoy Island, Faroe Islands (Faroes), Denmark, Europe

Viking longhouse dating from the 10th century, archaeological site of Toftanes, village of Leirvik, Eysturoy Island, Faroe Islands (Faroes), Denmark, Europe

Lindholm Hoje, Viking grave site, near Alborg, Denmark, Europe

Viking longhouse dating from the 10th century, archaeological site of Toftanes, village of Leirvik, Eysturoy Island, Faroe Islands (Faroes), Denmark, Europe

Ancient rock carvings from pre-Viking times, Ostfold near Halden, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

Viking burial ground with stones placed in oval outline of a Viking ship, Lindholm Hoje, Aalborg, Jutland, Denmark, Scandinavia, Europe

Viking stone ship burial ground of Gettlinge and windmill, Gettlinge, Oland, Southeast Sweden, Sweden, Scandinavia, Europe

Viking burial ground, Lindholm Hoje, Aalborg, Jutland, Denmark, Scandinavia, Europe

Views of the town of Kvivik on Streymoy in the Faroe Islands

Rune stone at viking Museum Haithabu, near Schleswig, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe

Rune stone in the viking Museum Haithabu, near Schleswig, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe

Cemetery from the Iron Age and Viking age Lindholm Hoje near Aalborg, Jutland, Denmark, Europe

Cemetery from the Iron Age and Viking age Lindholm Hoje near Aalborg, Jutland, Denmark, Europe

Cemetery from the Iron Age and Viking age Lindholm Hoje near Aalborg, Jutland, Denmark, Europe

Quiet bay with crystal clear water, harbour, stone house and Viking ship, Lerwick, Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Inscription and a Viking boat on a rune stone, at the Viking Museum in Bork on Ringkoebing Fjord, West Jutland, Denmark, Europe

Inscription and a Viking boat on a rune stone, at the Viking Museum in Bork on Ringkoebing Fjord, West Jutland, Denmark, Europe

Memorial Anne Stine and Helge Ingstadt, discoverer of the Viking settlings in North America, hall of the Viking ship hall Vikingskiphuset, Bygdoy, Oslo, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

Cemetery from the Iron Age and Viking age Lindholm Hoje near Aalborg, Jutland, Denmark, Europe

Christion symbols on a rune stone, at the Viking Museum in Bork on Ringkoebing Fjord, West Jutland, Denmark, Europe

Inscription and a Viking boat on a rune stone, at the Viking Museum in Bork on Ringkoebing Fjord, West Jutland, Denmark, Europe

Inscription and a Viking boat on a rune stone, at the Viking Museum in Bork on Ringkoebing Fjord, West Jutland, Denmark, Europe

Low angle view of a rock on a landscape, Oland, Sweden

Stone and turf structure with wooden doorway at the recreated longhouse in Greenland's Brattahlid, Eriksfjord area, part of a reconstruction of Erik the Red's settlement, Kujataa World Heritage Site, Qassiarsuk, Southern Greenland, Greenland