Statue of Nolsoyar Pall (Poul Poulsen Nolsoe), Faroese national hero, seaman, trader, poet, farmer, and boat builder, who in the early 19th century ran the first Faroese trading ship since Viking times, by Hans Pauli Olsen, Faroe Islands (Faroes), Denmark, Europe

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

Statue of Leifur Eiriksson outside Hallgrimskirkja church in Reykjavic, Iceland, Europe

Statue of Leifur Eiriksson outside Hallgrimskirkja church in Reykjavic, Iceland, Europe

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

Jarlshof, an archaeological site on the Shetland Islands, which was inhabited from neolithic times to the middle ages.Wheelhouses dating back to the Iron Age. Europe, Great Britain, Scotland, Northern Isles, Shetland, May

Jarlshof, an archaeological site on the Shetland Islands, which was inhabited from neolithic times to the middle ages.Wheelhouses dating back to the Iron Age. Europe, Great Britain, Scotland, Northern Isles, Shetland, May