Explore an abandoned hobbit house in Iceland, built in the traditional Viking-age turf style! This unique and enchanting ...

When did the Viking Age begin and end, and why is it so difficult to define? Explore when and how the era of Scandinavian ...

Grand Magus’s JB Christoffersson, Wardruna’s Einar Selvik and mediaeval history lecturer Simon Trafford explain why heavy ...

A Viking celebration at Idaho State University promises a fun time for history buffs, cosplay enthusiasts and the everyday ...

In Icelandic weddings, it's a tradition for the bride to wear a beautiful and elaborately decorated crown or headdress. This practice has its roots in Viking times, when it was thought that wearing ...

The Nordic country is truly the land of fire and ice, packed with glaciers and lagoons, volcanoes and geysers, waterfalls and ...

Explora Expeditions is expanding into the Northern Hemisphere with the addition of Iceland Expeditions beginning in 2025.

The Vikings did not reach the end zone. What does skol mean when people say it? “Skol” (or “skål” as it’s written in Danish, ...

In “Embers of the Hands,” historian Eleanor Barraclough digs deep into the ways that the Vikings loved, traveled and even ...

The breed is thought to be the descendant of the dogs brought to Iceland by the original Viking settlers to herd livestock A dog breed cited by Shakespeare and believed to be more than a thousand ...