There is much debate among historians about what drove the Viking expansion.
Researchers have suggested that Vikings may have originally … 展开

The Faroe Islands
Iceland
Iceland was discovered by Naddodd, one of the first settlers on the Faroe Islands, who was sailing from Norway to the Faroe Islands but got lost and drifted to the east coast of Iceland. … 展开

Studies of genetic diversity have provided scientific confirmation to accompany archaeological evidence of Viking expansion. They also … 展开

England
During the reign of King Beorhtric of Wessex (786–802), three ships of "Northmen" landed at Portland Bay in Dorset. The … 展开

Normandy
The name of Normandy denotes its Viking origin, from "Northmannia" or Land of The Norsemen.
The Viking presence in Normandy began with raids into the territory of the Frankish Empire, from the middle … 展开

Levant
The well-known Harald Hardrada would also serve the Byzantine emperor in Constantinople, as well as raiding North Africa, the Middle East as … 展开

• The Exploration Museum
• Salme ships
• Pre-modern human migration 展开