A millennium-old Danish Viking fortress is wowing tourists by offering visitors a broader view of Scandinavia's famed marauders. Along with Denmark's four other known ring fortresses, Trelleborg in ...

Model of the original Viking fortress at Trelleborg in Denmark. A local authority on the Danish island of West Zealand has given the green light to rebuild a Viking fortress on its original ...

Researchers explore the Viking fortress, discovered on the Vallø estate, near Køge, Denmark. The Vikings weren't just a fierce band of warriors with cool headgear. A new archaeological discovery in ...

What we now know as Denmark was a home base for Viking expeditions far and wide. The Viking Age, characterized by sea travel, trading, exploration, and settlement, was not without its fair share of ...

Editor's Note: This article originally appeared at ScienceNordic. Sunlight bounces off the sword blade as an archaeologist clad in chain mail smashes it down upon his opponent’s shield. It strikes ...

It is the first time for over 60 years that a new Viking fortress is found in Denmark, says curator Nanna Holm of The Danish Castle Centre. Søren Sindbæk, professor of medieval archeology at Aarhus ...

The Trelleborg ring fortress was built by Viking King Harald Bluetooth more than 1,000 years ago - Copyright AFP Tony KARUMBA The Trelleborg ring fortress was built ...

On fields at Vallø Estate, near Køge, researchers have discovered traces of a massive Viking fortress built with heavy timbers and earthen embankments. The perfectly circular fortress is similar to ...

The Vikings weren't just a fierce band of warriors with cool headgear. A new archaeological discovery in Denmark suggests that these notorious fighters were also decent builders. Archaeologists on the ...

The Trelleborg ring fortress was built by Viking King Harald Bluetooth more than 1,000 years ago A UNESCO heritage site since 2023, Denmark's Trelleborg fortress has become popular with tourists A ...