Early viking trading placesThe Northmen (aka. the vikings) and the Frisians were trading partners as well as enemies. The fearless vikings have become part of popular culture, the early trading places in Scandinavia are hardly known outside the field of archeology.
I have visited them all: Ribe (Denmark), Birka (Sweden), Hedeby (Denmark, modern day Germany) and Dorestad (Frisia, modern day Netherlands) and Kaupang (Norway). |
The Ribe market place
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LocationsThis map shows the locations of the four trading places of the Northmen (Kaupang, Birka, Ribe and Hedeby) and the Frisian town of Dorestad.
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Gallery
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Birka and Hovgården - Bente Magnus and Ingrid Gustin
Votum Förlag AB, Karlstadt (2012)
Haithabu, Fernhandelszentrum zwischen den Welten - Birgit Maixner
Ralf Bleile, Claus von Carnap-Bornheim Archäologisches Landesmuseum in der Stiftung Schleswig-Holsteinische Landesmuseen Schloß Gottorf (2010)
The Vikings of Ribe - Stig Jensen
Den Antikvariske Samling, Ribe (1991)
Votum Förlag AB, Karlstadt (2012)
Haithabu, Fernhandelszentrum zwischen den Welten - Birgit Maixner
Ralf Bleile, Claus von Carnap-Bornheim Archäologisches Landesmuseum in der Stiftung Schleswig-Holsteinische Landesmuseen Schloß Gottorf (2010)
The Vikings of Ribe - Stig Jensen
Den Antikvariske Samling, Ribe (1991)
