Biochemical evidence suggests Norse people settled in Iceland almost 70 years before the accepted arrival date of the 870s, ...

Since this century began, Vikings have been the subject of countless historical documentaries, multiple streaming series and the critically acclaimed film The Northman. There’s plenty that residents ...

AMERICAN VIKINGS: How the Norse Sailed Into the Lands and Imaginations of America. By Martyn Whittock. Pegasus Books. 272 pages. $29.95. Centuries of lively and heroic medieval sagas, first recorded ...

A rare toy dating to the Viking Age was found during an archaeological excavation in Iceland. Even though the time period the toy comes from is known by researchers, the animal the figure represents ...

Seabourn Sojourn will visit more than 40 destinations in 12 countries on nine itineraries ranging from seven to 24 days. With departures from Dover (London), England; Reykjavik, Iceland; and Greenock ...

Fears of a volcanic eruption have led to the closure of the famous Blue Lagoon, a geothermal spa near the town of Grindavik, not far from the international airport. The spa's temporary closure ...

According to Icelandic sagas, 25 Viking ships set sail from Iceland in 985 to establish settlements in Greenland. Their descendants lived there for centuries before suddenly disappearing in the 1400s, ...