This story appears in the March 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. A cold drizzle falls as we shiver in the streets, waiting for the Viking lord and his band of raiders to appear.

5 min read This story appears in the November/December 2016 issue of National Geographic History magazine. Icelandic sagas tell how the 10th-century Viking sailor Leif Eriksson stumbled on a new ...

From their mastery of the seas to their influence over lands as far from home as Russia and North America, the Scandinavian raiders known as the Vikings shaped the world for centuries. Swift and ...

This story appears in the June 2010 issue of National Geographic magazine ... hair and a trim beard—he could easily be cast as a Viking—is an agronomist and former chief adviser to ...

Photo by National Geographic/Justin Mandel The ingredients ... “I’ve seen authentic Viking cooking methods, and it’s humbling to come away from these areas and see the wealth of what they ...

This story appears in the May 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine ... “This is what it looked like when the Vikings arrived,” said Guðrún, Siggi’s sister. As we arrived, a ptarmigan ...

This windswept coastal outpost is the very spot where Norse sailors first settled in North America, the only authenticated Viking site on the continent. Here, the grassy, low-slung roofs of the ...