25 Things You Missed In Vikings

Everything you missed in the hit series Vikings
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Vikings has sadly come to an end, but like the question posed in the finale- what exactly is the end? The show might not be making any more episodes, but that doesn’t mean it’s dead (I mean, it’s having its own spinoff show after all) especially if we keep talking about it. To be honest, since it’s ended, that’s all we can do...keep talking about Vikings! So that’s why in this video we are going to take a look at 25 things you might have missed in the show.
We shall be including easter eggs that were sneakily inserted without you probably knowing, interesting pieces of trivia, behind the scenes details as well as shocking secrets from the cast members. It’s going to be a great voyage- are you up for the adventure? If you are, join us on our Screen Rant longship as we take a voyage to behind the scenes and raid them for their precious easter eggs. Seriously though, I will keep doing these weak Viking metaphors if you don’t watch the video. Enjoy!
What did you make of this video? What was your favorite piece of trivia or easter egg? Anything we missed? Let us know in the comments below and make sure to subscribe today for all this and more!
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:55 Fight Scenes
1:35 No Special Effects
2:44 Fake Blood
3:20 Snake Bites
4:01 Moments of Vision
4:39 Strangling Scene
4:54 The Importance of Ravens
5:36 Tattoos
6:08 Cameos
6:32 Lagertha’s Death Line
7:05 Katheryn Winnick
7:30 Travis Fimmell
7:49 The Lord’s Prayer
8:28 T.S. Elliot
8:57 The Beatles
9:32 Breaking Bad
9:57 Siggy
10:35 Ivar the Boneless
11:29 Meet the Skarsgårds
12:00 The Soundtrack
12:24 Four Extinct Languages
12:44 Egil’s Saga
13:16 Rollo’s Ancestry
13:57 Ragnar
14:17 Kattegat
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[@mouidsakka6446]

I couldn't believe how he said travis Fimmel was really biten by the snakes . That's painful man

[@Gwenny_Black]

Travis is an australian farmer. I bet he was familiar with that xD

[@yrtsg]

Yeah he wasn't. Idk why they didnt do their research, the snakes were real but the shots of them biting him werent

[@atyusriggins3824]

@@Gwenny_Black he said he was use to snakes from growing up on a farm so the bites didn't bother him but the snake poop did😂

[@surinkumarvijayakumar5355]

@@yrtsg the shots being bitten weren't real, but he was bitten by them, and pooped on. He mentioned it. No biggie, those are pythons and boas and their bites are just flesh wounds.

[@jsheree6121]

Really bothered me that they said that no cgi was used. Yes the boas and pythons were real but the shots with bites were obviously cgi, as the snakes biting were venomous.

[@Playboiitonoii]

I always thought helga and tovi looked so much alike that makes so much more sense now 😂

[@cassiusfelix2805]

They do look alike don't they

[@chris212849]

I said the same thing lol

[@OldManPaxusYT]

me too

[@margaretgehler9580]

They are both beautiful women and strong actresses.

[@daynareynolds1105]

They are both sisters I thought that they looked alike and was seeing double

[@thomasmeuwese9554]

It's just insane how much work and passion was put in this serie. One of our all time favorites, for sure.

[@cassiusfelix2805]

I hope Ragnar actor got paid at least a million for that snake scene.

[@starkiller_88]

Vikings did what Game Of Thrones couldn’t do. Great show from beginning to end!

[@farimahmz8369]

Trueeeee! I loved GOT but I don't think it can top vikings. It was a 10/10 every season.

[@starkiller_88]

Hell yeah! So underrated! I tried FOR YEARS to get my friends on board but they all failed me.

[@farimahmz8369]

@@starkiller_88 yeah I know what you mean one of my friends showed me a video of Vikings and I'm glad she did cuz I absolutely fell for it.😂

[@benedictmusenge984]

I started watching Vikings because a friend told me it was a cheap GOT wannabe but damn he was wrong. I enjoyed and loved this show. Ragnar just has so many things that we can learn from him.

[@geraintcampbell9765]

@@benedictmusenge984 have you watched GoT

[@lexiilex9147]

Him: “Evar” Me: “ITS IVARRRR!!”

[@aleksandervaldal]

Its actually pronounced Eevar

[@sturridh]

@@aleksandervaldal Eevar is the pronounciation for the norse version (Ívarr), but it is more like eyevar for the english variation

[@heretoannoyu4706]

all i heard in the show was ivar, not evar

[@sturridh]

@@heretoannoyu4706 yes because english speaking show

[@heretoannoyu4706]

@@sturridh which is great because im English !!!

[@desertparanormal2791]

Alexander is absolutely amazing. I went from like to hate to loving Ivar. And Floki omg my absolute favorite character!!!

[@miareduto1380]

How did the actor who plays Ragnar ever agreed on being thrown into a pit full of snakes ACTUALLY BITING HIM

[@tylermarshall6298]

regardless of what this dude said a couple of the bites clearly were cgi. The director himself said that the biting was all cgi

[@alexreid2365]

He's a farm boy, he eats raw fish, he loves the goats in Kattegat, He skinned a rat onscreen, true man of nature. 💪

[@tristan9881]

@@tylermarshall6298 no It was actual travis actualy told that the bites was not so bad but the poo was bad

[@tylermarshall6298]

@@tristan9881 I know Travis said he was bit, but the director said most of the bites were cgi. you can see him getting bit from a distance, and those shots were nonvenomous bites and real. The close up bites from venomous snakes were clearly fake. i wrote a couple of the bites in my original response.

[@smegmert5394]

He’s Australian.

[@SoldierSpiderx]

the ending was better then the whole season 8 of game of throne

[@imkitti1942]

I haven't had the time to watch Game of Thrones, I think I got to se3. I did enjoy this project, I think I will pass on GOT after reading yr comment & move on to my next show on my list.

[@SoldierSpiderx]

@@imkitti1942 lol I mean it up to you but you should still finish it when you can but you going dislike and hate the last season

[@emanuel6893]

The ending was more worse than the Game of Thrones ending 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@bedragarensjalv42]

@@emanuel6893 no the ending was good exept the kattegat ending

[@animatijevic5748]

Both are disasters

[@dlaroc]

Wow. Knowing Ragnar is really being bitten by the snakes makes that scene one of the best in film imo.

[@Letsdolunch2023]

I was bummed out! Ragnar dead! He was the reason I began watching but the rest of the actors carried on very well. Sad to see them go.

[@eddiej165]

He was not bitten by any snakes. The snakes biting him were CGI and definitely are definitely venomous. There are, however, real ball pythons, a couple retics, and some boas. Hope this helps.... they would never use real snakes on an actor with the purpose of him/her getting bit. Thats silly.

[@jadturki1494]

@@eddiej165 he didnt get bit, but there were actually real snakes with him

[@kaisyahk3607]

Best show in the world 😭❤️🥺 Wish it didnt have to end.

[@anthonymunoz5016]

It's coming back!!!

[@thekingsman1794]

​@@anthonymunoz5016 lol 😅 when

[@Mrs.GhostOfShadows]

Ziggy didnt "fall" through the ice. She dove in to save Hvitserk and Ube who were the ones to fall through.

[@rwoodcxck34]

Siggy*

[@mrjw6701]

Dived*

[@SirKingHoff]

@@mrjw6701 ... you must be joking

[@martinkerr2721]

Siggy not ziggy

[@ericbiondo619]

What is "dived" Mr JW?? To jump in a thread to uncorrectly correct someone is one of the most cringiest someone can do. I mean seriously . Maybe u feel the same way I do n you've been in the hole u crawled into a year ago after ur "dived" comment.

[@jsheree6121]

A cameo is a brief appearance. Edge, Maude, and Georgia were not cameos. They all were regulars on the show.

[@GodofMMA23]

Ridiculous isn't it...next it'll be 'Australian actor Travis fimmel makes a cameo apoearance'

[@stormtrooper-313tk]

Then he didn't say the actual best cameo at all. Brent Burns

[@LA-ps9rs]

To be honest, it seems to me that no one involved In makings this vid actually saw the show. That would explain thinking they were cameos or stating that Sigi FELL through the ice

[@esmandagamer3441]

@@LA-ps9rs as she was shove diving in , in the video ... lol

[@DatBoiChris420]

Edge was a full blown character on the show

[@Heather-xm9ul]

Honestly the effects were incredible. It's one of the only things I've watched that includes clotting and rhe various textures that blood takes on.

[@niellgraham2347]

The best Easter egg is when Ragnar is walking through the market place and two people are pushing a cart with a cage on it that contains an Australian native bird, a emu

[@marksandland208]

There’s macaws as well. No sure which vikings visited the Amazon tho.

[@jamesp4132]

I live beside the set for Paris, its about a 20 minute drive and its called Cahir Castle. Fun Fact, it still has English canonballs stuck in the castle walls from the time that Oliver Cromwell genocided Ireland.

[@UrEvilAngel91]

Was it? I'd read that they used the river Boyne and slane Castle for Paris.

[@jamesp4132]

@@UrEvilAngel91 Pretty sure it was cahir castle, I may be wrong though, I saw the boats in cork for the show though. They were either being assembled there or were just in the area.

[@xaritakis00]

Greek language was also used in the show . Specifically we can hear Greek words at the trip of Bjorn and Halfdand and in some episodes of season 6

[@TrelosPavlaras]

Πες τα ρε....παντού ήταν

[@kennethsisson9190]

They also spoke in arabic as well.

[@domiiinik4320]

And russian or ukrainian in Kiev

[@vladyslavcherniuk8464]

​@@domiiinik4320Getting too late here but still. The language was ancient Rus language, which is actually accurate. As a Ukrainian, I was delighted to see so many details pointing on Rus excluding Russian myths and propaganda

[@jasonck9635]

Vikings will go down as one of my favorite shows and def the show with the best soundtrack to ever exist !

[@watermunteconomie3938]

Would have loved to see Odin in the episode Bjorn died. King Egbert was just as good as Batiatus, what a great performence!

[@jordanloes8595]

Oh... My.. Odin... I've seen this show at least 6 times through and I NEVER noticed that Edge was Kjetill.... Props to Adam Copeland, shows how good his performance is that I couldn't recognize him at all!!!

[@cmdrriotz5283]

Travis Fimmel is a legend. That's crazy that he would get in there with real snakes biting him. Alex Anderson is great too.

[@WhisperingJackass]

Adam Copeland wasn't a cameo, he had a full blown part and he did it well.

[@messi1513]

After every episode with him, the first name on the credits was "Guest Starring Adam Copeland", thought they should add him to the full cast after so many episodes, maybe he was meant to be a cameo, but stayed on

[@jamesshone1677]

It's so obvious these people never watched the show. Evidenced by how mispronounced the names are

[@arriusnyne884]

Ehh, I did grow up watching Edge"Adam", but I honestly couldn't stand his character. For me, it was mostly how he talked, that threw me off. He has the look tho, but didn't fit in my opinion..

[@bozitrapboy]

i absolutely hated his character in season 5 & 6

[@WhisperingJackass]

@@bozitrapboy Yep, you were supposed to. That means he acted it well.

[@Gwenny_Black]

For all of you complaining he is not saying the Name Ivar correctly - he does. "E"var is correct, not Aivar like many americans or english speaking people do.

[@Hrorikr]

As a Dane, who speaks all skandinavian languages, and even knows old norse (both west and east) dialect. You are so right about that

[@isupamn6807]

As an Englishman. You definitely not wrong.

[@gbozack5935]

I've actually went back and started over,I'm on s2 ep3 now,and it is still,if not better than the first time

[@vishnunarayan9094]

can we get a Vikings pitch meeting please.

[@vestysteiner9480]

can we get another 8-2 please ?

[@nivlezemog8379]

they are doing a spin off soon

[@Catia81]

Imagine Ragnar really existing, doing amazing things and thousand years later someone saying Ragnar didn't exist, he just represents a sum of some great men together. I would be pissed off if I were Ragnar lolol

[@michealburns8017]

I'd be more pissed if I was the son of Ragnar and you keep saying my dad wasn't a real person but that's what I'm mostly famous for....lol

[@Catia81]

@@michealburns8017 you already know the feeling then ahahaah

[@chaseallison7932]

@@Catia81 lol

[@heinrichlombard6416]

Absolutely a personal favorite. Seen the whole series, 3 times! 😂

[@jshazgaming5953]

I think Travis Fimmel would have been great as Rollo or Floki too but in my heart he will always be Ragnar.

[@theunknown3632]

The floki we have now is the perfect floki. Idk but floki is my fave character

[@jshazgaming5953]

@@theunknown3632 Yeah Floki was awesome and the acting was great too. It’s a shame that he got really boring after Helga died though.

[@viniciuslosekann5224]

He'd be a nice Floki. He's great sense of humor.

[@jshazgaming5953]

@@viniciuslosekann5224 I agree

[@teresamyers9281]

Travis tried put for Floki, but Hirst preferred him for Ragnar. The 2 people who are Floki and Rollo wanted to be Ragnar but ended up with their roles. Awesome show 🔱

[@daniellewis2133]

I wish they had done a little more with The Saami and the Swedes.

[@jonathanallawos]

How can he pronounce Hvitserk but not Ivar or Lothbrok?? Maybe have someone who's watched the show make these videos

[@benwest8137]

Can't pronounce Arne either 😂

[@JothieChetty]

Or Ivar.... Who is EEvar?

[@benwest8137]

@@JothieChetty its not even like theres an excuse, they say it like 20 times every episode for the last 3 seasons

[@Freawulf]

@@JothieChetty Eye-var is the English pronunciation. His Old Norse name, Ívarr, would indeed have been closer to "Ee-var"...

[@julialinnea8592]

The way he pronounces Ivar is more accurate than in the show though

[@BEARxFPS]

Now I understand why torvi and helga always seemed so similar

[@1jmass]

When the ships were being lifted up the cliff, as if their enormous weight was not difficult enough to lift, several times someone was adding another 200 pounds or so by standing on the edge of the ship.

[@diehardeaglesfansince1994]

the condensed final 6 or so episodes were amazing!!! yet somehow GOT has recieved more prestige. vikings is just as good as GOT

[@alexman378]

Edge was a cameo? Dude, the guy was a supporting player for the entirety of S05, the entire S06a and half the S06b, how is that exactly a “cameo”?

[@kitkatw321]

not sure how supporting roles from the Hirst sisters are cameos either.. they were both pretty major characters

[@MorusAlba1975]

You're pronouncing Ivar PROPERLY!!! Thank you! Lagertha pronounced it properly too, once (when Ivar was a young boy). Then it was "eye-var" for the rest of the show.

[@MrMatt3046]

the first three seasons were pure gold. Lagatha is amazing.

[@kahn04]

While I have been a fan of the show since episode 1 it needs to be said that there are many flaws, and as such there are flaws in this video. First, there is ONE account that suggests that the Norse wore eyeliner, the man responsible for the account was a Spanish Muslim names Al-Tartushi who visited the Danish city of Hedeby some time in the 10th century. Eyeliner MAY have been a custom there, but that does not mean Norwegians would have done the same thing or that they would have gobbed it all over half of their faces. Tattoos are another area where we have no physical evidence, and not even a word in their language that we can link to the word tattoo. The idea of Vikings having tattoos comes from the written account of Ibn Fadlan another 10th century traveled, who traveled from Baghdad up to the Rus kingdom somewhere around Kiev. While in Kiev he reportedly witnessed a chieftain’s funeral where he saw men “painted” (according to the translations I’ve read) with images of trees. These marks reportedly went “from fingernails to neck” meaning the face tattoos we see in the show are almost certainly not representative the custom. The Rus (originally Swedish) were also very much integrated into the local population by this point, so they may well have been practicing a custom borrowed from the Slavic people of the area. The costumes are nowhere near accurate, far too much leather and raw pelts draped over the shoulders, also bright colours were a way to show off ones wealth. Like stated the show is not meant to be historical, and it shows.

[@steanae9275]

The effort put in this show was unbelievable

[@chriscurran7756]

Something about ragnors speech in the cage got me. It was really good acting. Then into the snakes

[@Draugen19]

In the paris scene where ragnar is in the coffin the guys that carrying it is the members of the metal band Amon Amarth

[@da-madmodler4692]

Once Ragnar was dead all of the betrayal really pissed me off and I kind wanted them all dead. Struggling to finish now.

[@lindalou5213]

I’m not bothered by creative latitude - I love some “what if” in my entertainment. Vikings didn’t have to be historically correct to be great - GOT didn’t have to follow the books to be amazing. My mind set is Entertain Me …and boy did they !

[@marie-gabriellepelletier8508]

Great video, thanks for all details

[@kly2266]

The costumes are not pretty close at all... There is simply TOO MUCH LEATHER in the armor

[@doxholiday1372]

"There's no such thing as too much leather." -Old Viking Proverb

[@Tehinke]

There's nothing even close to viking garb in this show.

[@FyremaelGlittersparkle]

And don’t even get me started on why 9th century Saxon soldiers are wearing 16th century burgeonet helmets from Italy during battles, either.

[@vickiehalliday5173]

Forgetting Brent burns also appears too I remember watching that episode and loved it

[@themmamoshpit4484]

You didn’t mention the cameo by NHL Allstar defence man Brent Burns..

[@Brinta3]

It’s amazing how these vikings had a pit filled with snakes from Africa, North America, and South America.

[@Janellabelle]

Wasn't it the king of mercia (Britain area?) that had the snake pit?

[@Brinta3]

@@Janellabelle Yes, you are correct. My point still stands though. ;-)

[@ipwnu_144]

This is absolutely mind blowing

[@dougvandyke1385]

I just finished this show 😅 glad to see its treading

[@hayden8827]

This series was better than game of thrones, bless the creator for this masterstory. Purely genius.

[@eliothamilton2630]

Not historically accurate yet on the history channel. Lol

[@jamesp4132]

Not historically accurate but historically Authentic.

[@nerijusvilcinskas7851]

So structure of medieval societies, environment and their surroundings are pretty historically accurate. A lot of events also happened and a lot of characters were based on real characters. Now main problem from the historical perspective in this show is its pacing: In 6 seasons it covers more than 200 years history of the Viking Age and it the show it takes maybe 20-30 years. So that is the the biggest pitfall from this perspective, but otherwise this show is very historically authentic.

[@randyayo2846]

@@jamesp4132 Unauthentic fight scenes but it’s more exciting that way

[@PM-of3fn]

I would say it peaks interest into history though. I didn't know too much about vikings or the period until watching the show, and then I was intrigued enough to research more things. For that reason I see why it was placed on the channel.

[@Chaos_Jorre]

their clothing being historically accurate? Who told you that hahaha? biggest mistake? all the armor... NOTHING is accurate

[@SindreGaaserod]

Travis actually took those snake bites for real... damn, what a boss

[@larsclausen3586]

It's a wonderful series, which i just binge watched this last month. Beautiful scenes with a dark and cold color, well done. But the series is crippled by historical inaccuracies.

[@adrianeyre3630]

Well they made the perfect choice. Loved the show from beginning to the end . The last kingdom is quite good too .

[@fanert1]

then you will love the books

[@adrianeyre3630]

@@fanert1 my eyes are bad it'll have to be an e book 🤣 cheers man

[@fanert1]

@@adrianeyre3630 is on ebook, went through them while working

[@nicolaimadsen]

I believe that Kattegat in the series, is actually supposed to be the real Hedeby. Hedeby is believed to be exactly what Kattegat was in the series - except it was (still is) a city in Denmark. It's a shame everything "Danish" became Norwegian on the screen, but I really can't blame them. There's no comparing between the flat fields in Denmark and the mountains and fjords of Norway 👍

[@papierherz]

Today Hedeby (German pronunciation Haithabu) belongs to the Federal State of Schleswig-Holstein in Germany.

[@Gustamachio]

Loved watching this show so much

[@kenhart8771]

Excellent review

[@willavery4597]

Historically accurate with the costumes? They would have never have worn that much leather armour haha, it would have been chain mail or literally just clothes

[@jordaneclayton1100]

Were none of you there?

[@Blueqoose]

I eye rolled at that too man.

[@okayokay2084]

1:51 why are they pulling from opposite side?

[@ToquzOghuzKhaganatekhan]

Skal bros ! attitude and strength is everything !

[@diehardeaglesfansince1994]

The one episode they must not have noticed in the background but some of the background fighters were swinging their sword soooooo slow and it made it to the final cut

[@valtyrberzerk8990]

Also the song if I had a heart appears in Sabrina...the one in netflix

[@isabelobaino7983]

Whatever you say, Ragnar broke my heart as much as it did to Floki. Haha!

[@AbyssWatcher817]

There was no Covid when the siege of Paris was shot...

[@tommyleetrump2412]

He didn’t say there was, he said it seems alien because of COVID now. As in that would never happen today.

[@AJRitty]

Wrong. Coronavirus family of viruses was first discovered in like the 50's. Its just new strains every year like the flu

[@nathen4171]

@@AJRitty They’re talking about COVID-19 not Coronavirus in general... obviously...

[@goulemglm8545]

Also In Sicilia they speak a dialect that what a little bit understanble by me as Greek , maybe it was Latin or Byzantines or ancient Greek with bad accent😅

[@andrewbetrosian2784]

Makes me want to watch it. again.

[@sarabellaaa]

Bro i am getting goosebumps

[@PeterSassyInsidiousPan]

I just got done with Vikings, the show was great, favorite Character's were Ragnar and Athelstan, their friendship was real and true and how friends should be, accepting and understanding. Travis really got bitten by some snakes. that is suffering for your art truly!! if that happened.

[@ZeUs-cv1nn]

Vikings is best show for me All hail to king ragnar❤️

[@Richard-cy8eq]

Very nice video!

[@juliamorales7355]

Sorry I missed it. There was not enough publicity in my area for me to realize what was about. Hopefully I get to see it in the future.

[@piosenki001]

I wouldve never guessed that Flokis actor is the son of the actor that played in Chernobyl and Good Will Hunting. Its the beard. He seems older than his father xd

[@maureen2777]

I loved this show. I was telling everyone I knew about it. None of them watched when it was airing on History. Now they’re all watching on Prime and gushing. 🙄

[@ellmusec]

Great video, I actually re-watched Breaking Bad recently and discovered the Vikings theme tune, blew me away! But for Thor's sake it's Ivar, not Eevar!

[@krazyflipy5801]

Actually, the correct pronunciation would be Ee-var, not I-var. Just saying. ;)

[@ognjenradivojevic3758]

One of the best

[@sarah_rivers]

The way he says Ivar in this video is killing me 😂

[@Kodexzy]

When I did see that seen when ivar strangled freydas I did wonder since it looked very real

[@michaelproctor1831]

You forgot about the Brent Burns cameo! SJ Sharks defender.

[@tkenny8527]

I love the way you assume that we didn't know any of the things you brought up edit: also @12:37 Latin is extinct? lol 😂

[@milothehunk4688]

no one talks about the 3-4 main body guards who were in pretty much all seasons and probs are the most bad ass worriors ti survive for so long

[@alexrotaru6616]

fimmel himself said he didnt care about the snakes biting him but he was annoyed by them pooping on him

[@martinezdewin]

You said Vikings must have look at the future because of Elliot poems.. but what if Elliot looked back at the past and used those poems?

[@omartlili5849]

actually there is 5 dead languages: there’s Arabic too, the one they use in the show it’s a really old and ancient form that every arabic cultured person can read but can’t speak (like latin) which is now only used in the Koran

[@manchupaybrosvlog6467]

This show is good that it gives you trust issues hahahah one of my top 3 best shows

[@mikkelthillemann8355]

Norway was at one point also once part of kattegat In the Viking period and iron age Norway went all the way down to Halland So it could have gone be by Göteborg The town where the kattegat in Vikings was

[@maximummax9851]

Is the other half going to be on iTunes

[@itsyourboiuuuhskinnypenis6455]

I need a "Top" for "The Walking Dead" too

[@BenMyattt]

After Ragnar died, it stunk. But the last season sure did redeem it. Amazing.

[@syndicalist-0]

The Kevian Rus armor was straight up Korean mixed with mongolian lol that disappointed me ...thankfully we got SOME vikings in chainmail though.

[@brutii25]

Well, it gladens me ;) that SOME were seen.. but, from my knowledge, chainmail and other heavy armour were standard outfit for many Norsemen, in our museums over here they show finds of a lot of heavy armour that belonged to Norsemen - from even a long time before the Viking Age had started - a time known as the Vendel Age, and the armour and weaponry found from that time were probably present in those societies due to influence from the Roman Empire, and other Empires, around that time (influence through trading and doing mercenary work down on the continent, and also most likely influence through some wars between Germanic tribes at that time - in northern Germany/Denmark/Sweden/Norway). .. and in the Vikings TV-show they barely use helmets... hahaha.. helmets were kind of a big deal, even to "barbarians" like my ancestors :) Besides that, we actually have a "Gold Room" here in our Historic Museum in Stockholm, with amazing amounts of treasure that were brought to the North from all around the world, and a lot of the finds were from before the Viking Age (supporting the argument that trade and mercenary work were of huge influence/importance to the "Outback" of the North. These amazing finds are still being uncovered today, just about 3 months ago they found a huge gold treasure, from the Viking Age, that were burried in one of the fields of the area known as Täby, about 15 minutes car ride away from central Stockholm. //Sweden

[@jozef5]

@@brutii25 even when they used helmets, they used helmets from 15 century at least... This video was nice for giggles, if they put "fact" how they used as authentic weapons and costumes as possible at start of the video i would save myself time

[@syndicalist-0]

@@brutii25 you had chainmail if you could afford it...id say the standard was padded armor jackets. We only have one or two confirmed Scandinavian "viking" helmets (the spectacle helmet comes to mind). At least if were talking 9th and 10th century vikings. This show is horrific in its depiction of them lol but its still entertaining.

[@brutii25]

@@syndicalist-0 true. One could fairly reasonably say that body protection for the poorest consisted of things made from wood, linen and leather. Though, it is difficult to condense facts, and reasonable guesses, about a few hundred years that regard anything from elite warriors (invasion force) to peasants/young lads (going occasionally on raids) to one simple yes or no answer. Depending on how you ask the question - you'll get a different answer. Were there advanced as well as basic armouring of the "Vikings"? Yes. But depending on the situation/person it varied. Look at the defeat at Stamford Bridge where it is said explicitly that the Viking force were caught off guard - away from their heavy armour. One might think that writing in commentary sections about this is unnecessary/idiotic - and yes it is - but still, even so, that doesn't make this here statement untrue: my ancestral history was in large written by their opponents - don't believe everything you read/see. In media my ancestors are often (all the time) portrayed in the way the Christian World views them - and that is important to remember.

[@christophermorgan598]

Had no idea that Edge was Kjettal. Also had no idea that Torvi and Helga are sisters in real life. 😳

[@nidotalin268]

Favourite series ever

[@Despzero777]

Wtf,Ragnar actually got bitten by them snakes!!!! Thats just ubelievably crazy and courages of him as an actor,damn!

[@Qronyk]

I renamed my cat...Kat e Cat

[@theaphrodite6579]

😂😂😂😂

[@brianarnold8666]

I always wondered why helgi and torvi looked so much alike. They're actually sisters

[@Astrojared19]

Idk if it’s just me but I feel like Alex Høgh Andersen will be an amazing Anakin Skywalker

[@pathosis]

......Ah ah, ah ah Ah ah, ah ah Ah ah, ah ah If I had a voice, I would sing.

[@uglaegilsdottir]

What about old Rus? It was also used in the show; namely in Season 6.

[@mamastarshine]

Great vid! You did mispronounce a couple of things. Ivar has a long I and Alex Hogh Andersons middle name is pronouced "hu". There was a cameo you didnt mention. The lead singer for the viking group Wardruna is the man singing on the dock. Russian language was also used in the show.

[@penagihkripto4554]

I knew Kjetill Flatnose is just too familiar! Its Edge!!

[@gemmafalconer9724]

amazing show