World's #1 Viking Town: Not in Scandinavia?

Visiting Schleswig, Germany or Heiðabýr as it was called in Old norse. This is the town in the world today with the most viking themed attractions.
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Old Norse Heiðabýr, German Haithabu) was an important Danish Viking Age (8th to the 11th centuries) trading settlement near the southern end of the Jutland Peninsula, now in the Schleswig-Flensburg district of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is the most important archaeological site in Schleswig-Holstein. Some of its attractions in the modern day are
Hedeby Viking Museum
Danewerk
Daneverk Museum
Hedeby Viking Dorf
Odins Haithabu
Wikingerschanke Haithabu
and much more!
Around 965, chronicler Abraham ben Jacob visited Hedeby and described it as, "a very large city at the very end of the world's ocean." Hedeby is first mentioned in the Frankish chronicles of Einhard (804) who was in the service of Charlemagne, but was probably founded around 770. In 808 the Danish king Godfred destroyed a competing Slav trade centre named Reric, and it is recorded in the Frankish chronicles that he moved the merchants from there to Hedeby. This may have provided the initial impetus for the town to develop. The same sources record that Godfred strengthened the Danevirke, an earthen wall that stretched across the south of the Jutland peninsula. The Danevirke joined the defensive walls of Hedeby to form an east-west barrier across the peninsula, from the marshes in the west to the Schlei inlet leading into the Baltic in the east. Al-Tartushi, a late 10th-century traveller from al-Andalus, provides one of the most colourful and often quoted descriptions of life in Hedeby. The town was sacked in 1050 by King Harald Hardrada of Norway during a conflict with King Sweyn II of Denmark.

[@AxelausDe]

Greetings from Germany, we are grateful to keep the honorable history and noble blood of our Northern Germanic Brothers alive!

[@HYDROCARBON_XD]

All of Jutland peninsula was west Germanic at some point,but after 500 AD the Danes who came from zeland settled there

[@taylorfusher2997]

Is the troll in God of war 2018 video Game accurate with the original Norse mythology?

[@Hammerhook12]

​@@HYDROCARBON_XD You got that backwards. Proto Germanic tribes came from Scandinavia - English idiocy calls Tyskland for Germany.

[@sebe2255]

@@Hammerhook12 Sure but he means that Jutland wasn’t Danish or North Germanic. It was (North Sea) west Germanic, or Ingvaeonic

[@dalmar5567]

Vikings where Scandinavian not Germans

[@TomWaldgeist]

For me living 20 min and working 6 min from there, this was so random seeing my everyday life spots in your video 😂 But nice to see someone knowing about Heiðabýr!

[@taylorfusher2997]

Is the troll in God of war 2018 video Game accurate with the original Norse mythology?

[@feldgeist2637]

so random to see another ghost who lives 20 minutes away from there right here 😂

[@feldgeist2637]

​@@taylorfusher2997 totally not and traditional trolls are usually much more hairy and less buffed looking since Troll most likely comes from Trell (unfree person) which was replaced by the term slave after just too many Slavs were put into such positions, imagine an old realistic troll to look rather like a stocky unkempt and unshaven Russian or so 🤣

[@zemiran]

Yeah, as someone from Eckernförde, this was very random and fun to watch

[@cuchulainn1967]

@ 3:09 min " ...but that is just the sacrifice I am willing to force them to make!"...Now that(!) is really funny...PROST!

[@homoerectus6953]

as a descendent of the Angles, Saxons and Jutes this made me smile. Love, your Grandkids, the Brits...xxxx

[@nullgravity2583]

0:53 that "man" speaking sent shivers through my Frisian blood.

[@thedukeoflife]

I‘m from a small german town where the people claim it’s the hometown of sigurd the dragon slayer. We celebrate for four days every may. It‘s so cool.

[@wolfgangjannsen]

AS you can see we germans from Schleswig-Holstein and Jylland share same culture and blood from ancestors. As from north Friesland most have danish and german ancestors. Who knows how many Vikings have been from friesland and saxony as well.

[@chrisnewbury3793]

The Oera Linda

[@sanderson9338]

Germany was founded on fighting men how far they have fallen 😮

[@user-he8lq8ny3v]

@@sanderson9338those that didn’t give in are dead, sad

[@sanderson9338]

@@user-he8lq8ny3v some that did are dead too, not the point they were the founders of Europe, the Germanic race waa predominant now they all cower under consumerism smh

[@sanderson9338]

@@user-he8lq8ny3v im talking of last 5000 years on, not 100 years ago.

[@pzakp311]

In the old days the Hammer of Thor was worn by women as part of their jewellery. Nowadays that changed a bit but it still makes me smile to see a hammer around a man’s neck.

[@callsigndd9ls897]

Lol, yes, that goes back to the Nazi cult, which saw everything Nordic and Germanic as an ideal, but also perverted it to such an extent that all that was left of it was nonsense.

[@flamingmoe1805]

Greetings my Germanic Viking brothers from Juttland. My great grandfather is from Eggebek, halfway between Schleswig and Flensberg

[@josephpeck8723]

I don't care how little German I speak, how expensive the trip may be, or how much of a tourist trap Schleswig might sound like, you have made me want to go so bad now. Sorry your friends weren't all that interested, your trip there sounds like a lot of fun.

[@pzakp311]

You won’t be disappointed. Schleswig and Haithabu are not a tourist trap even though they see a lot of visitors. The museum costs you €9,- per adult and it includes the shown museum and the reconstructed houses at the outside part. A small selection of food and beverages are available directly at the museum and won’t cost you a fortune neither, I ate good for under € 10,-. The replicas that you could see in the video are well made and don’t fall apart easily. The whole region is a nice spot to spent some quality time, especially in spring, summer and early autumn, the landscape is beautiful, the North Sea and the Baltic Sea are both within reach. I personally recommend the east coast with the coastal towns of Kappeln and Arnis (Germany’s smallest town) and Eckernförde. They offer lots of tradition, history, authentic food and some amusement during the summertime when tourism peaks there.

[@henningbartels6245]

the Wikingerschänke mentioned rather wants to entertain tourist and doesn't really want to please historians - but there are other restaurants and cafes in Schleswig were rather contemporary German creamcakes or fried whole plaice are very good.

[@pzakp311]

@@henningbartels6245 Exactly. But the Schänke full filled my needs as I spent a whole day there and the food came in handy when my stomach started to howl at me.

[@henningbartels6245]

@@pzakp311 they have an outdoor area, too - where they entertain with activites like axe throwing and such. For me as a modern German I'm rather concerned with questions like if the dishwasher really gets the drinking horns clean etc. ;-)

[@martialme84]

Link up with a local or two over the interwebs before you go. They can show you around and help avoid tourist traps. Also: Pick the right dates to travel there: Your experience will vary WILDLY depending on whether you're virtually alone there or whether the place is full of reenactors.

[@benjaminhsu6961]

You need a new crew my friend. 😂😂 We are a Danish reenactment guild and we fight and dance in all weather!!

[@jenkharmilton]

When my great grandfather was born in the Schleswig area, it was Denmark. When he left, it was Prussia.

[@lennykump8396]

1. You must be old as hell. 2. Change of government or state territory somewhat misrepresents the accrual demographic situation.

[@m.s.8927]

Even then it was not Denmark, Schleswig and Holstein were in a personal union with Denmark. The same way eastern Prussia was never polish, the teutonic order was just in a personal union with Poland and Poland was never saxon, it was just in a personal union with Saxony.

[@Schlei602]

@@m.s.8927 it was Denmark. The Eider was stated as the southern border of Denmark in 1040. When DK lost the war against Prussia and Austria in the year 1864 it became a Prussian province up until Kongeåen. In the year 1920 people elected the border as to be there, where it still is. Hi from a guide of the Landesmuseen Schlewig-Holstein.

[@ottosaxo]

I doubt very much that a concept of Scandinavia even existed in the Viking age. So, don't be disappointed.

[@callsigndd9ls897]

Yes, most view the country in the north from today's perspective, but in Viking times there were no nation states or kingdoms. There were only the tribal areas with tribal chiefs. You also have to consider that at that time there was less than a tenth of today's population.

[@MW_Asura]

@@callsigndd9ls897 "Tribal areas" is a gross belittlement to them. They were feudal systems

[@springer9828]

@@callsigndd9ls897 denmark as a united nation has existed since godfred(804-810)

[@callsigndd9ls897]

@@springer9828 The Angles people were first mentioned in AD 98 in the ethnography Germania by the Roman historian Tacitus. The Saxons (a group of peoples) that also included the Chauki, Angrivarian, and Cheruscan tribes had existed since the 1st century AD, more than 800 years before the Danes migrated from Scania to what are now the Danish islands and Jutland and a founded kingdom. The Jutes, like the Angles, were a distinct people and were only subdued and assimilated by the Danes after the establishment of the Danish kingdom. The Saxons living south of the Danewerk would be conquered by the Franks in the years 768-814 and incorporated into the Frankish Empire under Charlemagne.

[@annieg3489]

As a northern german i will let you in on a little well kept secret, the weather in January is not always that farfetched from the weather in the summer months😂 the rain is a little warmer though

[@StressResponseAbility]

Yes, and they were lucky they had vertical rain, not horizontal!

[@corablunt-zy2be]

It's crazy I'm from england and I have germanic ancestry from both sides of my family and with some Norwegian

[@henningbartels6245]

@@corablunt-zy2be but Norwegian would be Germanic, too

[@paintitblack4199]

What a coincidence that quite a few of my Danish ancestors originate from that area.

[@deadcatbounce3124]

For me, it was always a puzzle why my German ancestors had so many DNA matches on Denmark..

[@majcorbin]

My ancestors emigrated from schleswig/holstein area circa 1864-1sh, to Davenport,Iowa USA. to avoids whatever war has happening then at age 70,(born 1952) I have blonde hair and blue eyes

[@henningbartels6245]

about 50% of north Germans have blond hair, those there is rather darker blond than light blond. Eye colors among Germans is fairly split evenly in thirds: on third blue, one third brown and last third green/gray/or other mixtures.

[@runeguidanceofthenorse]

Been dying to go there. One of my great-grandmothers was from there. Never been.

[@brandonolson6299]

Dang this was a huge step up in content - very cool.

[@Mickymouse-lx8eb]

What a great place will have to save up and visit myself.

[@DerSchoko-Ritter]

That might be a bit 2 nerdy, but Heiðabýr and Schleswig are two different places. At least that's what it looks like concerning the video description, as if Heiðabýr were identical to Schleswig. But this is not the case. Schleswig was first mentioned by the year 804 as Sliasthorp (Old Norse form: Sliestorp) and the suffix "thorp" (can be translated with: "village") indicates that it was an outlying settlement of Haithabu/Heiðabýr. The question of whether Heiðabýr and Schleswig existed at the same time, is a matter of controversial debate in research - the current consensus is that Schleswig was only founded after the final destruction of Haithabu in 1066.

[@henningbartels6245]

Probably, because they are on opposite sides of the bay (small fjord). But from a today's tourist point, both places are very close together: there is basically just the museum, a chapel and a camping site in Haitabu today, but no real settlement - while Schleswig next to it is a town that offers restaurants, shops, accomondation ...

[@hypnotikkajjs]

Definetly a place i will visit ⚔️

[@njpringle]

Schleswig-Holstein is where the Angles ie English originated from. They started moving to Britain in the 5th century. Vikings and Anglo Saxons could understand each other when speaking, a bit like how a Swede and Norwegian can understand each other in the modern era.

[@callsigndd9ls897]

Yes, but the Vikings were not a tribe. It is the term for seafarers or sea warriors from the north. Vikings came from different tribes in the north. From North Saxony, from Angles, from Jutland and from areas that later became Denmark, Sweden or Norway. They all spoke the North or West Germanic basic language and could understand each other. Languages only changed in later centuries.

[@dierkrieger]

In 1864 part of my mother's family went from Danes to Prussians. The rest were in Denmark.

[@stansdad1]

Those restaurants are so badass!!

[@denni7173]

😂 I love it! My Great-Gran was from there❤

[@EinsamerWandererSpricht]

Oh and for the crowd: Its a very beautiful place. When I stood there at the waterside with the sun above and the nature around me me I felt like - Yeah I would have settled here too.

[@GingerBeard24]

@Norse Magic and Beliefs You deserve more likes.

[@eikejmeyer]

Awesome seeing Haitabu featured in a video. Lived in Schleswig for over a decade 🙂 awesome place, awesome Museum!

[@Mark-mu4pj]

Thanks brilliant video

[@Erik_The_Dane]

Thanks for the tip. It's only 2 hours drive away from me, and I have never been there. Now I have to go :)

[@-MarcelDavis-]

Ungrateful peasants indeed, good thing you brought us along for the tour :)

[@frost8077]

Wish I was there. My wallet and stomach are both agreeing upon that restaurant. Cold weather excites me and makes me want to go jogging or kick boxing.

[@tillposer]

You didn't go to Gottorf Castle and to the archeological museum there just 5 km north of Heitabu. Big mistake! They have a huge display of Viking artefacts and they display the Nydam Boat, a full Viking ship that was excavated it in 1863,

[@TheGorillaWarlord]

My new favorite show, Hiking Viking.

[@margomaloney6016]

Super tour - thanks for sharing! 😊

[@Non-Serviam300]

What a fantastic tour🤘

[@ItsJakeTheBrake]

Awesome. It's great seeing people discover and be excited about places I see every day and most of us living here take for granted. You forgot to to visit one thing though: The Poppostein. A 5000 year old burial site, where Harald Bluetooth was baptised, which arguably is a major turning point in Norse history.

[@carlaheimerl6900]

A lot of my ancestors are from this area. It's awesome to see where they lived.

[@HelleKurstein]

MANY Danes fled after 1864.

[@Granrock578]

I agree, it is awesome to see this. My ancestors were also from this area and fled after 1864.

[@lordkroywen5828]

Come back on 11.-13.8.23, there will be Viking Days (Wikingertage). 3 Days of viking life in a viking village, close to the Schlei.

[@AmadeusHammerer]

Oh, I think, you have to come back in Summer. You didn't visit the Haithabu village, right? There they rebuilt some houses and show the life style.

[@Santeria78]

I was there in 2021. Really a must- see... Greetings from South-Germany

[@otisschultz2912]

As a local native I can give a small hint for a further place to visit: The museum "Schloss Gottorf" in Schleswig offering the Nydam boat (22m rebuilt ship from pre viking time around 500 AD) and the mumie collection of ancient people found in the local swamps.

[@kenhart8771]

Thank you. Another spot to visit is the Slagelse Viking Festival

[@BarBarian-sy5xz]

This was excellent. I love this channel man.

[@mcusa77]

Thanks and that is a cool tree.

[@bettinaeign5816]

Can't wait to get to Haithabu

[@Dextamartijn]

Its gonna have too be on my bucket list next time I'm home 🏡 the Netherlands 🇳🇱 I'll have too visit. As someone from Groningen Netherlands I feel the connection to this place even from a video

[@kenolson6572]

I'm glad you didn't say Green Bay!😆

[@diannehardwick950]

Thanks for this visit. I really enjoyed this unexpected tour of a Viking town in Germany. Fabulous and the food was reasonable in the Viking restaurant.

[@torstenscott7571]

Some pastries, a thermos full of coffee, and money for souvenirs would keep me continuously intrigued by such a fascinating historical site. What an amazing place.

[@redviking1036]

Sounds like you need to make your friends do some burpees in a puddle to wake up there senses, to have a experience like this would be incredible!

[@OttoSteiner98th]

Outstanding!! Would love to see that sometime soon

[@kyntyr5474]

I was not expecting this masterpiece, well received though haha!

[@johnpompe2632]

I have watched now maybe 50 of your videos. This oneis my favorite so far. Hilarious and informative at the same time. Also, great production value the nature. Peace and love from Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA

[@bam142m]

My great grandfather came from Schleswig holstien Germany to Ellis Island in America 1876. His betrothed wife followed him here a month later from Schleswig. I have seen our Surname on the town roster. I am so excited to hear we are real Viking blood. ❤ Thank you for the mini tour of my native homeland, since I may never be able to walk in the footsteps of my ancestors. 🥺

[@fliplefrog8843]

Not to be rude! Love this posting! Amercans tend to misspronouncing german words. And flipping 'ei' to 'ie' :) Its Schleswig Holstein, not Holstien. Pronounced [Holstine] or [Holstain]. Stein=Stone. Don't know why, but it's quite a bit funny :) Be proud of your heritage! 😊

[@henningbartels6245]

@mystic: Don't take it to seriously. Wiking is not an ethnicity and your ancestors could be just boring farmers or fishermen.

[@MW_Asura]

Classic heritage-obsessed American. You should know that viking is a profession and not an ethnicity by now. You're American and your homeland is the US, not Schleswig or Germany. It's been 150 years for crying out loud

[@fliplefrog8843]

@@henningbartels6245 i live in Schleswig-Holstein ;)

[@henningbartels6245]

@@fliplefrog8843 me too.

[@Capt.K]

Awesome video. Such a cool place to visit. Looks like you had a great time. Plus you could probably write it off on your taxes.

[@DesertNebula]

Pretty cool to touch the sacred tree! And that ship 😮

[@EllenDahl-sp1sw]

Awesome video Thank you. I love your channel so proud of our viking ancestry!

[@Krommer1000]

Wow, love the editing.

[@luig7275]

Looks like some serious good effort went into this, keep it up!

[@NielsJensenSailingSVFreelance]

Great video. Hedeby was, of course, an extremely important Danish port city, where the Baltic trade terminated before the goods were shipped across Jylland to the North Sea. The odd thing is that there doesn't seem a comparable shipping port on the other side, although Ribe once had a port. I'm aware that a county-sized, low lying area washed away in the "hurricane" during the later Middle Ages and was lost forever. A shipping port may have been located in that area. Later, the trans-Jylland shipments went from Kiel to Altona. It's also the route where the first ever Danish railway was constructed, and later the German government made the Kiel Canal to connect the Baltic with the North Sea. After the War of 1864, Esbjerg was developed into a major Danish shipping port. From my Danish history classes, I remember it mentioned that there was very heavy Viking activity against the Baltic merchant ships south of Fyn. It makes sense to let the ships get close to their destinations, before you raid them. Some of the most famous Jomsvikings (i.e. Palnatoke) were from Fyn or the island group south of Fyn.

[@springer9828]

byen Rungholt som lå i det gamle Slesvig var på sin tid i 1300 formodentligt den 2 største by i Danmark den lå i det der nu er vadehavet cirka 20 km udefra hvor Husum ligger men under den store manddrukning(1362) blev hele byen ødelagt og alle i den druknede

[@NielsJensenSailingSVFreelance]

@@springer9828 interesting. I did not know about that port city. However, I heard about 40,000 people perished in that “hurricane.” The land was flooded forever.

[@LT.Griffin]

I like you Thor. May all the Gods bless you, and may we meet someday.

[@lordcommander3224]

Alexandria, Minnesota has a cool Viking museum and the Kensington runestone on display. Swedes and Norwegians that immigrated to the US settled here in large numbers. There's a lot of history here detailing the work of early Scandinavian pioneers in the US as well.

[@Kritiker313]

Thanks for sharing this. I'm going to New Ulm, MN and Alexandria is not too far from there.

[@deadcatbounce3124]

@@Kritiker313 The area is still heavily Norwegian and Swedish; few now speak either, but you'll see it in the family names and place names.

[@MidKnightblue0013]

I once visited that museum, I live a little south of the Twin cities. The Giant Viking statue is pretty cool. Some pretty good native American items in that museum as well. I'm agnostic as to if the stone is legit but I lean towards it being legit, either that or it was a hell of a good replica of runes even if the usage seemed wrong at the time.

[@jamesanderson3633]

@@deadcatbounce3124 it's a shame the people don't speak their ancestral languages. That's why I'm learning Norwegian

[@ashleyashcraft1754]

Got married the first time in New Ulm. Much of MN are of Nordic descent.

[@bentstraw827]

I dont know what these guys are bored about this would be an incredible trip, and extremely fun adventure learning about history finding my roots, and imagining what could have been sounds like one of, if not THE BEST, vacation I could think of!

[@carolynhague7199]

Thanks for posting this...just started my bucket list!

[@KatAstrophe878]

I really enjoyed this style of video. Your friends look just as excited as my family whenever I drag them to a historical site and start my ramblings 😂 (but I always have time for lunch).

[@bubbalake4139]

Bro I would be right there with you man! I wish I had like minded friends that were interested in Viking history.

[@mikeforester3963]

Been at Haithabu two times now. It's marvelous.

[@mar145gh7]

I didn't know this! I would LOVE to visit ❤

[@monkoko6441]

Happy thorsday

[@scarling9367]

I think you've sold me on visiting continental Europe. Been thinking of visiting England and Iceland, but this might be a great idea for another trip.

[@schmax3627]

Living in Rendsburg, close to Schleswig and always wanted to visit.

[@Sallysale242]

Literally you need to start an airbnb/tour guide. I would travel and pay for this.

[@lakotahmerlin7576]

I kinda feel ashamed I didn´t know as german, thanks for this history lesson

[@Hammerhook12]

You know how and why all Danes today overuse Dannebrog in celebrating birthdays, anniversaries, and even on Christmas trees? It came from southern Danes' resiliency being occupied by Prussia and then Germany not being allowed to show the flag in public.

[@seandavis624]

This was awesome. Liking this type of video..keep them coming

[@HerrFunnybones]

so cool

[@StressResponseAbility]

Thank you for visiting and promoting our lovely part of Earth. I am going to visit Haitabu this summer with my two 7yo kids and have them suck in all the exciting viking history of our home country. They will love it.

[@Cliff82]

I love the new short film style video.

[@motionpictures6629]

Fick can mean fuck, but the original meaning is "sewing leather". The needle goes in and out, and it was used as a metaphor for "fucking".

[@pobelix5803]

I grew up 50km south of Haithabu and the Viking Museum and the culture are very well known... At least that's what I thought. Now I wonder why so many people don't know about this place. A Must-Go for everyone interested in (Viking) History!

[@fabiantank4378]

Man, this ist my Hometown. I Love watching you enjoying your time Here.

[@holgerandersengrn3457]

There was a plan, from the Swedish side, to help Denmark in the conflict with Prussia. That is, a similar situation to the one you have described. The plan was that the Swedish king would become king of Norway, Sweden and Denmark, Kalmar union look a like. The king was to reside in Copenhagen. The Russian Tsar said no, he did not want a united Scandinavia, probably afraid that Sweden will become "hungry" for Finland again.

[@lorenonanesterium7747]

This wouldnt have ended differently. The Prussians destroyed France (biggest army at the time) 20 years later and founded the German Reich in France. I dont think a kalmar Union would have stoped them.

[@holgerandersengrn3457]

@@lorenonanesterium7747 We will never find out, but we know that the Germans have always had problems with Scandinavia, especially if the three countries form a common front. Everyone also believed that Russia would defeat Ukraine within 3 days.

[@sligojohnny7440]

Great you’ve made it there! I grew up close to Schleswig and even though i’ve seen it over and over, it’s still amazing to see how they preserve this heritage! I moved to northern sweden some years ago but not even here are as many cultural or historically accurate museums than in Schleswig! Thanks for this video and this wee reminder that northern germany took part in this special time in history.

[@HelleKurstein]

Southern Denmark...

[@callsigndd9ls897]

@@HelleKurstein Well, the Viking Age didn't have nation states as we know them today. The Angles live north of Haithabu and the Saxons south of Haithabu. Vikings are not a tribe, but a designation for seafarers or sea warriors from the north. Vikings can come from all tribes in the north. Angles, Jutes, Danes, Swedes and Normans from what is now Norway.

[@HelleKurstein]

@@callsigndd9ls897 Thank you for the lecture The border between Angles and Saxons was further south.

[@callsigndd9ls897]

@@HelleKurstein Unfortunately I have to disappoint you, I happen to live in this region and know the history. The territory of the Saxon tribes began, seen from the north, south of the Danewerk. North of it lived the Angles in the eastern part and the Frisians in the western part. Even further north, roughly in the area of today's German-Danish border, lay the territory of the Jutes. The eastern part of Holstein, roughly from a line from Kiel via Neumünster to the Lübeck area, was settled by Slavic tribes, the Abrodites. In 808, the Danish king Godofred attacked the Slavic people of the Abodrites in East Holstein and West Mecklenburg, but the Frankish Emperor Charlemagne responded by sending his son Charles with an army to help the Abodrites. Godofred retreated to Haithabu behind the Danewerk and at this point decided to fortify the border between the Land of the Angles and the Saxons. The reason was the expansion of the Franks, who had meanwhile taken over the Saxon Empire.

[@HelleKurstein]

@@callsigndd9ls897 Maps may vary - most show Schleswig AND Holstein as Angel. Some the border between Schleswig and Holstein, the Eider. Where also the Deutsch-Römisches Kaiserreich ended. Dannewerk/Dannevirke was not the southernmost border, but the best choice - between the Schlei and the marshes.

[@fredrikdahllof2636]

A Swedish dynasty founded by Olof the Brash is said to have ruled Hedeby during the last decades of the 9th century and the first part of the 10th century. This was told to Adam of Bremen by the Danish king Sweyn Estridsson, and it is supported by three runestones found in Denmark.

[@Boudicaisback]

Love this style of filming. Thanks dude

[@margaretwebster2516]

okay, i,ll wait in the museum, bring me some brochures and photos.

[@fjeldfross9327]

This tree... jepp, it was kinda special to stand in front of it. Haithabu is an incredibly place. two times there with other people and couldnt visit the museum once! Next time there will a whole day just for the museum.

[@ramonacevedo356]

Ok, so that was the most obvious place for a viking city.... my ancestors separated from your about 14,000 yrs ago, but I do the same things to my friends and fam. Thank u brother for the love of history and attention to detail!

[@EinDeutscherPatriot620]

That is just a sacrifice I am willing to force them to make. Spoken like a true Viking. It's true, Schleswig was part of Denmark, and since the King of Denmark held the Duchy of Slesvig for much of history, he was connected to the Holy Roman Empire since Schleswig was somehow a German duchy. Thanks to Otto von Bismarck, we managed to officially add it to the German Empire and it's stayed there since. And to those who don't speak German, Fick is literally the F word. Same meaning even XDD

[@EinDeutscherPatriot620]

@pegamini thanks for clearing that up! I had wondered how a those German duchies ended up in Denmark but I guess that makes more sense now! I only ever read one article on the matter which is why I wasn't being completely accurate. Allow me to update my original post 🙂 And that's an awful but hilarious slogan! XD And of course I can! I speak both German and English after all 😂 When I visit Schleswig, I'll definitely have to pay a visit to this horrible but incredible store 😂

[@sarahgilbert8036]

I can ask for a hotel room and food, the rest I can muddle through

[@ivanaki3336]

What a great video! Don’t forget to provide more coffee to your mates ☕️

[@corablunt-zy2be]

I'm from england a young pagan and both sides of my family have germanic ancestry and some Norwegian it's crazy I have never been abroad in my life I like to go to jomsborg in the future I do viking training in Blackpool england the black wolfs Viking group and reenacment

[@TheKamakafari]

2:00 yes nothing says viking like Mcdonalds! that part threw me off🤣

[@blackenred]

If it makes you feel better I was just as excited

[@Brugalita83]

So cool that you came to Germany! Will return to Schleswig in August for the Viking Days! That’s a big feast. \m/

[@TeutonicViking]

Welp, thanks for giving me a new place to visit. heck it isn't too far away from me down here in Scania.

[@PaddiJ]

I live 20 mins away from Schleswig in Mittelangeln. My wife and I Just recognized that we were with you in the Restaurant. Its our Favorite place to eat 🖤. Next time you're here you have to say Something so we could raise a Horn of Mead together

[@nolacioaquino7518]

Acompanho você do Brasil sempre tive interesse pela cultura alemã e na minha opinião os bárbaros e Vikings são uma coisa só a origem parece ser a Alemanha

[@VictorianTimeTraveler]

I'm doing work on my grandpa's farm and there's this magnificent bull I sort of feel a kinship with. If I was an old-fashioned Pagan I would choose that bull for sacrifice to Odin. That would be a hard choice for me today I can't imagine if I lived when cattle were more important to my survival. I mean if these animals die I won't die but me from the past was in that scenario every year

[@GothicXlightning]

2:20 i like more what you were wearing there my friend Hail the way of the Vikings life i can always relate