Grab your horned helmet, axe and shield ... but the Norse heritage of the city is still preserved in one of the UK's most popular tourist attractions, the Jorvik Viking Centre.
The Vikings were Norse people who came from an area called ... Viking warriors fought using long swords and axes. The first Viking raid recorded in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle was around AD787.
The Norse people met to discuss new laws andsolve ... Viking warriors fought using long swords and axes. The Vikings were pagans, not Christians like most people living in Britain at the time.