A PRETTY UK city has two rather unusual claims to fame – with the home of chocolate and a massive Viking event. Hundreds of ...

A Roman fortress, then a Viking stronghold, followed by a Medieval wool-trading center, then an Industrial railway hub, and finally, a confectionary capital. In the centuries since its founding in 71 ...

The JORVIK Viking Festival will return to York this February half-term. Five days of Norse fun are planned from February 17 to 23, with hands-on combat, lectures, a parade of Vikings, dramatic ...

With a small team of helpers, it was devised as a means of attracting publicity for the Jorvik Viking Centre and visitors to York at a dead time of year. Against all odds the 1985 festival ...

The band may have been a decorative edge, or the beginning of a red-coloured leg of a longer stocking. This object is on display at JORVIK Viking Centre.

New stamps are being issued to celebrate the history of Vikings in Britain - and mark 40 years since the Jorvik Viking Centre opened in York. The eight stamps feature Viking artefacts and ...

National Museums and Galleries of Wales ... Jorvik Centre - Explores many aspects of daily life in Viking York in the tenth century.

it was declared to be Treasure and York Museums Trust purchased it. The ring is made of 95% gold and weighs over 300g. In Viking England, armlets were given by powerful lords to secure allegiance ...