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York was founded by the Romans, but the town’s long history has, to a very great extent, been influenced by the…

Not much is known about Viborg before the end of the Viking Age. But there was at least a village here in the 10th…

The Skaw is a recurving marine spit. It migrates and grows continually towards the northeast and it had an entirely…

Ribe is the first Danish town named in written sources. Around AD 855 the town is mentioned when the Danish King…

Pentland Firth is the name of the treacherous strait between Caithness and the Orkney Islands. It was – and is – a…

Odense is one of the first Danish towns to be mentioned in written sources. It probably had a past as a heathen…

The old Danish town of Lund is one of the earliest towns in present-day Sweden. It was founded at the end of the…

London was founded by the Romans, but following their withdrawal the town fell into ruins. It was not until the 9th…

According to the Frankish Annals (a kind of year book), the Danish King Godfred destroyed Haithabu's rival, the…