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There are stories told about dead Viking warriors being burned with their ships. Thor the most powerful of the gods. The Vikings who lived on the coast of Norway went westward to Bret land (England), Ireland, the Faroe Islands, Shetland, Orkney and the Hebrides. From Norway it is about 350 kilometres to Shetland and from there you can see the next island, Orkney, and so on. But some of the Vikings went much further. They moved on to Iceland, Greenland and even America

Around the year 800 the Vikings began to travel from their homes in Scandinavia. From the countries we now call Norway,. Sweden and Denmark. So the Scandinavians or Nordic people began to explore, trade, attack to the east and the west. Some of them went a very long way. The Vikings had a lot of children! This meant that there were a lot of people which had to choose between being workers on their farms or going over the seas in search of fame and fortune or new land.

The Vikings who lived on the coast of Norway went westward to Bretland (England) The Vikings didn't have compasses and satellites to help them find their way. The Vikings thought a great deal about their ships Vikings had to prepare for journeys. They were dangerous.

Freya, the goddess of love and war. Thor, the god of thunder When the Vikings arrived they built settlements. They gave their settlements names. Vikings were smelly people. Toilets were holes dug outside,