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The Vikings left their mark on the European map: Here is our guide to help you find them
During the Viking Age, which is commonly considered to last from the earliest recorded Viking raids in the 780s until the Norman conquest of England in 1066, Viking explorers, merchants and raiders extended their influence throughout Europe and beyond.
Sailing from their original homeland in Scandinavia the Vikings colonized the islands of the North Atlantic, including Iceland, and settled along the coasts of Western- and Northern Europe, reaching as far as Greenland and even the shores of North America. They also spread east, along the Baltic and up the rivers of Russia, making it all the way to Constantinople.
Sailing from their original homeland in Scandinavia the Vikings colonized the islands of the North Atlantic, including Iceland, and settled along the coasts of Western- and Northern Europe, reaching as far as Greenland and even the shores of North America. They also spread east, along the Baltic and up the rivers of Russia, making it all the way to Constantinople.
http://icelandmag.visir.is/article/vikings-left-their-mark-european-map-here-our-guide-help-you-find-them