{"id":140,"date":"2017-09-18T09:00:36","date_gmt":"2017-09-18T09:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/natgeokids.com?p=140"},"modified":"2025-07-07T16:51:01","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T16:51:01","slug":"10-facts-about-the-vikings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/uk\/discover\/history\/general-history\/10-facts-about-the-vikings\/","title":{"rendered":"10 facts about the Vikings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>After the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/uk\/discover\/history\/general-history\/anglo-saxons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anglo-Saxons<\/a>, came the vicious Vikings! Join the National Geographic Kids gang as we\u00a0learn to live like\u00a0a Scandinavian sea-warrior, in our\u00a0ten fierce facts about the Vikings&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Viking facts<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>1.<\/strong> The Vikings were famous for <strong>sailing huge distances<\/strong> from their home in <strong>Scandinavia<\/strong> between <strong>AD 800<\/strong> and <strong>1066<\/strong> to raid and plunder, but they also <strong>traded<\/strong> with people from other countries.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2.<\/strong> The name \u2018<strong>Viking<\/strong>&#8216; means \u2018<strong>a pirate raid<\/strong>\u2019 in the Old Norse language.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Did you know that we have a FREE downloadable <a href=\"https:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/uk\/primary-resource\/vikings-primary-resource\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vikings primary resource<\/a>?\u00a0<span class=\"s1\">Great for teachers, homeschoolers and parents alike!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>3.<\/strong> Around 500 years before Christopher Columbus \u2018discovered\u2019 <strong>the American continent<\/strong>, Vikings had visited its shores, landing in what is now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/uk\/discover\/geography\/countries\/facts-about-canada\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Canada<\/a> in around <strong>AD 1000<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4.<\/strong> Among the many <strong>gods<\/strong> Vikings believed in were <strong>Thor<\/strong>, the god of thunder, and <strong>Loki<\/strong>, a cheeky mischief-maker who could shape-shift to become all different kinds of animals. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/uk\/discover\/history\/general-history\/viking-gods-and-goddesses\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to discover lots more Viking gods and goddesses!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-318787 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2019\/08\/VikingGodsAndGoddesses-Odin.jpg\" alt=\"A bearded man with a winged helmet sits on a throne holding a spear, flanked by two wolves, with two ravens perched above him\u2014a powerful depiction inspired by Viking gods and goddesses.\" width=\"635\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2019\/08\/VikingGodsAndGoddesses-Odin.jpg 635w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2019\/08\/VikingGodsAndGoddesses-Odin-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>5.<\/strong> The Vikings were <strong>expert<\/strong> <strong>boat builders<\/strong> and <strong>sailors<\/strong>. Central spines along boats\u2019 bottoms, called <strong>keels<\/strong>, made their <strong>16 to 37m<\/strong> \u2018<strong>longboats<\/strong>\u2019 easy to steer, and because these were designed to <strong>float high in the water<\/strong>, landing on beaches was easy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>6.<\/strong> The Vikings were <strong>eco-pioneers<\/strong> \u2013 sort of! The \u2018<strong>long houses<\/strong>\u2019 where families lived would have <strong>turf roofs<\/strong> to help keep in the heat.<\/p>\n<p><strong>7.<\/strong> <strong>Fenrir Grayback<\/strong>, the werewolf in the Harry Potter books, was named after a <strong>ferocious giant wolf<\/strong> from <strong>Viking mythology<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>8.<\/strong> When important Vikings died, they would be placed with all their <strong>clothes<\/strong>, <strong>jewellery<\/strong>, and even their <strong>animals<\/strong>, in a <strong>burial ship<\/strong>. This would either be covered with a <strong>huge mound of earth<\/strong> or <strong>set alight and pushed out to sea<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>9.<\/strong>\u00a0Bitter Scandinavian winters and frozen fjords didn\u2019t stop the Vikings from tucking into their favourite food \u2013 <strong>fish<\/strong>! During warmer months they would hang up and dry fish to eat later.<\/p>\n<p><strong>10.<\/strong>\u00a0Ever wondered where the word \u2018<strong>berserk<\/strong>\u2019 comes from? \u2018<strong>Berserkers<\/strong>\u2019 was the name of some terrifying Viking warriors who <strong>wore bear or wolf skins<\/strong> and <strong>howled in battle<\/strong> like wild animals!<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">What did you make of our fab facts about the Vikings? Let us know what you loved about them in a comment, below!<\/h3>\n<h6><span class=\"ImageCredits\">Photos and illustrations \u00a9 Getty Images UK.<\/span><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After the Anglo-Saxons, came the vicious Vikings! Join the National Geographic Kids gang as we\u00a0learn to live like\u00a0a Scandinavian sea-warrior, in our\u00a0ten fierce facts about the Vikings&#8230; Viking facts 1. 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