Curious what first drew the world to the Vikings? Follow the wake to Birka.
On Lake Malaren, an 8th-century market-town thrived—longhouses, crowded quays, ringed ramparts.
Here furs, glass, and Arab silver crossed paths; bargains sealed in Old Norse.
Birka linked North to world—its ruins still whisper the Viking Age's rise.
Look closer—the North remembers.