There were no toilets or running water and in the winter Viking families shared their homes with their animals. They would have been very smelly! A favourite Viking delicacy was was rotten shark meat.

Want to "walk" through a real Viking village? The sequences below from the NOVA film "The Vikings" offer a fascinating and unprecedented look at Birka, a medieval Viking village that archeologists ...

Women played a significant role in the Viking invasion, evidence at Repton suggests The peaceful rural village of Repton ... "It also tells us in the winter of 873, this army camped in Repton ...

An event is being staged in Grimsby later to celebrate the town's Viking heritage. A Viking village campsite will be set up in the town centre from 10:00 to 16:00 BST. There will be a parade at 14 ...