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Sunday, June 24, 2012
Take a Liking to a Ribe Viking
Thump ada thump ada will be the sounds as you wheel luggage across Ribe, Denmark’s cobbled streets.
Ribe has the distinction of being the tiny Scandinavian country’s oldest town, and was established in the early 8thcentury.
Its South Jutland locale off the Wadden Sea made it a perfect for seafarers including Vikings; often their wares “found” in various parts of the world were sold at the thriving market town off the Ribe River. Discovering the plunderers of the North is still easy as they can be found in several places.
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