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The village of Haithabu as seen from atop the semi-circular earthen berm around it. There would have been hundreds of such houses in its heyday.
The village of Haithabu is seen from atop the semi-circular earthen berm around it. There would have been hundreds of such houses in its heyday.

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Replicas of the houses at Hedeby, AKA Haithabu, principal city of the Danish Vikings.Replicas of the houses at Hedeby, AKA Haithabu, principal city of the Danish Vikings.Replicas of the houses at Hedeby, AKA Haithabu, principal city of the Danish Vikings.Replicas of the houses at Hedeby, AKA Haithabu, principal city of the Danish Vikings.Buying souvenirs at the replica Viking village of Hedeby — AKA Haithabu, Haddeby, Heidabyr — principal city of the Danish Vikings.Horns, pouches, baubles and trinkets are on offer at Hedeby.A dugout canoe rests beside Schilf, the reed used to make thatched roofs.A man walks by replica VikingA man in traditional Viking garb paddles a dugout canoe at the replica pier at Hedeby. The reeds are Schilf, used to make thatched roofs.A man in traditional Viking garb tends to a boat at the replica pier at Hedeby, surrounded by the ubiquitous Schilf, the reed used to make thatched roofsA man in traditional Viking garb tends to a boat at the replica pier at Hedeby, surrounded by the ubiquitous Schilf, the reed used to make thatched roofsA boy peruses a model of a tratitional Viking longboat in the museum at Haithabu.Interior of a replica house showing cooking and sleeping facilities.A couple emerges from a seafood restaurant in Maasholm, a small town near the mouth of the Schlei.A typical thatch-roofed house in Maasholm, a small town near the mouth of the Schlei.A typical thatch-roofed house in Schleswig-Holstein.The Danewirk rampart built beginning in the ninth century in southern Jutland.The village of Haithabu as seen from atop the semi-circular earthen berm around it.