The rally Season 1, Episode 2: An honorable death

The great dreams of the Vikings

A group of experts are reviving the dramatic and epochal Viking Age and sailing across the North Atlantic. They will attempt to reach the place where the Vikings landed in America 500 years before Columbus. On land, Rane Willerslev, Director of the National Museum of Denmark, will follow the traces left behind by the Vikings, which tell of their power and courage. The story apparently begins when King Godfred builds the first large fleet of Viking ships. As Rane puts it: "If you want to understand the Viking Age, you have to understand their ships".

58 min

The Battle for England

The voyage to America continues, this time from the Shetland Islands to the Faroe Islands. But during the voyage, the North Atlantic shows its teeth, which has serious consequences for the voyage. In England, Rane has gone in search of the real story of the Viking conquest of the country. Was it really Ivar the Boneless who led a huge army to England and established a Danish colony? And was it a merciless massacre of the Danes that led Sweyn Forkbeard to invade the whole of England?

58 min

Episode 4

58 min

Episode 5

58 min

Episode 6

59 min

Episode 7

29 min