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  1. Hype for the Future 73D: L’Anse aux Meadows

    Introduction The Vikings and the associated settlements, though largely identified as having originated within the region now known as Northern Europe and Scandinavia, have since expanded from the modern nations of Norway and Sweden east into Finland and Russia, though only barely so, but more importantly, south and west into Denmark, Scotland, the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Greenland, and, finally, Newfoundland. Old World or New World? Prior to 1492, the regions that the Vikings had settled […]

    novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026

  2. #Porkeri (pop. 317) is a #Faroese village on #Suðuroy.

    Its name almost certainly derives from #purka - meaning #sow. There's a bit of speculation as to the word’s ending, believed to be a shortened version of #gerði (fenced-in plot of land / enclosure). If correct, #swine would have once been bred here.

    #FaroeIslands #FaroeseCities #foroyskt

  3. #Porkeri (pop. 317) is a #Faroese village on #Suðuroy.

    Its name almost certainly derives from #purka - meaning #sow. There's a bit of speculation as to the word’s ending, believed to be a shortened version of #gerði (fenced-in plot of land / enclosure). If correct, #swine would have once been bred here.

    #FaroeIslands #FaroeseCities #foroyskt

  4. #Porkeri (pop. 317) is a #Faroese village on #Suðuroy.

    Its name almost certainly derives from #purka - meaning #sow. There's a bit of speculation as to the word’s ending, believed to be a shortened version of #gerði (fenced-in plot of land / enclosure). If correct, #swine would have once been bred here.

    #FaroeIslands #FaroeseCities #foroyskt

  5. #Porkeri (pop. 317) is a #Faroese village on #Suðuroy.

    Its name almost certainly derives from #purka - meaning #sow. There's a bit of speculation as to the word’s ending, believed to be a shortened version of #gerði (fenced-in plot of land / enclosure). If correct, #swine would have once been bred here.

    #FaroeIslands #FaroeseCities #foroyskt

  6. #Porkeri (pop. 317) is a #Faroese village on #Suðuroy.

    Its name almost certainly derives from #purka - meaning #sow. There's a bit of speculation as to the word’s ending, believed to be a shortened version of #gerði (fenced-in plot of land / enclosure). If correct, #swine would have once been bred here.

    #FaroeIslands #FaroeseCities #foroyskt

  7. CW: Es wird Waljagd gezeigt

    Ein weiterer Beleg dafür, warum #Außerirdische uns nicht besuchen:

    "Faroe Islands sets quota of 500 dolphins to be killed in controversial annual whale hunt"

    "... traditional practice that dates back to the first settlement of the islands by Vikings in 800 CE."

    #delphine #FaroeIslands #dolphins #whalehunt #massacre

    edition.cnn.com/2022/07/11/eur