Sweden, Viking
Gamla Uppsala’s Royal Mounds
Just outside the city of Uppsala – about an hour north of Stockholm – lies a small village with an extraordinary past. Gamla Uppsala (meaning “Old Uppsala”) might seem unassuming at first, but walk a little further and you’ll spot three massive grassy mounds rising from the earth. These are the Royal Burial Mounds, mysterious earthworks that have fascinated people for centuries. According to folklore, the three great mounds are the resting places of Norse gods Thor, Odin, and Freyr! Others later believed they held the tombs of ancient Swedish kings of the legendary Yngling dynasty. Standing there, with the......