This extraordinary site at the northernmost tip of Newfoundland offers sound archaeological evidence that Norse explorers (and possibly Leif Erikson himself) visited North America well before Christopher Columbus. The present-day site paints a picture of what the Viking encampment would have looked like 1,000 years ago, with remains of old Norse buildings and original artefacts, as well as reconstructions of the Vikings’ sod houses.

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