Viking-age Burial Mounds
Viking-age Burial Mounds
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Lonely Planet review for Viking-age Burial Mounds
Less than 1km south along the fjord, excavation of two Viking-age burial mounds revealed remnants of a boat, two skeletons, jewellery and several weapons (no longer on site). One mound is topped by a statue of legendary King Bele, erected by Germany's Kaiser Wilhelm II, who was obsessed with Nordic mythology and regularly spent his holidays here prior to WWI.
A similar monument, also funded by the Kaiser and honouring Fridtjof, the lover of King Bele's daughter, peers across the fjord from Vangsnes.
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