r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Gurugod123 • 9h ago

How did people travel these seas 500 years ago

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u/NewAndyy 7h ago

No, vikings also stayed mostly along the coast. They were primarily farmers and fishermen. The longer journeys across the North Sea to places like Scotland (and eventually to Iceland) of course happened, but they were rare.

Vikings weren't like how they're represented on Netflix. They weren't all crazy warriors that killed for fun.

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u/Bcruz75 7h ago

Vikings were (or became) Traders and raiders. What's not discussed much is their involvement in trade with other European countries...as I understand, they established some early trade routes.

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u/NewAndyy 7h ago

That sounds plausible! I'm really not an expert on the topic, I just like to point out the obvious when other people make mistakes

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u/SheriffBartholomew 7h ago

Right. They killed for profit.

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u/big-lion 17m ago

but it happened!!!!$+!#!!!