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Hvalsey ("Whale Island"; Greenlandic Qaqortukulooq) is located near Qaqortoq, Greenland and is the site of Greenland's largest, best-preserved Norse ruins in the area known as the Eastern Settlement ( Eystribyggð ). In 2017, it was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List and part of the Kujataa Greenland site.
Jun 17, 2020 · Meet the best-preserved Norse ruins in the Eastern Settlement. The many churches show how successful Leif the Lucky (son of Erik the Red) was in converting t...
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Jan 4, 2020 · Hvalsey Church in Greenland Best Preserved Norse Ruin - YouTube. Alfred Marshall. 16 subscribers. Subscribed. 24. 1K views 4 years ago. In 2019 i crewed on a sailing vessel on a trip to...
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Oct 3, 2023 · Hvalsey (also known as Whale Island), is found near Qaqortoq, the largest town in southern Greenland. It is in the fjord of Hvalsey. This area contains the best preserved and largest site of Norse ruins, notably the Hvalsey Church, one of the first Christian churches on the continent of North America.
May 1, 2016 · The ruins of the Hvalsey church from southern Greenland represent the best preserved historical evidence of a past Norse settlement in the region during the Middle Ages.
Hvalsey Church (Danish: Hvalsø Kirke; Old Norse: Hvalseyjarfjarðarkirkja) was a Catholic church in the abandoned Greenlandic Norse settlement of Hvalsey (now modern-day Qaqortoq). The best preserved Norse ruins in Greenland, the church was also the location of the last written record of the Greenlandic Norse, a wedding in September 1408.
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Oct 26, 2020 · Join me on my trip to one of the best-preserved ruins – the Hvalsey Church near Qaqortoq. I actually had the opportunity to visit Hvalsey twice during my most recent trip to South Greenland. The first time was grey and overcast and the second was under brilliant blue skies.
