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It’s easy to cozy-wash the Viking into whatever you want him to be. There’s not much blood-soaked raider about this one. Foto: Victor Skov Jeppesen

You know their horned helmets and the völva’s magic. But why are the rapists of the past such a big hit with tourists?

The Vikings’ brutality seems to have been swept far under the rug

It’s easy to cozy-wash the Viking into whatever you want him to be. There’s not much blood-soaked raider about this one. Foto: Victor Skov Jeppesen
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Hvad ser turisterne, når de ser på os?

I denne sommerserie går Felix Thorsen Katzenelson og Victor Skov Jeppesen i alle turistfælderne i det danske sommerland. Her lever fremtidens it-girls og fortidens vikinger mellem idylliske hestehuller og kolde fadøl i Nyhavn.

Hvilke ansigter viser Danmark til sine turister? Og hvad siger det om os?

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