🏛️ Birka and Hovgården

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Birka and Hovgården are two sites in Sweden that together form an archaeological complex dating from the Viking Age, inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. The sites are located on the islands of Björkö and Adelsö, respectively, in Lake Mälaren, approximately 30 kilometres west of Stockholm.

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Birka and Hovgården is a cultural World Heritage site in Sweden, in Europe. For the living forecast of the area, open World Weather; the details of why Birka and Hovgården was inscribed are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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Hanseatic Town of Visby · Naval Port of Karlskrona · Birka and Hovgårda · High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago · Skogskyrkogården · Engelsberg Ironworks · Laponian Area · Decorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland · Varberg Radio Station · Rock Carvings in Tanum · Church Town of Gammelstad, Luleå · Agricultural Landscape of Southern Öland · Mining Area of the Great Copper Mountain in Falun · Grimeton Radio Station, Varberg · Decorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland · Royal Domain of Drottningholm.

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