Vestfold Ship Burials and Hyllestad Quarries

This Viking serial nomination comprises land-, sea- and townscapes in nine nominated properties from six nations are outstanding examples representing the wide diversity of this early maritime culture.

The Vestfold Ship Burials consist of three sites situated in the county of Vestfold on the west side of the Oslo fjord and they add significantly to the understanding of Viking age and the ship's mythological and symbolic role in life and death in Viking culture. Hyllestad Quernstone Quarries are located on the west coast of Norway and testifies to the mass-production and bulk-trade emerged in the Viking Age which have been distributed in wide-ranging trade networks to Denmark, Sweden and also in several towns and settlements elsewhere in northern Europe.