- Hvalsey Church (Danish: Hvalsø Kirke; Old Norse: Hvalseyjarfjarðarkirkja) was a Catholic church in the abandoned Greenlandic Norse settlement of Hvalsey...
- Most signs of the other buildings have disappeared, but the Hvalsey Church still has all four walls, between 4.5 and 6 meters (15 and 20 feet) high, as well as the...
- Hvalsey Church was probably built in the 14th century but is the best preserved of the churches in Greenland from that period.
- Join me on my trip to one of the best-preserved ruins – the Hvalsey Church near Qaqortoq.
- Thanks to the good build quality Hvalsey Church has persisted the elements better than other Norse structures in Greenland.
- Few buildings remain from the Viking area so the ruins of Hvalsey Church and its associated farmstead are important from a historical perspective.
- 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...
- He visited Hvalsey in 1723 and, according to his reports, the church was in ruins, similar to its state today.
- From our anchorage, we took Zodiacs — inflatable 20-foot (6 meter) boats — to the shore of Thjodhildarstadir to walk up to the ruins of Hvalsey Church, the largest...
