Destination Viking Sagalands aimed to re-establish links between countries by reviving the tradition of saga storytelling.

The project brought together partners in Newfoundland, Greenland, Iceland, Faeroe Islands, Orkney, Shetland, the Isle of Man, Northern Norway and Northern Sweden to develop a borderless tourism destination focusing on the Viking world.

Interreg funding was used to create a number of Saga Trails that encouraged the public to connect with regional Viking history. The project encouraged community participation, promoted social inclusion and aimed to add value to cultural landscape management. The Sagalands project published a saga map and a collection of traditional oral stories from the countries participating in the project.

The project was taken forward by the Destination Viking Association, including the management and promotion of the Viking Cultural Route and the maintenance of social media and web-based applications.

Related projects include:

• Destination Viking Living History (2002 – 2004)
• Follow the Vikings (2015 – 2019)