Denmark have installed these traffic lights to celebrate their Viking connections, and we've never wanted to be Danish more. - ThreadSky

footballlibrettist.bsky.social•16 days ago

That's my heritage... In traffic light form. Notice there are no horns on the helmets.

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henrikschilling.bsky.social•16 days ago

Odin hanging from Yggdrasil ...

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sejordt.bsky.social•16 days ago

Useless. The jaywalking quota among us Vikings is 100% !

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eve0m.bsky.social•16 days ago

Those a fab.

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tomshakespeare.bsky.social•16 days ago

Back in the day, those Danes were attacking English folk with those axes.

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handansken.bsky.social•16 days ago

Let us not argue about who killed who... this is meant to be a happy occasion!

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tomshakespeare.bsky.social•16 days ago

True. And I'm okay with Egil Skallagrimson.

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handansken.bsky.social•16 days ago

To be fair, Egil was probably a bit of a bellend.

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romanpalace.bsky.social•16 days ago

And, once again, we're totally out of our depth. 😳

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handansken.bsky.social•16 days ago

If you kill your first man at the ripe age of 7, you just might be a bit of a bastard.

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romanpalace.bsky.social•16 days ago

We're Roman. We're aware we're on thin ice here.

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handansken.bsky.social•16 days ago

They were installed in just one city, Aarhus, in 17 crossings, back in 2019 - they are still there.

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tomshakespeare.bsky.social•16 days ago

I've been to Aarhus. Didn't it have an important Viking fort?

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handansken.bsky.social•16 days ago

The town had palisades and a ditch, not a fort as such.

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romanpalace.bsky.social•16 days ago

To be fair, we think the red one's Okay. You might want to watch the green one though. 😬

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dorianwhisper.bsky.social•17 hours ago

Here are some laughs about all the sadness
https://youtu.be/Dp_hOP5B5dI?si=EaHdtIfDgYoDTWRn

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truefeyqueen888.itch.io•16 days ago

@thebeardedhalfling.bsky.social you seen this?

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thebeardedhalfling.bsky.social•16 days ago

Oh I love this 🤣

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tedmagee.bsky.social•16 days ago

forgot my battle axe, can I still cross?

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romanpalace.bsky.social•16 days ago

Only by boat.

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renedepaula.bsky.social•16 days ago

https://theonion.com/norway-returns-to-pillage-based-economy-1819582294/

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romanpalace.bsky.social•16 days ago

This is a personal favourite:
https://theonion.com/historians-admit-to-inventing-ancient-greeks-1819571808/

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penguin42.bsky.social•16 days ago

Love them!!

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gigi2009.bsky.social•16 days ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sM7kILqJ_g0

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whatsmellslikeblue.bsky.social•16 days ago

Here you go, have a whole plate!

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whatsmellslikeblue.bsky.social•16 days ago

Ah, actually I may have miss-read your post...

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romanpalace.bsky.social•16 days ago

Never mind that. All we can think about now are those pastries. 🤤🤤

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jsikora.bsky.social•16 days ago

And no horns on the helmets! I'm in love!

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romanpalace.bsky.social•16 days ago

Functional AND historically accurate! 😍

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twbender.bsky.social•16 days ago

German town Mainz uses the mascot of mainz-based german ZDF-TV-Station #Mainzelmännchen

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gertthenerd.bsky.social•15 days ago

OML Die Manzelmännchen! I had forgotten about them, but just had a wave of nostalgia.

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romanpalace.bsky.social•16 days ago

We remember these from German TV in the 1980s! 😍😍

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johnsalomon.bsky.social•16 days ago

Well this just made me irrationally happy.

Or, actually, very rationally.

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kingstondan.bsky.social•15 days ago

Red viking - prepare.
Green viking - rampage.

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tomtrare.bsky.social•9 days ago

In addition to the topic of Vikings and traffic lights...

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romanpalace.bsky.social•9 days ago

😂

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jphendo.bsky.social•16 days ago

Difficult to imagine a Viking raid coming to a halt because the little axe man is red.

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romanpalace.bsky.social•16 days ago

😂😂

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johnsalomon.bsky.social•16 days ago

No, Ølaf, even berserkers must follow traffic safety rules,

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shakerstu.bsky.social•16 days ago

Have we forgiven them for all that raping and pillaging? All I'll say is I live in Tettenhall.

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roystonmuseum.bsky.social•16 days ago

@roystoncave.bsky.social, do you think we can persuade the council that we need cave inspired traffic lights around town? 🤔

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romanpalace.bsky.social•16 days ago

Send us the petition and we'll sign it! 🥰✅

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franzo.bsky.social•16 days ago

PLEASE do not give me ideas! All it would take is some carefully planned guerrilla action…

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romanpalace.bsky.social•16 days ago

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roystonmuseum.bsky.social•16 days ago

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franzo.bsky.social•16 days ago

See - they know I would do it

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roystonmuseum.bsky.social•16 days ago

Not to give you more ideas... but it is the King James 400th anniversary later this month...

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roystonmuseum.bsky.social•16 days ago

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roystoncave.bsky.social•12 days ago

This goes to the top of my wish list !!!

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romanpalace.bsky.social•11 days ago

We're thinking helmets with red and green cavers' lamps?

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roystonmuseum.bsky.social•11 days ago

@roystoncave.bsky.social aren't that type of cave.... they're this type of cave 👇👇😍😍

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romanpalace.bsky.social•11 days ago

Don't get us wrong. We LOVE Royston Cave and everything it stands for, but a red and a green crucifixion might not be universally popular.

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roystoncave.bsky.social•10 days ago

Maybe a green St Katherine and a red St Lawrence ?

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romanpalace.bsky.social•10 days ago

We'd stop for St Lawrence, every time! 🤩

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roystoncave.bsky.social•9 days ago

Seriously, does anyone know if this could be done ?!!

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gilly.berlin•16 days ago

@inzuam.bsky.social 👀

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julialt.bsky.social•16 days ago

Nothing stopping Yorkshire from doing this too!

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bc108.bsky.social•16 days ago

Over here in Hampshire we feel that perhaps traffic lights with Darcy and Elizabeth would be appropriate

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jowilliams.bsky.social•16 days ago

A neat lady with a big skirt and parasol

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longshop.bsky.social•15 days ago

Well, yeah. But you've this going on...

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zibaldoni.bsky.social•16 days ago

Too soon, too soon.

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romanpalace.bsky.social•16 days ago

😳

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anke-vella.bsky.social•16 days ago

Gee, I am so proud now to have 66 % Scandinavian DNA. 😂

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uh8.bsky.social•18 hours ago

✨✨✨💫✨✨✨👍🏻

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sunnypinguin.bsky.social•16 days ago

@catweazle74.bsky.social
😊

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catweazle74.bsky.social•16 days ago

Wie geil ist das denn bitte? Da lieb ich die Dänen doch gleich ein bisschen mehr!

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peanutbutterbear.bsky.social•16 days ago

Please be true... please be true... please please please be true --

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romanpalace.bsky.social•16 days ago

It's on the internet. Of course it's true.

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m-b-petersen.bsky.social•16 days ago

I am from Aarhus in Denmark. They are real indeed.

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ediescott.bsky.social•16 days ago

German Ampelmann runs them a close second.

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jim1810.bsky.social•16 days ago

Lindisfarne has requested the red one.

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romanpalace.bsky.social•16 days ago

😂🤣

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anke-vella.bsky.social•16 days ago

My thoughts exactly. 😉

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generaldax.bsky.social•16 days ago

Try to beat the traffic lights from East Berlin 😉

https://bbc.com/travel/article/20120809-berlins-light-that-never-goes-out

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romanpalace.bsky.social•16 days ago

That's so cute! 🥰

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generaldax.bsky.social•16 days ago

It is! Although the Vikings are also great 🤩

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scorbet.bsky.social•16 days ago

Fulda has St Bonifatius near the Cathedral

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nowthenthee.bsky.social•16 days ago

York should do this immediately

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romanpalace.bsky.social•16 days ago

@yorkadventurers.bsky.social - your call.

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yorkadventurers.bsky.social•16 days ago

Absolutely but only if they can be little medieval halls.

We’re saying it quietly but Vikings…🤷‍♀️

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lindalee.bsky.social•16 days ago

I'm very torn at the moment... medieval halls or Vikings...
Love both, of course! 😄
🇸🇪❤️🇬🇧

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romanpalace.bsky.social•16 days ago

Ahem.
Romans.
😢

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lindalee.bsky.social•16 days ago

And Romans. 🥰🇮🇹😄

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johnsalomon.bsky.social•16 days ago

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yorkadventurers.bsky.social•16 days ago

Romans every time. 😘

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johnsalomon.bsky.social•16 days ago

You make a "rathergood" point...

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nowthenthee.bsky.social•16 days ago

Are you suggesting that their approach to urban planning in creating new building spaces is umm problematic?

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yorkadventurers.bsky.social•16 days ago

Nooo. We’re just jealous that Vikings are cooler.

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samanthasearrings.bsky.social•16 days ago

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romanpalace.bsky.social•16 days ago

Nobody's cooler than you, Merchy. 🥰

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johngilbey.bsky.social•16 days ago

In Norway they take a different approach - and suggest you are taking your life in your hands when you cross, rather than your axe...

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paulsouthon.bsky.social•16 days ago

And no horned helmets! /s/

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romanpalace.bsky.social•16 days ago

👍
Which begs the question.... how does anyone know they're Vikings?! 😉

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jobaron.bsky.social•16 days ago

The fabled ‘annexers’ of history of course (my mum was Danish)

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