Travel history in Norway begins long before stories.

Travel history in Norway begins long before stories.At first, the road exists without words, then words without a story — until in the Viking Age, travel becomes a story in itself. After the Vikings, travel becomes a record. In the Middle Ages, movement is documented in chronicles, letters, and reports — no longer as an adventure, but as a fact, a duty, a route. The period 1100–1200 is extraordinarily rich in real travel accounts.In this period, the most valuable Scandinavian…