Viking Ship Mural. Boehms Chocolates Store Front Editorial Image

Store front mural of Viking Ship. Boehms Chocolates from Norway. Location quaint town of Poulsbo, WA, USA. The mural is of Vikings on longship. The Norsemen were Germanic people who inhabited Scandinavia and raided Northern European homelands across wide areas of Europe, and explored westwards to Iceland and Greenland. The period of Nordic military is an important element in the early medieval history of Scandinavia. Facilitated by advanced sailing and navigational skills, and characterized by the longship as pictured here in the mural painting.