Inspired by the festival of Jolablot, when Vikings celebrated the arrival of spring, the Jorvik Viking Festival ... but it was really put on the map 800 years later when the Vikings invaded ...

Hundreds of people have lined the streets of York to watch some of the JORVIK Viking Festival's flagship events. The sixth day of the festival - which is in its 40th year - saw the Viking's march ...

Jorvik was far more than entertainment however. It put York firmly on the modern map as a forward-thinking historic location that welcomed visitors – now more than 8.9m a year, according to tour ...