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Lidl with a glass floor: Centuries-old Viking site lies under discounter

2023-06-10T06:23:04.813Z

Highlights: Shopping in a Lidl store in Dublin becomes a small museum visit for customers. There is a Viking site to marvel at. The ruins date back to the 11th century, and the branch opened at the end of 2020. The first Viking raids on Ireland were documented in 795 AD, informed the National Museum of Ireland. In Dublin, the first fortified bases were built by the Vikings in the 10th century. There was also a surprising excavation in Munich – even experts were baffled.



Shopping in a Lidl store in Dublin becomes a small museum visit for customers. There is a Viking site to marvel at.

Munich/Dublin – Customers discover many a sensation in the supermarket or discount store. Just recently, a Lidl customer noticed a supposedly ingenious trick. But few would have expected this discovery.

Lidl with centuries-old Viking site: customers can marvel at remains

According to its own information, the Schwarz subsidiary Lidl owns around 12,000 stores in more than 31 countries. The discounter is also represented in Dublin, the capital of Ireland. However, this location is likely to differ significantly from other branches.

Beneath the branch on Aungier Street is a centuries-old site. This was pointed out by a user of the short message service Twitter. In the middle of the corridor of the market there were former "Viking huts", it was said. Although only remains can be seen, the archaeological find is still unique.

The historic site is protected by a thick pane of glass. This allows customers to take a closer look at the excavation when shopping. The usual weekly shopping turns into a small visit to the museum.

Viking site in Lidl store: "Can't believe I didn't know there was such a thing"

The Twitter community is also enthusiastic about this. Lild-Ireland even retweeted the post. "This is really wild," one user marveled. ". I spent a day there in March and didn't see a single Viking," quipped another. One man, on the other hand, has never noticed the site, although he comes from Dublin: "I can't believe I didn't know there was such a thing."

The ruins date back to the 11th century, according to Dailymail, and the branch opened at the end of 2020. "It's a domestic structure," Paul Duffy, director of the archaeological site, told RTÉ News. He assumes that "the ancestors of the Vikings" lived here. In the Lidl market, customers can also marvel at the remains of the staircase of an 18th-century theater.

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The first Viking raids on Ireland were documented in 795 AD, informed the National Museum of Ireland. Later, there were large Viking fleets up to fortified bases for larger raids. In Dublin, the first fortified bases were built by the Vikings. This led to the development of Ireland's first cities in the 10th century. There was also a surprising excavation in Munich – even experts were baffled. (kas)

Source: merkur

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