Birka
Ancient city · Sweden
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 59.337, 17.545
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
Detected automatically from the text: archaeological site on the island of Björkö in Sweden
History
Birka, on the island of Björkö in present-day Sweden, was an important Viking Age trading center which handled goods from Scandinavia as well as many parts of Continental Europe and the Orient. Björkö is located in Lake Mälaren, 30 kilometers west of contemporary Stockholm, in the municipality of Ekerö.