Bands of marauding Vikings returned to York this weekend for the Jorvik Viking Festival, marching through the cobbled streets and recreating battles beneath Clifford’s Tower.
Celebrating the city’s Jorvik Viking Centre’s opening in 1984, thousands of people came to the city to feast, drink, celebrate and fight.
Festival organiser Jay Commins said the event brought 45,000 people to the city and grows every year.
“It is fantastic for a tourism city, but it also brings the spirit of the Vikings to life. We tell the story of the Vikings at Jorvik Viking Centre, but this brings it to a bigger scale,” he said.