Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Birka and Hovgården' has mentioned 'Well' in the following places:
| Occurrence Sentence | Text Source |
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| Birka listenxc2xa0(helpxc2xb7info) (Birca in medieval sources), on the island of Bjxc3xb6rkxc3xb6 (literally: "Birch Island") in present-day Sweden, was an important Viking Age trading center which handled goods from Scandinavia and Finland as well as Central and Eastern Europe and the Orient. | WIKI |
| As a trading center Birka most likely offered furs and iron goods as well as craft products, in exchange for various materials from much of Europe and western Asia. | WIKI |
| Furs were obtained from the Sami, Finns, and people in northwestern Russia as well as from local trappers. | WIKI |
| Reindeer antler was an important item in exchange as well as hand-carved combs made from antler. | WIKI |
| Since Rimbert mentions them to have crossed the seas by ship "where it was possible" they clearly had the alternative of going around them as well, meaning that the seas were probably the numerous lakes in southern Sweden. | WIKI |
| Later King Olof met him there as well during his last trip in 852 (Chapter XXVI). | WIKI |
| On this anchorage, being the best sheltered within the maritime region of Sweden (Suevoniae), all the ships belonging to Danes (Danorum) known as Norwegians (Nortmannorum) as well as to Slavs (Sclavorum), Sembrians (Semborum) and other Scythian (Scithiae) peoples use to convene every year for sundry necessary commerce. | WIKI |
| Criterion (iii): The Birka and Hovgxc3xa5rden complex bears exceptionally well preserved testimony to the wide-ranging trade network established by the Vikings during the two centuries of their phenomenal economic and political expansion. | UNESCO |