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Hedeby and Danevirke are outstanding testimonies of the Viking Age (8th –11th century AD). The trading post of Hedeby and the ramparts of the Dannevirke secured the borderland between Scandinavia and mainland Europe at the narrowest point between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, the land neck of Schleswig. This special location enabled intensive trade and exchange between the regions. Hedeby was connected to the Danevirke, which served as a border fortification and was extended again and again by Danish kings over centuries. Hedeby flourished in this border region and developed into the central trade and transport hub in northern Europe. Hedeby is now a prime example of an early urban trading centre for us. The exceptionally well-preserved archaeological material serves science as a sourcefor many important findings from the Viking Age.