The Vikings could jump out and start fighting, and then make a quick getaway if they were chased. In France, bridges along the River Seine were built to prevent them getting too far into France!

from the Nile to the Seine. But I'm on board the 386-passenger Viking Mississippi, custom-built to traverse America's most famous river. Interest in sailing along it has been on the rise since the ...

As our longship glides silently through the glittering Seine, the magic of Christmas surrounds us: lights twinkling on the water, carollers echoing from the cobbled streets of Paris, the scent of ...

But both are ports on this Viking sailing, one of a series of itineraries ... Bookings open this year for the cruise line's brand-new fleet of river ships, which begin sailing Europe's waterways ...