The appearance of the Norsemen in the Low Countries can be connected with a number of places. Or rather: are connected to those places. For there is no certainty in many cases, as appears in the discussed places below. The Low Countries are herein interpreted broadly: apart from Belgium and the Netherlands also Eastern-Frisland in nowadays Germany will be treated.
What had happened and how can we determine the local circumstances at the time of the events? At every place we will search for an answer to those questions.