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unusual facts about Hel


Erik Menneskesøn

His journey takes him through Asgard, the underworld and the land of the dead Hel as well as Jötunheimr.


40.6 cm SK C/34 gun

The Schleswig Holstein Battery from Hel, (German unit MKB 2 / MAA 119) in France recalled as Battery Lindemann (German unit MKB 6 / MAA 244) saw considerable service, with the three guns emplaced singly in turrets, protected by massive concrete encasements in places four metres thick.

Chansons pour les pieds

The album was recorded at the Théâtre du Cratère d'Alès by Eric Van de Hel and Gildas Lointier, assisted by Renaud Van Welden.

Death in Norse paganism

In the 9th century poem Ynglingatal, there are several stanzas where the kings are said to be in "Hel's embrace".

Etchebar

Etchebar served as the place of residence of Nicholai Hel, the main character in Trevanian's novel Shibumi.

Graded shoreline

The peninsula of Hel in Poland consists of sediments carried eastwards from the Pomeranian coast, that are deposited in front of the Bay of Danzig.

Hel Merbaa

Hel Merbaa is a town and rural commune in Béni Mellal Province of the Tadla-Azilal region of Morocco.

Hel Peninsula

During an episode of the cartoon Metalocalypse, members of the band Dethklok perform a concert near the Hel Peninsula, the episode states they play the concert "near Danzig."

Kispoko

The principal Chiefs of this area were the legendary Chief Cornstalk (Hokolewqua) and his tall sister, Grenadier Squaw (Non-hel-e-ma), who stood at six and a half feet tall.

The Finnish Institute in London

HEL YES! travelled to Helsinki’s Kalasatama 2011 and to Stockholm Design Week 2012 as part of the World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 project's programme.


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