As a result of its availability in the Netherlands it features in the novel The Detour.
The detour to Telemark before he later arrived in Denmark is known from two runic inscriptions that were discovered in the Vinje stave church when it was demolished in 1796, one of them having been written by Sigurd himself.
Some movies on The Detour block are live action based on comics or animation, for example the Scott Pilgrim vs. the World trilogy.