How to Watch Vikings Online From Anywhere

The popular TV show has its fans all around the world but not everyone can access it at the same time.

How to Watch Vikings Online From Anywhere

The Vikings TV series is emerging as one of the most popular TV shows on the “old TV” with History TV carrying the show in the United States. It may also be available in other countries through other carriers, but some people don’t want to get their cable back and would rather like to find some other way around the restrictions imposed by content right holders such as History TV (which is restricting access to the show to US-based users).

In addition, true fans would like to be able to enjoy the show the minute it has been released to the American public rather than being forced to wait for its (re)airing in their country.

Luckily we have just the right tool for the job. Yes, it’s a VPN and it could help you get around History TV’s restrictions so you could be able to tune-in to Vikings as soon as it’s available online.

But first, let us quickly explain…

What’s all the fuss about Vikings?

For those who haven’t heard of it, Vikings is a historical drama TV series created and written by Michael Hirst for the History channel. Filmed in Ireland, it premiered on March 3, 2013, in Canada — with the story beginning at the start of the Viking Age, marked by the Lindisfarne raid in 793.

Vikings is inspired by the sagas of Viking Ragnar Lothbrok, one of the best-known legendary Norse heroes and notorious as the scourge of England and France. The show portrays Ragnar as a farmer who rises to fame by successful raids into England, and eventually becomes a Scandinavian King, with the support of his family and fellow warriors. In the later seasons, the series follows the fortunes of his sons and their adventures in England, Scandinavia and the Mediterranean.

The latest, sixth season premiered on December 4, 2019. A sequel series, titled Vikings: Valhalla, is currently in development for Netflix.

How to watch Vikings online outside of the U.S.

As noted above, the Vikings series is airing in the U.S. on History TV which may or may not be available in your country. And because History TV geo-blocks some of its shows for American citizens, you will have to get a VPN to bypass those (and many other) restrictions. Also, you will need a valid US cable subscription in order to enjoy the show.

First, you will have to use your VPN to sign-up for a US TV subscription and only then enjoy adventures of Ragnar and his family. Specifically, we suggest you go for fuboTV, which we’ve found to be the easiest service to sign-up for outside the US. It even offers a seven-day free trial if you want to register risk-free.

Before visiting fuboTV, you should fire-up your favorite VPN app, connect to some US-based server and then visit its website. Here, you should click on the “Start Your Free Trial” button and create an account. Register using a random US zip code and you’re done.

Now head back to History TV and log in with your new fuboTV credentials. Voila – you can start streaming Vikings wherever and whenever you want (as long as your VPN is connected to a US-based server).

A VPN can do much more

In addition to letting you access TV shows such as Vikings, a VPN app can also do other things for you. For start, it will let you anonymously surf the web so that major corporations and governments can’t track your online activity. You will also be able to access other websites and services that could otherwise be outside of your reach — think US Netflix, Hulu Plus, BBC iPlayer and so on. Furthermore, a VPN will encrypt all your online data, thus shielding you from hackers and spies.

A VPN app can be installed on your computer(s) and other devices like smartphones and tablets. Also, some services include router support letting you protect your entire home or office network so that devices like smart TVs, gaming consoles and streaming boxes also benefit from a more secure connection. Heck, you may want to enjoy Vikings on your big smart TV rather than on a computer screen.

To sum it up, we think everyone should run a VPN app on his/her computers and mobile devices. And if you’re into Vikings, we suggest you start by checking our list of Best VPNs for Streaming. All of them offer top-notch service and you can hardly miss by choosing any one of them. So check out that page and regain your privacy today!