A recent episode of In Our Time discussed the Hanseatic League or Hansa, a loose organization that dominated Northern European trade in the medieval period. I’d never heard of it directly before but I certainly have heard of Lufthansa, the modern German airline named after, or inspired by the Hansa. www.b... www.neilbruder.net

@neilbruder Bergen, Norway was a Hansa-member, and they now have a beer brand called Hansa.

@odd ha of course! I’ll have to try it if I’m ever in Bergen!

@kulturnation Nice to see remnants of this time still, even if it’s punk beer! 😅