In Norse mythology, what is the name of the hall where virtuous people are said to live after Ragnarök?

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In Norse mythology, Gimlé is the hall where virtuous people are said to live after Ragnarök.

The name appears in Vafþrúðnismál and in Snorri Sturluson’s Gylfaginning. It is described as a beautiful, bright place that survives the destruction of the old world. People who are considered good or righteous are associated with this post-Ragnarök refuge.

Gimlé is not the same destination as Valhalla, which is Odin’s hall for selected battle-dead before the final conflict. It is also different from Fólkvangr, Freyja’s meadow, and Náströnd, a grim underworld shore associated with punishment. Norse sources sometimes present overlapping or varying accounts of the afterlife, so Gimlé should be treated as one strand of the tradition rather than a single universally systematized map.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Sept. 2026

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