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Fan makes pilgrimage to Vikings training camp from Denmark

Nicklas Rasmussen is in Mankato to see the Vikings in training camp -- all the way from Vallensbaek, Denmark, a suburb of Copenhagen. Rasmussen says he isn't the only NFL fan in Denmark. "I have a teacher who is a Packers fan," Rasmussen says. "He's very annoying."
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Nicklas Rasmussen is in Mankato to see the Vikings in training camp -- all the way from Vallensbaek, Denmark, a suburb of Copenhagen. Rasmussen says he isn't the only NFL fan in Denmark. "I have a teacher who is a Packers fan," Rasmussen says. "He's very annoying."

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