10 MCU Moments More Important Than You Realised
3. New Asgard's Extensive MCU History (Thor)
After Asgard's destruction by the fiery demon Surtur, the surviving Asgardians relocate to a small village on the coast of Norway, dubbing it "New Asgard".
The New Asgard iteration of this village - also known by its original name, Tønsberg - was first seen in Avengers: Endgame, but what isn't readily apparent is that this unassuming, remote locale is something of a converging point for several centuries of MCU history, and this is far from the first time it's popped up in the franchise.
Rather, Tønsberg's importance stretches all the way back to the first Thor movie, where an opening scene shows that it was invaded by the Frost Giants in 965 AD, forcing Odin and his Asgardian army to intervene.
From here, Odin left the Tesseract on Earth for reasons that are still somewhat nebulous, and the device was hidden deep within Tønsberg, where it remained safe for hundreds of years.
That is, until Tønsberg showed up once again in Captain America: The First Avenger, where the Red Skull ravaged the village in 1942, and located the Tesseract hidden within a church.
Basically, Tønsberg is low-key one of the most crucial places in the MCU (and not just in the prime universe either, with the village also appearing in What If's Captain Carter episode), so don't be surprised if many more important events take place here as the franchise continues.