Gotland in Collaboration with Region Gotland Photo: Region Gotland/Turistbyrån There’S Something Very Special About Gotland
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Gotland in collaboration with Region Gotland Photo: Region Gotland/Turistbyrån There’s something very special about Gotland. It might be the light, the beaches and the ever present sea. The fact that the island is one of the sunniest places in Sweden – even in November – certainly helps. Or it could be the cultural heritage, the history you can see and feel everywhere. Or the people: down-to-earth, hospitable folk who make the most of life. Perhaps it’s the bustling street life in the walled city of Visby. Or is it the scenery, the open and inviting landscape? You’re welcome to discover and explore this one-of-a-kind island, or to rest. The distances here are never far – between north and south, east and west, city and Region Gotland country… and between people. Gotland is always close. Top 5 Gotlands Museum A must-see when visiting Gotland is the Gotlandic picture stones, the treasu... Bungemuseet Find out how people once lived on Gotland at one of Sweden’s biggest open-ai... Lummelunda Caves Region Gotland Lummelunda caves are one of Gotland’s most popular attractions. You’ll be am... Gotska Sandön North of Fårö, Gotska Sandön is the remotest island in the Baltic. Miles of ... Stora Karlsö Take the boat to Stora Karlsö with its teeming bird cliffs, dazzling carpet ... Region Gotland Updated 08 November 2019 Destination: Gotland Publishing date: 2019-11-08 THE ISLAND compete in the Gotland Grand National – the world’s biggest enduro event – to go on a true safari, or to visit Ingmar Bergman’s Fårö. Or maybe it’s to savour the early vegetables at Primör-Premiären, to attend a meeting in the world heritage city of Visby, or to walk on the beach and feel energized by lungfuls of fresh air. There’s so much of Gotland to enjoy year-round. You’ll discover a dierent island, that’s for sure, but one that’s perhaps even more magical. Region Gotland Gotland’s exciting history is what makes magic. TOP 10 People have been coming here since the stone age. The Vikings set out from here on their trading voyages and kings fought to be able to say the island was theirs. Pirates harried its shores, merchants brought their peerless ware here and erected imposing houses. People of every period have left their traces, alive and visible to this day!As soon as you approach the island of Gotland, you notice the unique Region Gotland environment: dramatic clis and miles of beaches facing the ocean, which is sometimes Gotland is perhaps best known for its sea stacks, stormy, sometimes calm. Regardless of the which originates from a time when Gotland was weather, you leave your stress behind and feel located near the equator. Much has happened calm. The barrenness and simplicity overwhelms, since then but sea stacks stands there still, the mind opens up to new impressions. In this proud and strong monuments from a past era. beautiful calm, far from noise of the big city, you The world heritage site of Visby is another receive inspiration and strength for new ideas obvious point on the to-do list, both as an and thoughts.Another year, another list of great attraction in itself but also as a backdrop to the reasons to visit Gotland. Unique scenery and bustling street life. culture, fascinating history, fabulous shopping This is obviously just a small sample of what the and activities to blow your mind. A superb island has to oer but it’s a good start. climate and mouthwatering cuisine create Additionally, you will surely nd further magical memories to think back on when adventures along the way. everyday life seems dreary and you long for something dierent, relaxing, inspirational and fun. More and more, visitors are nding their Gotland outside the summer season. Many of them come here in the spring, autumn and winter for particular events. It might be to Destination: Gotland Publishing date: 2019-11-08 Gotlands Museum Lummelunda Caves A must-see when visiting Lummelunda caves are Gotland is the Gotlandic one of Gotland’s most picture stones, the popular attractions. You’ll treasures and the fossils – be amazed at nature’s magical and unique in very own artwork – their kind. Book a tour of magical halls, stunning the world heritage site and get the qualied stalactites and fossils. A special guided caving guides of the museum. Ecological restaurant and adventure leads you even further into the depths café. The museum shop is open all year round – of the underworld, through tight holes and bring a piece of Gotland with you! underground lakes. Next to the caves there is a geological nature trail through a most lovely Photo: Region Gotland countryside. Address: Strandgatan 14, Visby Phone: +46 498 29 27 00 Photo: Region Gotland Internet: www.gotlandsmuseum.se Internet: www.lummelundagrottan.se Bungemuseet Gotska Sandön Find out how people once North of Fårö, Gotska lived on Gotland at one of Sandön is the remotest Sweden’s biggest island in the Baltic. Miles open-air museums. Here of sandy beaches and a you can meet farmers, peace that is rare shermen, crofters, stone nowadays, make this a workers, craftsmen, school teachers and paupers unique spot... A hidden treasure, you could say. in houses and on farms dating from the mid-17th You can reach the island by boat from century to the end of the 1920s. The Play House Nynäshamn or Fårösund, from May and has toys and games from olden times, and young September. Cottage or tent accommodation. and old can walk on stilts, make log-house Most visitors stay several days, but day-trips puzzels and toss the caber. You will nd the operate from Nynäshamn. dates of markets, tournaments, and other fun events at: Photo: Region Gotland Internet: www.gotskasandon.se Photo: Region Gotland Address: Bunge Hägur 119, 62464 Fårösund Stora Karlsö Opening hours: Summer Take the boat to Stora Phone: +46498221018 Internet: www.bungemuseet.se Karlsö with its teeming Email: [email protected] bird clis, dazzling carpet of orchids, and inspiring cultural history. The crossing from Klintehamn takes just half an hour, but the sense of entering Destination: Gotland Publishing date: 2019-11-08 another world is unreal. Your knowledgeable www.raa.se/upplev-kulturarvet/varldsarv/hansestaden-visby/ guide will take you on a 2.5 hour walk at an easy Hoburgen pace to discover the island’s main sights. The restaurant on Stora Karlsö enjoys fabulous sea Where the road ends at views. Treat yourself to a night’s stay at Fyrbyn, the most southern tip of the magnicent clitop lighthouse. Gotland you will nd the nature reserve, Husrygg Photo: Region Gotland and Hoburgen. The Internet: www.storakarlso.se famous Hoburgsgubben is well worth a visit. The view from here across the Ekstakusten Baltic Sea is magnicent. The Eksta coast nature reserve stretches from Photo: Region Gotland Djupvik to Hammarudden. This is a Langhammars beautiful stretch of Some of Gotlands´s most coastline on Gotland, with famous sea stacks, seen a view of the two small islands Karlsöarna. The on many postcards, are at two shing villages Djupvik and Kronvall, both Langhammars on the part of the Gotland shing tradition are situated island Fårö. They are in this area. almost 10m tall and surrounded by pebble beach and a barren Photo: Region Gotland landscape. Hanseatic town of Visby Photo: Region Gotland Visby was the main centre of the Hanseatic Närsholmen League in the Baltic from Närsholmen is a the 12th to the 14th peninsula with an open century. The Hanseatic landscape that resembles town of Visby was the African savanna with inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1995 only a few juniper bushes with the following justication: Visby is an and pines. A variety of outstanding example of a north European birds and rare plants are found at this beautiful medieval walled trading town which preserves place. with remarkable completeness a townscape and assemblage of high-quality ancient buildings that Photo: Region Gotland illustrate graphically the form and function of this type of signicant human settlement. Photo: Region Gotland Internet: Destination: Gotland Publishing date: 2019-11-08 DO & SEE Bungemuseet Find out how people once lived on Gotland at one of Sweden’s biggest open-air museums. Here you can meet farmers, shermen, crofters, stone workers, craftsmen, school teachers and paupers in houses and on farms dating from the mid-17th century to the end of the 1920s. The Play House Region Gotland has toys and games from olden times, and young Gotland is a place for summer holiday with sun and old can walk on stilts, make log-house and sea , but also a place for leisurely disruption puzzels and toss the caber. You will nd the of everyday life during autumn, winter and dates of markets, tournaments, and other fun spring. A place for excursions , discoveries and events at: adventures. Or energy when you need to relax Photo: Region Gotland and renew your strength .The experiences of Internet: www.bungemuseet.se Gotland are many. Let yourself be inspired by what this beautiful island has to oer. Bottarve Bottarve, in the far south Gotlands Museum of Gotland, is a A must-see when visiting marvellous cultural Gotland is the Gotlandic meeting place with a picture stones, the museum, café, shop, treasures and the fossils – playground and theatre. magical and unique in their kind. Book a tour of Photo: Region Gotland the world heritage site and get the qualied Address: Storsudret Internet: www.bottarve.se guides of the museum. Ecological restaurant and café. The museum shop is open all year round – Horse Riding bring a piece of Gotland with you! Get really close to the Photo: Region Gotland Gotland countryside.