Map of Sweden, Scandinavia

The island of Gotland is situated in the middle of The Baltic Sea. On the map you will find the name "Visby", which is the only city on Gotland. The island can be reached by air from Stockholm, Norrköping, Göteborg and Malmö, by boat in 3 hours from Nynäshamn (south of the capital) or from Oskarshamn.

 Sweden is 1600 km long and becauce of the distance, the country has different climates. It happens that people ask me what clothes you must wear in summertime. Even in the north parts of Sweden it's warm and shiny. Gotland is situated at the same latitude as Scotland, and has warmer climate in summertime. But in wintertime it's cold in Sweden and in the north part there are a lot of snow. The Scottish people are lucky to have the Gulf Stream.
 Gotland use to have most sun hours in Sweden from year to year. And together with its special nature and the town of Visby it is a popular destination for tourists.


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 The ruins of St Per and St Hans, two churches that were closely connected. The total area was 1700 m², compared to the still excisting cathedral S:ta Maria with its 1060 m². A lot of magnificent churches were built during the 12th and 13th centuries. Many of them are ruins today, and Visby is well-deserved called 'The city of roses and ruins'. The only church still in use is the Chatedral of S:ta Maria, the people could not keep all other churches in repair.

 Visby has influences of old German architecture from the Middle Ages. As a trading town the biggest buildings, apart from the churches, were warehouses with stepped gables. A view from the old harbour, nowadays a park called Almedalen.
 In summertime Gotland is turned into a tourist island, and is often and humorously called 'Limestone Hawaii'. Sorry, but there are no photos from the sandy beaches on this site....