Visby - Visby

Visby is a city on Gotland in Sweden

background

getting there

By plane

The 57.66277777777818.3461111111111 Visby airport(IATA: VBY) located 5 km northwest of the city center

By train

By bus

In the street

By boat

• Ferries: From 57.63465718.279332 Ferry terminal is there Ferry connections from and to Oskarshamn and Nynashamn, Duration of the crossing approx. 4 hours.
• Cruise ships: The cruise port was reopened in 2018, it connects to the south of the ferry port and offers berth for 2 ships of 340 m length.

mobility

Tourist Attractions

The city has been part of the since 1995 with its numerous medieval buildings UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Churches

• 57.64218.2981 Visby Cathedral Visby Cathedral
• 57.6418.2962 Church ruin St. Karin Church ruin St. Karin
• 57.63418.2983 Solberga monastery ruins Solberga monastery ruins
• 57.64418.2984 Church ruins of St. Nicholas Church ruins of St. Nicholas

Buildings

• 57.64218.2925 City wall (Visby Ringmur) The almost completely preserved 3.6 km long medieval city wall with the ruins of the Visborg
• 57.64218.2916 Powder tower The Powder Tower ("Kruttornet") from 1151 is the oldest preserved building in the city.

Museums

• 57.6418.2927 Gotland's Fornsal The Gotlands Fornsal Museum, at Strandgatan 12 in Visby, shows the past of Visby and Gotland in Sweden. Housed in a distillery from the 18th century and a medieval warehouse, it shows 8,000 years of history on five floors. The museum has picture stones from the 5th to 11th centuries, numerous Viking coins and weapons from the war of 1361 between Danes and Swedes.

Parks

• 57.64418.2948 Botanical Garden The botanical garden

activities

shop

• 57.64003618.2918021  Odins Garveri (Leather goods), 3, days Cervins gata, 621 56 Visby. last change: Dec. 2019
• 57.64174918.294272  Visby Glasblåseri AB, Mellangatan 56, 621 56 Visby. last change: Dec. 2019

kitchen

• 57.64064218.2952021  Backfickan, Stora TORGET 1, 621 56 Visby. Tel.: 46 498 27 18 07. last change: Dec. 2019
• 57.64007818.296622  Gamla Masters, Södra Kyrkogatan 10, 621 56 Visby. last change: Dec. 2019
• 57.63895118.295813  Restaurant Köpmannen 2last change: Dec. 2019

nightlife

accommodation

• 57.63230118.2798171  Scandic Visby, Färjeleden 3, 621 58 Visby,. Tel.: 46 498 20 12 50. last change: Apr. 2019
• 57.63478518.2867782  Best Western Solhem Hotel Visby, Solhemsgatan 3, 621 58 Visby,. Tel.: 46 498 25 90 00. last change: Apr. 2019
• 57.63637818.2894233  Hotell Slottsbacken, Visborgsgatan 1, 621 57 Visby. Tel.: 46 498 21 34 34. last change: Apr. 2019

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Practical advice

trips

• To the amusement park Kneippbyn with Pippi Longstocking and the Villa Kunterbunt (located on the coast 5 km south-west)
• To the Viking village Tofta with cairn graves Roars and Ship settlement (south-west, 15 km)
• To the open-air museum Bunge in the north-east of Gotland (55 km)
• To the Grotto of Lummelunda (15 km northeast)

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