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Things to do in Visby (Gotland)
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Sightlore has 18 places to explore in Visby (Gotland), and 10 of them come with a 60-second story in 5 languages. Point your camera at a landmark to learn its name and story, and earn points and badges at the places you actually visit.
Visby (Gotland)'s must-sees
The city's most important places. In the app you see how many you've visited and earn a badge when you've seen them all.
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Saint Catherine in Visby
Ruin of the church built in Visby for the Franciscan convent founded in 1233.
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Visby Botanical Garden
Botanical garden by the sea in Visby, laid out in 1855 by the DBW society.
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Lummelunda cave
The Lummelunda Cave is located in a nature reserve at Lummelunda north of Visby on Gotland, Sweden. The explored part of this karst cave is almost 4.5 km (2.8 mi), making it one of the longest caves in Sweden.
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Almedalen
Almedalen is a park in the Swedish city of Visby on the island of Gotland. It is well known in Sweden as the central site of the annual Almedalen Week. In medieval times the area, just outside the city walls was the city harbour.
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Bunge Museum
Open-air museum a few kilometres west of Fårösund on Gotland, founded in 1907 and showing past rural life.
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Visby Cathedral
Visby Cathedral, formally Visby Saint Mary's Cathedral (Visby Sankta Maria domkyrka), is a cathedral within the Church of Sweden, seat of the Bishop of Visby. It lies in the centre of Visby, the main town on the Swedish island Gotland.
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Gotland Museum
The Gotland Museum (previously known as Länsmuseet på Gotland or Gotlands Fornsal) in Visby, Sweden, is the county museum of Gotland.
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City wall of Visby
Visby City Wall is a medieval defensive wall surrounding the Swedish town of Visby on the island of Gotland.
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Saint Nicolaus church ruin in Visby
Ruin of a church in Visby, first built around 1215–1220 and named after St. Nicholas, patron saint of seafarers.
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Fårö
Fårö is a Baltic Sea island just north of the island of Gotland, itself off mainland Sweden's southeastern coast. It is the second-largest island in the county and a popular summer resort.
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Discovery routes in Visby (Gotland)
Visit the stops in any order and tap "Check in" at each one; finish the route to earn points and its own badge.
Visby: walls, church ruins and cathedral
From Almedalen park to the Gotland Museum, the Powder Tower and the Botanical Garden, then the ruin of St. Nicholas, Visby Cathedral, the ruin of St. Catherine and the Visby city wall.
North Gotland: from Lummelunda to Fårö
From Lummelunda Cave to the Bunge Museum and the island of Fårö.
Places to visit
Historic sites
The Powder Tower
The oldest tower of the Visby city wall, next to Almedalen park.
City wall of Visby
Visby City Wall is a medieval defensive wall surrounding the Swedish town of Visby on the island of Gotland.
Tjelvar's grave
A well-preserved stone ship south of Slite on Gotland, 18 m long and 5 m wide, probably from the Late Bronze Age.
Museums
Gotland Museum
The Gotland Museum (previously known as Länsmuseet på Gotland or Gotlands Fornsal) in Visby, Sweden, is the county museum of Gotland.
Bunge Museum
Open-air museum a few kilometres west of Fårösund on Gotland, founded in 1907 and showing past rural life.
Places of worship
Saint Nicolaus church ruin in Visby
Ruin of a church in Visby, first built around 1215–1220 and named after St. Nicholas, patron saint of seafarers.
Visby Cathedral
Visby Cathedral, formally Visby Saint Mary's Cathedral (Visby Sankta Maria domkyrka), is a cathedral within the Church of Sweden, seat of the Bishop of Visby. It lies in the centre of Visby, the main town on the Swedish island Gotland.
Saint Catherine in Visby
Ruin of the church built in Visby for the Franciscan convent founded in 1233.
Anga Church
Anga Church is a 13th century church in Anga on the Swedish island of Gotland. It is one of the most well-preserved Romanesque churches on Gotland, and was possibly preceded by a stave church.
Fröjel Church
Fröjel Church is a medieval church in Fröjel on the Swedish island of Gotland. Fröjel Church may have been built to serve not only as a church, but also as a fortification.
Öja Church
Öja Church is a medieval church in Öja on the Swedish island of Gotland. The church dates from the 13th century and contains an unusual large and elaborately decorated triumphal cross or rood.
Nature
Almedalen
Almedalen is a park in the Swedish city of Visby on the island of Gotland. It is well known in Sweden as the central site of the annual Almedalen Week. In medieval times the area, just outside the city walls was the city harbour.
Visby Botanical Garden
Botanical garden by the sea in Visby, laid out in 1855 by the DBW society.
Lummelunda cave
The Lummelunda Cave is located in a nature reserve at Lummelunda north of Visby on Gotland, Sweden. The explored part of this karst cave is almost 4.5 km (2.8 mi), making it one of the longest caves in Sweden.
Fårö
Fårö is a Baltic Sea island just north of the island of Gotland, itself off mainland Sweden's southeastern coast. It is the second-largest island in the county and a popular summer resort.
Gotska Sandön National Park
Gotska Sandön (literally translated as "The Gotlandic Sand Island") is an uninhabited Swedish island north of Gotland in the Baltic Sea.
Hoburgsgubben
A well-known limestone sea stack (rauk) at Hoburgen, the southernmost point of Gotland, which from a certain angle resembles a man's head.
Stora Karlsö
Stora Karlsö is a small Swedish island in the Baltic Sea, situated about 6 km (3.7 mi) west of the island of Gotland and part of Eksta socken.
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