Göra på Gotland | FREEDOMtravel

What can you do on Gotland and what can you see and experience? I (Peter) went around Gotland when I was 15 years old with the scouts in Järfälla in Stockholm, but there are no memories of what to see and experience. As travel bloggers, we don't really know anything because we don't write in the office like many others, because we know that there is no honest information. We're going to Gotland to write but we haven't got there yet. Right now there is only quirky and funny information about Gotland that you can read about. Welcome to the site!

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Things to see and do on Gotland

Gotland (gutnish Gutland, older Danish Gulland) is Sweden's largest ö, located in the Baltic Sea, about 100 km from the Swedish mainland.

Gotland is also, together with the neighbouring islands of Fårö, Karlsöarna, Gotska Sandön, Östergarnsholm and several smaller islands, a Swedish province. It is also a county, a municipality and a diocese. The main island has a surface area of 2 994 km², the county and landscape have a surface area of 3 151.4 km² and the surface area including lakes is 3 183.7 km².

Gotland in the 17th century - Suecia verket

Göra på Gotland - Visby — Visby in the 17th century - Suecia work

Gotland's coat of arms in the 17th century - from Suecia verket

Things to see and do on Gotland - facts

Part of the country: Götaland
County: Götaland County
Pin: Visby Diocese
City of residence: Visby
Biggest lake: Bästeträsk
Largest island: Gotland is Sweden's largest island
Highest point: Lojsta hed - 82 metres above sea level.
Surface: 3 183 km 2
Population: 59 686 (2019)
Titular: Duchess Leonore
Element: Calcium
Insect: Knight's skin beetle
Landscape fish: Turbot
Landscape moss: Kalkkammossa
Landscape stone: Hoburg limestone
Landscape singing: The ravines, cliffs and rocks of Northern Ireland
Landscape flower: Ivy
Landscape animals: Hedgehog
Landscape mushrooms: Red-brown earth star
Landscape apples: Stone church
Landscape bird: Collared flycatcher
Constellation: Orion
Star: Betelgeuse
Weapons: In a blue field a standing ram of silver with horns, hooves of gold, carrying on a cross-embellished pole of gold a red banner with border and five gold tabs.
National Park: Gotska Sand Island National Park
Nature reserve: Furilden nature reserve, Högklint nature reserve, Gamla hamn nature reserve, Bastetrask nature reserve.
Cultural reserve: Norrbys in Väte on Gotland with farm environment and agricultural landscape. The farm dates from 1936 and is completely intact with Gotland's oldest watermill.
Largest centres: Visby, Vibble, Väskinde, Västerhejde
Largest watercourse: River Gotheme
Gotland's landscape song: The ravines, cliffs and rocks of Northern Ireland
Landscape law: Marinated lamb roast with seasonal vegetables
Saffron Pancake, Chilli Saffron Pancake with springtime primrose. More about Swedish food here.
Essence: Villages
Main sights: Visby, Blå lagunen, Sudersands and Tofta beach, Folhammar and gnogarsberget, St. Karin Cathedral ruins, Elingshems Ödekyrka, Dalhem church, St. Maria cathedral, Hall church, Langhammar, Ausudud rauk field, Grogarberget, Stora Karlsö, Jungfrun, Gothenburg Museum, Gothenburg Zoo, Hoburgsgubben, Tom. Maria cathedral, Hall church, Langhammar, Ausuddens raukfält, Grogarnsberget, Stora Karlsö, Jungfrun, Gotlands museum, Gotlands zoo, Hoburgsgubben, Tomtbods fiskeläge, Fårö, Gannarve shipwreck, Lummelunda cave, St. Nicolai church garden,
Famous people: Restaurateur Mymlan Isenborg, Restaurant King Vasilis Kanellos, Comedian Babben Larsson, Singer Susanne Alfengren, Singer Josefin Nilsson.
Unnecessary knowledge: Gotland has 92 medieval churches, built between the 12th and 15th centuries, with half (about 24,000) of the population living in Visby. Gotland has one species of snake, the Gotland snake, and the plants brown eyebright and Gotland siphon. Gotland has about 2000 hours of sunshine per year and is the place that has won the solar league most times. There are many Gutnish (Gotlandic) games and sports - such as pärk, varpa and stångstörtning. They compete here every summer during the "Gutnian Olympics" Stångaspelen. Many also consider the parlour game of kubb to be Gotlandic, and every year the World Cup in kubb is held in Rone in the south-east of the island. The Visby ring wall is the best preserved city wall in all of northern Europe and is known as Europe's treasure chest.