My cruises around Baltic Sea:
Visby in Sweden

Information:

Visby is the main city of the island Gotland, Swedish biggest island. In earlier time it belonged to Denmark.

Info:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/ Visby (Visby, Wikipedia)

Visby:

Harbor of Visby. There are cruiser ships coming both from Nynäshamn in Stockholm and Kalmar in Småland.

From the ferry we have a great view over the old town of Visby. We did this cruise 2008.

The old ring defense wall of Visby is still intact with its all gates. It is 3.5 km long and 800 years old.

Info about Visby city wall (Swedish and English):

• https://sv.wikipedia.org/ wiki/ Visby ringmur (Visby ringmur, Wikipedia)

There are a lot of ruins of churches inside the city wall of Visby.

Karamell Boden, it's a candy store but sorry to say it was closed.

No problem to stay here two days and just walking around and looking on all the details and old buildings.

One of the rare more modern buildings.

Visby big square and the bakery, we sat down here for a while, coffee, Cola and cakes.

At the big square there is a big ruin after a church, the S:ta Karin church.

We don't have any earth quakes in Sweden and walls still stands up.

Info about Sankta Katarina kyrkoruin, Visby (Swedish):

• https://sv.wikipedia.org/ wiki/ Sankta Katarina kyrkoruin, Visby (Sankta Katarina kyrkoruin Visby, Wikipedia)

Torgkassen, a food store at the square.

Visby was a very rich town in old days, it belong to the Hanseatic League.

Info about Hanseatic League (Swedish and English):

• https://sv.wikipedia.org/ wiki/ Hansan (Hansan, Wikipedia)

Restaurant Munkkällaren.

Catharinagatan.

Yllet, I think they sell clothes here manufactured of wool and they have a lot of sheep at Gotland.

Tea and Coffee, Kränku.

Eastern gate if I remember correct.

The street Adelsgatan.

Some of the houses are built into the City wall.

Defense tower, there are a lot of them in the City wall.

This is the Northern side of the City wall.

Visby's fire station, painted red of course.

This store house belong to Lars Reinhold.

Visby is famous for its all roses, this is something else.

Northwestern part of the City wall. In the background, the mainland of Sweden.

North gate of Visby.

Eastern wall, it says that a woman is buried in the wall.

DWB's botanical garden.

Hantverksgården at Smittens backe.

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