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Signal verified · updated 2026-09-03

Gotland

Sweden's largest island: Hanseatic Visby, fossil-reef rauks and Viking hoards in the Baltic.

57.500° N18.550° E
site access marine
Visby Airport (VBY)
Visby ring wall and old town
Rauk stacks (Langhammars, Hoburgen)
Lojsta Castle ruins
Formation
Silurian limestone plateau; rauk stacks, alvar pavement, caves.
Population
61,023
Water
Baltic Sea
Access
easy

Every required movement

The passage
to Gotland.

Fly to Visby (VBY) from Stockholm and other Swedish cities, or ferry with Destination Gotland from Nynäshamn/Oskarshamn.

  1. 01
    Visby Airport (VBY)

    Nearest recorded air access

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  2. 02
    Water crossing

    Destination Gotland: Nynäshamn–Visby and Oskarshamn–Visby.

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  3. 03
    Entry check

    Schengen rules (Sweden); no island permits.

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What the chart cannot hold

What becomes visible when you follow visby old town beyond the familiar map?

Sweden's largest island, a Baltic limestone isle famed for the medieval Hanseatic town of Visby (UNESCO), sea-stack rauks, Viking silver hoards and sunny summers.

Independent medieval trading power with its own law, contested by Danes, Teutonic Knights and Swedes; Swedish since the 1645 Peace of Brömsebro. Visby's Hanseatic old town is UNESCO-listed.

Field ledger

The useful
details.

Coordinates
57.50° N · 18.55° E
Sovereignty
Sweden · part of country
Nearest mainland
Swedish mainland (~90 km west across the Baltic)
Best recorded window
June–August; Medieval Week in August.
Permits / entry
Schengen rules (Sweden); no island permits.
Languages
Swedish, Gutnish (Gutamål)

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Travel information changes quickly. This field file was last revised 2026-09-03. Confirm all transport and permit details before booking.

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