Visby - Attractions

1. Visby, The Hanseatic Town with its Town wall
The town has been on UNESCO’s World Heritage List since 1995. The 3.4 km long, well preserved stonewall is surrounding the old town with almost 200 stone buildings that have survived since the 12th and 13th centuries. There are also many church ruins in the town, as well as majestic merchants’ houses from the 17th and 18th century. Still, the town is not a museum, because 2,000 people live inside the Town Wall, and there are also many shops, restaurants and offices.

2. Botanical Gardens
The famous Botanical Gardens of Visby, dating from 1855, are just a 5 minutes walk from the Pier area.

3. Gotlands Fornsal Museum
Gives you an overview of Gotland’s 8,000-year history.

4. Saint Mary's cathedral
Dominating the townscape since the late 12th century, the only surviving church from that time inside the town wall. All the others are ruins, some of them housing concerts or exhibitions in the summer in an exciting surrounding.

5. The Gotland Museum of Art
The museum is both a museum and an art hall with a collection of 20th century art from Gotlandic artists and craftsmen. Temporary exhibitions show contemporary art, design and handicraft. Almedalen. Almedalen is a beautiful park that has been the Visby meeting place for many years. This was once the medieval harbour in Visby where trading and seafaring prospered  

6. Klinten
Is the area inside the wall but above the town, the cliff terrace. This used to be the town´s poor quarters well into the 20th century but is now one of the most exclusive and attractive areas. There is a beautiful view over Visby from the Church Mount on Klinten.

7. Gallows Hill
This used to be the old place of execution but all that remain on this site are three stone pillars that once bore up three wooden beams from which people where hanged. Today Gallows Hill is a beautiful place to visit with a magnificent view over Visby.