Hiking is a popular outdoor activity on Gotland, too. Östkustenleden is a 78-kilometre-long hiking trail through eight parishes and eight nature reserves from Anga to Närsholm, while the 30-kilometre-long Klintkustleden stretches between Björkume and Hallshuk with cliffs, wetlands and old fishing villages along the way. It’s also possible to do a pilgrimage from Roma Kungsträdgård to Dalhem – a 7-kilometre-long pilgrim trail accessible year-round. Read more about outdoor activities on gotland.com. Nicholls, Henry (26 April 2012). "Ancient Swedish farmer came from the Mediterranean". Nature. doi: 10.1038/nature.2012.10541. S2CID 131363264. Archived from the original on 22 June 2022 . Retrieved 22 June 2022– via www.nature.com. Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference There is a bathing jetty by the beach walk in central Visby, and four beaches within just five kilometres. If you feel like going a little further afield, head for the popular Tofta Beach, located 20 kilometres south of Visby. Although Gotland is the largest island in Sweden, the distances are short and the landscape mostly flat, making Visby a good starting point for day trips by bike. The beach clubs Kallis and the Tofta Resort are the epicentre of the action, with rich kids overspending and even pouring champagne onto the floor (yes, really).

Gotland has two senior women's sport teams playing in the first tiers: basketball team Visby Ladies Basket Club (in Basketligan dam) and floorball team Endre IF (in the Swedish Super League). [119] [120] Visby Ladies won the Swedish Championship in 2005. [121] Distance Hoburg, Gotlands-Kommun, SWE → 57.96006234498054,19.34967041015625". Distance.to. Archived from the original on 27 April 2021 . Retrieved 27 April 2021. Olsson, Kjell. "Militärbefälet på Gotland"[Military command on Gotland]. www.gotlandsforsvarshistoria.se (in Swedish). Gotlands Militärhistoria och Gotlands Trupper. Archived from the original on 21 October 2020 . Retrieved 14 March 2015.

In 2018, it reactivated the army's Gotland Regiment and it has reinforced the island's defence with ground-to-air missiles and other measures. The build-up is part of a general rearmament sparked by Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014. read more Overview of archaeologists' efforts to uncover Viking treasure on Gotland island, Sweden. (more) See all videos for this article Visby/Roma". www.eliteprospects.com/. Elite Prospects. Archived from the original on 7 August 2020 . Retrieved 31 October 2020.

a b "I 19 tar över på Gotland"[In 19 takes over on Gotland]. Swedish Armed Forces. Archived from the original on 25 March 2015 . Retrieved 14 March 2015. Gutagatan, based on Gannholm's 1992 edition". www.runeberg.org. Project Runeberg. Archived from the original on 12 November 2020 . Retrieved 13 June 2014. From the mid-1960s until his death in 2007, Sweden’s best-known film director and screenwriter, Ingmar Bergman lived for much of the time on the island of Fårö, off northernmost Gotland. He was born in Uppsala in 1918, the son of a Lutheran pastor. The combination of his harsh upbringing, his interest in the religious art of old churches and the works of August Strindberg inspired Bergman to constantly consider the spiritual and psychological conflicts of life in his films. The results – he made forty feature films between 1946 and 1983 – are certainly dark, and for many, deeply distressing and/or depressing.For the 1989 Studio Ghibli film, Kiki's Delivery Service, by Hayao Miyazaki, he and other illustrators spent time in Gotland in preparation for animation. The city of Visby and rest of the island were governed separately, and a civil war caused by conflicts between the German merchants in Visby and the peasants they traded with in the countryside had to be put down by King Magnus III of Sweden in 1288. [31] In 1361, Valdemar Atterdag of Denmark invaded the island. [32] About 1,500 Gotlandic farmers were killed by the Danish invaders after massing for the Battle of Mästerby. [33] The Victual Brothers occupied the island in 1394 to set up a stronghold as a headquarters of their own in Visby. At last, Gotland became a fief of the Teutonic Knights, awarded to them on the condition that they expel the piratical Victual Brothers from their fortified sanctuary. [30] An invading army of Teutonic Knights conquered the island in 1398, destroying Visby and driving the Victual Brothers from Gotland. In 1409, Grand Master Ulrich von Jungingen of the Teutonic Knights guaranteed peace with the Kalmar Union of Scandinavia by selling the island of Gotland to Queen Margaret of Denmark, Norway and Sweden. [30] Olsson, Kjell. "Gutalagen på svenska". www.tjelvar.se (in Swedish). Gotlands Militärhistoria och Gotlands Trupper. Archived from the original on 2 January 2016 . Retrieved 13 June 2014. Women's Swedish Super League". Swedish Floorball Federation. Archived from the original on 2 July 2014 . Retrieved 12 June 2014. Grå Gåsen nestles in the idyllic countryside setting of Burgsvik in southern Gotland, within a mid-19th-century manor. This boutique hotel with 12 unique rooms combines modern luxury with ancient nature.