Tour of the city of Visby, Gotland

Visby is an ancient Swedish city with an extremely interesting history. In it you can see the remains of a medieval fortress wall with towers, the ruins of the church of St. Nicholas, in them, oddly enough, in the summer serves one of the restaurants, where you can taste local cuisine and local beer. This is not the case in Swedish churches! However, this does not apply to the Cathedral of St. Mary (Visby Domkyrka), which is active.

Be sure to see in Visby / Visby (in another broadcast) the beautiful architectural sights of the 13th-15th centuries, the botanical garden and the Gotland Museum. The whole city of Visby, which is quite rare, or rather its ancient part, is under the auspices of UNESCO.

The history of Visby is well known from the time of the Vikings 800-1000-ies. The Vikings left runic records on the stones and the original runes can be seen in the museum. In addition, money from the time of the Vikings - not only Swedish, but also other countries, in the museum can also be found. If you are interested in numismatics, you should give yourself special pleasure. Archaeologists have mined many coins here over the past hundred years. In Gotland, trade, including international trade, flourished since the time of the Vikings, and with even greater scope at a time when Gotland and Visby were under the rule of the German trade union Hansa (Hans in a more correct translation). An important milestone in the history of Visby is the Battle of the Danish King Waldemar Atterdag. This historic milestone, which occurred in 1361 in Gotland, is honored.

The botanical garden is located on the territory of the old city, and in summer it is definitely worth visiting, admiring the many varieties of roses. Roses are a separate attraction of the city of Visby. Partly about roses, the famous writer Lyudmila Petrushevskaya wrote a wonderful and truly fantastic story The Island of Gotland, after her stay in the writers' boarding house, in the city of Visby there is one, or in the writer's monastery, as she called it. The story is worth reading, and before or after the tour, you decide.

Tasting local beer, visiting the garden, boutiques with products of local craftsmen - that will certainly give you pleasure during a visit to Visby.