Museum in Visby
A comprehensive museum covering 8,000 years of Gotland history, including Viking silver hoards and medieval church art. Modest admission for one of Sweden’s best regional museums, housed in old distillery buildings.
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Other places worth the walk, and what each one costs.
The only medieval church in Visby still in use, originally built by German merchants in the 12th century. Free to enter, while the surrounding old town is dotted with atmospheric church ruins that are also free to explore.
A lush garden inside the medieval walls where roses, mulberry trees, and Mediterranean species thrive in Gotland's mild microclimate. Free entry and a vivid demonstration of why Visby is called the "City of Roses."
A remarkably complete 3.4-kilometer ring of 13th-century walls with 44 towers, the best-preserved medieval city wall in Scandinavia. Free to walk alongside and through, forming a UNESCO-listed open-air monument.
Working out what Visby costs?
The whole of Visby