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The port operates two passenger terminals (A and D), total length of its berths is 4.2 kilometres. Vessels with maximum length of 340 metres, 42 metres wide and draught of 10.7 m can enter the port. [2] [3] In 2019, the port served 10.64 million passengers. Cruise ships berthed at cruise terminal
Visby, built in 2019, as Visborg in Stockholm on 23 March 2019. Visborg, built in 2000, as Visby in 2008. Visby, built in 1980 in Nynashamn on 5 May 2002.. Destination Gotland is a Swedish ferry-line that runs state-subsidised domestic ferries from Nynäshamn and Oskarshamn to Visby on the island of Gotland.
[21] [22] Visby is also the only municipality seat of Sweden that is accessible from the mainland only by boat and air traffic. Visby is situated on the central west coast of Gotland, on the rather steep slopes of limestone cliffs surrounding the first natural harbor. The town has evolved around the medieval harbor that now constitutes the ...
The main port of call on Gotland is Visby. The city is visited by a number of cruise ships every year. [95] [96] About 40 cruise lines frequent the Baltic sea with Visby as one of their destinations. [97] In 2005, 147 ships docked at Visby, in 2010 the number was 69. [98] In 2014, 62 ships are scheduled to visit Visby. [99]
In the 19th century the area went by the name Gamle Hamn (Old Port). When the area was planted with elms in the 1870s, the name Almedalen was coined. In Sweden, the name Almedalen is generally associated with the Almedalen Week, an annual event in Visby which is an important meeting place for everyone involved in Swedish politics. During the ...
Visby City Wall (Swedish: Visby ringmur, "Visby Ring Wall", sometimes Visby stadsmur, "Visby City Wall") is a medieval defensive wall surrounding the Swedish town of Visby on the island of Gotland. As the strongest, most extensive, and best preserved medieval city wall in Scandinavia , the wall forms an important and integral part of Visby ...
Map of the airport in Visby. Before the railroad was closed down on the island of Gotland, the main line from Visby to the northern parts of the island actually crossed the runway. It was one of the few airports in the world where this happened. [13] The railway traffic was ended in 1960, and the tracks were removed a few years later.
Gotland County (Swedish: Gotlands län) is a county or län of Sweden. Gotland is located in the Baltic Sea to the east of Öland, and is the largest of Sweden's islands. ...