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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
[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 ...
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.
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]
Visby Airport was opened on 27 January 1942. The first aircraft to land was a Junkers Ju 52/3m named Göteland from AB Aerotransport. [6] In October of the same year, regular traffic between Visby and the Swedish mainland started, in the beginning mostly with Ju 52s.
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 ...
Konrad von Jungingen, the Grand Master of the Order, takes the Island in 1398 and destroys Visby. In 1397, Margaret passes rule of Norway, Sweden, and Denmark to her grandnephew Eric of Pomerania. In 1408 the Teutonic Knights sell Visby to Erik. Three years later he begins construction of Visborg Castle, the most famous of the Visborg fortresses.
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 ...