Category Archives: Gotland 2024

Our visit to Gotland during Medieval Week.

Airborne breakfast

Posted on August 10, 2024 by Gary

Today, being our last day on Gotland, was spent wandering around Visby and going to dinner in a fancy restaurant. It was also the perfect opportunity to buy stuff we didn’t really need but were really keen to have. Like … Continue reading →

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Tati-incredible

Posted on August 9, 2024 by Gary

The Bunge Museum is huge. It is another hembygdsgården type place where lots of Gotland buildings have been moved to form an open air museum but, unlike the others we’ve seen (apart from Skansen) it is, as I said, huge. … Continue reading →

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Lost: One monkey

Posted on August 8, 2024 by Gary

In 1948, three Swedish, 14-year-old boys, decided to explore a cave on Gotland, near a place called Lummelunda. The cave had been explored back in 1924 but the fellow who tried only managed to get a little way before having … Continue reading →

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Abundance of churches

Posted on August 7, 2024 by Gary

There are a lot of churches on Gotland. According to Lena, in some places you can see three at once, they are so close. She took us for a tour of the small village she lives in and, naturally, we … Continue reading →

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Railways, churches, archaeology and beer

Posted on August 6, 2024 by Gary

Following yesterday’s million steps, it was decided that we’d do a bit of touring today. After waking up and getting out of the flat, we headed out. Mirinda had worked out a splendid itinerary of which I was unaware but … Continue reading →

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Jousting the night away

Posted on August 5, 2024 by Gary

There is something quite magical about streaming into an arena along with a few hundred other eager visitors, sitting on makeshift benches and waiting for the show to begin. The eager anticipation is palpable. Particularly when you have no idea … Continue reading →

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All a bit bloody

Posted on August 5, 2024 by Gary

Gotland has had a pretty torrid time of things throughout history. For a small island in the middle of the Baltic Sea, it’s seen a lot of unnecessary massacres. Or rather, because it’s a small island in the middle of … Continue reading →

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Cash or Swish, the Aussie dilemma

Posted on August 4, 2024 by Gary

The Stockholm fähnlein is a non-profit organisation that is involved in historical re-enactments. Their historical period is that of the Swedish King Gustav Vasa. Originally a small military unit that took part in battles between 1521 and 1523, the fähnlein … Continue reading →

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