16 Facts About Visby

The Hanseatic city of Visby is arguably the best-preserved medieval city in Scandinavia, and, since 1995, it has been on the UNESCO World Heritage Site list.

Visby is a popular vacation destination for Scandinavians during the summer and receives thousands of tourists every year.

The Gotland University is in Visby, and, since 1July 2013, it is a department of Uppsala University under the name Uppsala University–Campus Gotland.

Visby is the sole county seat in Sweden accessible from the mainland only by boat and air.

Visby is sometimes called "The City of Roses" or "The City of Ruins".

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In 1528, the citizens of Visby sacked the church of the Holy Trinity, or the church of Our Lord in revenge for the plundering of their town.

Visby is the name of the locality, or town, as well as the name of the larger area surrounding it, Visby socken.

Visby is 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.

Old, original part of Visby is more or less enclosed by the city wall to the north, east and south, with the old harbor and the Baltic Sea in the west.

Visby is one of the sunniest towns in Sweden and in the Nordic countries, especially so during summer.

Visby is linked to the mainland of Sweden by ferry and by plane.

Near Visby, there is the static inverter plant for the first HVDC interconnection of a windpark .

Visby is home to Baltic Centre for Writers and Translators and Visby International Centre for Composers.

Hayao Miyazaki noted that Visby is the main visual inspiration for the town in Kiki's Delivery Service, with elements of other locations such as Stockholm blended in.

Visby is referenced in the Yorushika song, Rain With Cappuccino.