Gotlands Län Local Customs

Visit Gotland in August, at the Medivial Week!

by El_Sueco

One week in August there is a great festivity in Visby. (Nearly) All people will dress in medivial dresses, and sometimes will act in the street in short 'theatres'.The city of Visby will be full of tourists and 'gutar' (people from Gotland). Traditional food is sold and all sorts of handicrafts and so on.The high point is when the danish King Valdemar Atterdag will enter through the city wall and the people of Visby is shouting 'Bhuu - bhuu!!'This festivity is for two days but all the medivial week there are many tourists in the city./photo will come/