Galgberget
Galgberget is a nature reserve just north of Visby on Gotland, Sweden. The area is bounded to the west by the cliff edge, in the east by County Road 149, and in the south by the town of Visby.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: nature reserve in Sweden
- Also known as: “Galgberget, Visby”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St. Göran’s Church ruin and Visby Cathedral.
St. Göran’s Church ruin
Photo: Carlstr, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St. Göran’s Church ruin is situated 390 metres southwest of Galgberget.
Visby Cathedral
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Visby Cathedral, formally Visby Saint Mary's Cathedral, is a cathedral within the Church of Sweden, seat of the Bishop of Visby. It lies in the centre of Visby, the main town on the Swedish island Gotland. Visby Cathedral is situated 1 km southwest of Galgberget.
DBW’s Botanical Garden
Garden
Photo: Helen Simonsson, CC BY-SA 3.0.
DBW’s Botanical Garden is situated 1 km southwest of Galgberget.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Visby and Vibble.
Visby
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Visby is one of the most remarkable towns in the Nordic countries. It is on the west coast of Sweden's largest island Gotland in the Baltic Sea with about 23,000 citizens.
Vibble
Village
Vibble is a locality in Västerhejde on the Swedish island of Gotland. Sweden with 1,300 inhabitants in 2010. Situated 3 km south of Visby, it is sometimes regarded as a suburb to the town of Visby. Vibble is situated 6 km southwest of Galgberget.
Träkumla
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Träkumla is a village, which is situated 10 km south of Galgberget.
Galgberget
- Categories: nature reserve, tourism, ruins, and historic site
- Location: Visby socken, Visby domkyrkoförs., Gotland Municipality, Gotland County, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
57.65051° or 57° 39′ 2″ northLongitude
18.30722° or 18° 18′ 26″ eastElevation
36 metres (118 feet)Open location code
9F9WM824+6VOpenStreetMap ID
node 52586897OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionGeoNames ID
11822034Wikidata ID
Q10502178
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In Other Languages
From Danish to Swedish—“Galgberget” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Galgberget”
- Dutch: “Galgberget”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جاليباريت”
- Finnish: “Galgberget”
- French: “Galgberget”
- German: “Galgberget”
- German: “Galgenberg”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Galgberget”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Galgberget”
- Polish: “Galgberget”
- Portuguese: “Galgberget”
- Romanian: “Galgberget”
- Spanish: “Galgberget”
- Swedish: “Galgberget naturreservat”
- Swedish: “Galgberget, Visby”
- Swedish: “Galgberget”
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