Gotland
Gotland is Sweden's largest island, in the middle of the Baltic Sea. Some 60,000 people live here all year. Together with some minor islands it forms the Gotland province, Gotland Municipality and Gotland County.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Visby and Fårö.
Visby
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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.
Fårö
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Fårö is an island just north of Gotland. It is one of Sweden's more secluded holiday resorts; being an island off an island, 20 km across, with 500 permanent citizens.
Gotska Sandön
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Gotska Sandön is an island in the Baltic Sea, 8 km across. All of it is a national park. Often described as "an island for the soul", this is the Baltic's most isolated island, a lovely place to unwind, watch the horizon, and take long walks listening to the wind in the pine trees.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Karlsöarna and Northern Gotland.
Karlsöarna
Stora Karlsö and Lilla Karlsö are two islands and natural reserves west of the Swedish island Gotland in the Baltic Sea. Karlsöarna are their collective name.
Northern Gotland
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The northern part of Gotland is made up of forests and farmlands. With a population of a few thousand, it is known as a calm place of great natural sceneries, including rauks and the Lummelunda cave system, as well as the gateway to the even more secluded island of Fårö.
Southern Gotland
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The southern part of Gotland includes towns such as Hemse, Ljugarn and Burgsvik. It's a quiet region, with scenic beaches and some of the most famous rauks.
Central Gotland
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Central Gotland is sparsely populated and mainly made up by farmlands and forests.
Gotland
- Type: Island with 61,000 residents
- Description: island and historical province in Sweden
- Also known as: “Gothland”
- Category: province of Sweden
- Location: Gotland County, Götaland, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“Gotland” goes by many names.
- Achinese: “Gotland”
- Afrikaans: “Gotland”
- Arabic: “جزيرة غوتلند”
- Arabic: “غوتلاند”
- Aragonese: “Gotland”
- Armenian: “Գոթլանդ”
- Asturian: “Isla de Gotland”
- Asturian: “Islla de Gotland”
- Azerbaijani: “Qotland adası”
- Bashkir: “Готланд”
- Basque: “Gotland”
- Belarusian: “Востраў Готланд”
- Belarusian: “Готланд”
- Belarusian: “Готлянд (востраў)”
- Belarusian: “Готлянд (выспа)”
- Belarusian: “Готлянд”
- Bengali: “গোতলান্দ”
- Breton: “Gotland”
- Bulgarian: “Готланд”
- Catalan: “Gotland”
- Catalan: “Illa de Gotland”
- Cebuano: “Gotland (munisipyo)”
- Cebuano: “Gotland”
- Chechen: “Готланд”
- Chinese: “Gotland”
- Chinese: “哥得蘭”
- Chinese: “哥得蘭島”
- Chinese: “哥德蘭島”
- Chinese: “哥特兰”
- Chinese: “哥特兰岛”
- Chinese: “果特兰岛”
- Croatian: “Gotland”
- Czech: “Gotland”
- Danish: “Gotland”
- Danish: “Gulland”
- Dutch: “Gotland”
- Dutch: “Gotlands län”
- Esperanto: “Gotland”
- Esperanto: “Gotlando”
- Estonian: “Gotland”
- Estonian: “Ojamaa lään”
- Estonian: “Ojamaa saar”
- Estonian: “Ojamaa”
- Faroese: “Gotland”
- Finnish: “Gotland”
- Finnish: “Gotlanti”
- French: “Gotland”
- French: “Île de Gotland”
- Galician: “Condado de Gotland”
- Galician: “Gotland”
- Georgian: “გოტლანდი”
- German: “Gotland”
- German: “Gottland”
- German: “Harudden”
- Greek: “Gotland”
- Greek: “Γκότλαντ”
- Hebrew: “גוטלנד”
- Hungarian: “Gotland megye”
- Hungarian: “Gotland tartomány”
- Hungarian: “Gotland”
- Icelandic: “Gotland”
- Indonesian: “Gotland”
- Indonesian: “Pulau Gotland”
- Irish: “Gotland”
- Italian: “Gotland”
- Italian: “isola di Gotland”
- Japanese: “ゴットランド島”
- Japanese: “ゴトランド島”
- Kalaallisut: “Gotland”
- Kannada: “ಗಾಟ್ಲೆಂಡ್”
- Kirghiz: “Готланд”
- Korean: “고틀란드 섬”
- Korean: “고틀란드”
- Korean: “고틀란드섬”
- Kurdish: “Gotland”
- Latin: “Gothia (provincia historica)”
- Latin: “Gothlandia”
- Latvian: “Gotlande”
- Latvian: “Gotlandieši”
- Limburgan: “Gotlandj”
- Lithuanian: “Gotlandas”
- Lombard: “Gotland”
- Low German: “Gotlaand”
- Lower Sorbian: “Gotland”
- Luxembourgish: “Gotland”
- Macedonian: “Готланд”
- Malagasy: “Gotland”
- Malay: “Gotland”
- Marathi: “गॉटलंड”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Gotland”
- Mingrelian: “გოტლანდი”
- Mongolian: “Готланд”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gotland”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gulland”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gotland”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gulland”
- Norwegian: “Gotland”
- Norwegian: “Gotlands län”
- Novial: “Gotland”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Gotland”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Gēatland”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Gotland”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Ȝeatland”
- Ossetian: “Готланд”
- Persian: “گوت لند”
- Persian: “گوتلاند”
- Polish: “Gotlandia”
- Portuguese: “Condado da Gotlândia”
- Portuguese: “Condado de Gotland”
- Portuguese: “Gotland (condado)”
- Portuguese: “Gotland”
- Portuguese: “Gotlândia”
- Portuguese: “Gotlands (condado)”
- Portuguese: “Gotlands”
- Pushto: “ګوتلاند”
- Quechua: “Gotland”
- Romanian: “Gotland”
- Romanian: “Gotlanda”
- Romanian: “Gotlandia”
- Romanian: “Gotlands län”
- Romanian: “Insula Gotland”
- Russian: “Готланд”
- Russian: “Готский берег”
- Russian: “Лен Готланд”
- Russian: “Остров Готланд”
- Saterfriesisch: “Gotlound”
- Serbian: “Gotland”
- Serbian: “Готланд”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Gotland”
- Slovak: “Gotland (ostrov)”
- Slovak: “Gotland”
- Slovenian: “Götaland”
- Slovenian: “Gotland (otok)”
- Slovenian: “Gotland”
- Slovenian: “Gotlandija”
- Spanish: “Gocia”
- Spanish: “Gotland (isla)”
- Spanish: “Gotlandia”
- Spanish: “Isla de gotland”
- Spanish: “Isla de Gotland”
- Swahili: “Gotland”
- Swedish: “Gotland”
- Swedish: “Gotlands län”
- Tajik: “Готланд”
- Thai: “ก็อตลันด์”
- Turkish: “Gotland bölgesi”
- Turkish: “Gotland County”
- Turkish: “Gotland Kantonu”
- Turkish: “Gotland, İsveç (il)”
- Turkish: “Gotland”
- Ukrainian: “Готланд”
- Ukrainian: “Ґотланд”
- Upper Sorbian: “Gotland”
- Urdu: “گوتلاند”
- Uzbek: “Gotland”
- Veps: “Gotanma”
- Veps: “Gotland”
- Vietnamese: “Gotland”
- Vlaams: “Gotland”
- Volapük: “Gotläniän (länatopäd)”
- Volapük: “Gotläniän”
- Waray (Philippines): “Gotland”
- Welsh: “Gotland”
- Western Frisian: “Gotlân”
- Western Frisian: “Gotland”
- Western Panjabi: “گوٹلینڈ”
- Wu Chinese: “哥特兰岛”
- Yue Chinese: “哥德蘭島”
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