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Stockholm 1 Fårö
Gotland. * 500. @ n Mar–Sep:
at Fårö church 0498-22 40 22; Oct–
Nynäshamn
Feb: Visby Tourist Office, 0498-20 17 00.
GOTSKA ∑ gotland.com
SANDÖN
B ALTIC SEA A summer paradise for visitors
from the mainland and further
Fårö
Visby afield, Fårö appears exotic even
to a Gotlander from the main
GOTLAND island. Lying at the northern tip
F Å R Ö Farö Fyr Oskarshamn of Gotland, the little island
Farö of Fårö has a language and
Kyrka traditions all of its own. During
Broa the summer car ferries shuttle
Kappelshamn BUNGE
Fårösund back and forth on the
Irevik 15-minute trip from Fårösund
to Broa. At other times of year
Lärbro
LUMMELUNDA- Lergrav the service is more limited.
GROTTAN Sparse, low pine forest and
Kyllaj moorland with swamp and
TINGSTÄDE
St Olofsholm marshland cover the island.
SLITE There are sheep everywhere.
BRO KYRKA Off the main road between
Broa and Fårö lighthouse
Vatlings
VISBY Gård there are plenty of cattle grids,
Åminne which prevent the sheep
Hogklint from straying.
Sheep in front of a typical Gotland farmhouse, today a tempting Off the northwest coast are
renovation project for incomers from the mainland the spectacular limestone
Gnisvard ROMA stacks, known as raukar, of
Anga
Langham-mars and Digerhuvud.
Tofta Strand Getting Around The sand dune of Ullahau is at
GOTLAND Katthammarsvik The most common way to get to Gotland is by the northern end of the island,
ferry or fast catamaran, either from Nynäshamn or and Sudersand’s long sandy
Torsburgen Oskarshamn. In summer there are several crossings beach is popular with holiday-
Klintehamn a day to Visby. Another option is to arrive by air on makers. The easternmost cape
one of the daily flights from Stockholm, Norrköping of Holmudden is topped by the
Lojsta Hed
Lilla or Nyköping. On Gotland, the only means of public 30-m (98-ft) high lighthouse,
Karlsö transport is the bus. Services outside Visby are Fårö Fyr. Roughly in the centre
KARLSÖARNA FRÖJEL LOJSTA LJUGARN
KYRKA infrequent with perhaps just one morning and one of the island, Fårö Kyrka offers
Stora Stånga afternoon bus, making a car or a bike a necessity for views over the inlet of Kyrkviken.
Karlsö getting around. Bicycles can be hired at the ferry
När The church contains votive
Hemse terminal and elsewhere around the island. paintings dating from 1618 and
1767, depicting seal hunters
PETES Ronehamn being rescued from the sea.
Havdhemn R Fårö Kyrka
5 km (3 miles) N of Broa. Tel 0498-22
10 74. Open Jun–Aug: daily; Sep–May:
Kattlunds
Sat & Sun. 5 8 by appointment.
Burgsvik
Faludden
Vändburg
HOBURGEN
One of Gotland’s many long sandy beaches attracting hundreds of thousands of “The coffee pot”, an eroded limestone stack
visitors to the island every summer on Fårö’s coast

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