Sweden

Visby

From the sea, Visby announces itself with a line of pale stone between the Baltic and the rooftops. Step through one of its medieval gates and the picture changes: lanes bend towards the cathedral, church ruins rise behind modern shops, and the harbour is never very far away. This is the largest town on Gotland, Sweden’s island in the Baltic Sea, but its historic centre invites you to move at the pace of a pedestrian.…...