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Merchants and Mercenaries Self Guided Tour of Visby
Innerstaden
About
Visby is intact because Visby died young. In the mid fourteenth century, plague, a Danish king's army, and a fleet from Lübeck struck this island city in quick succession, leaving the wall, twelve ruined churches, and cobbled streets exactly where they had stood. This self-guided audio walking tour of Visby brings that story to life on your phone, with no physical guide and no fixed start time.
Walk the Ringmuren, three kilometres of medieval wall, and discover why it was built against fellow Gotlanders, not foreign invaders. Hear about a friar who bought two harbour properties to expand his choir, a boy in chainmail at the foot of the wall, and a silver coin reading 'Moses is the messenger...
Highlights
From 2 hours to 4 hours
Offered in German (Deutsch) & 8 Others
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
From 2 hours to 4 hours
Offered in German (Deutsch) & 8 Others
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
100% Satisfaction Guarantee: If you don’t love the tour, write to us for a full refund.
1-year access to audio on iOS & Android. Listen to the tour anytime, as many times as you like
Audio and written guide included
Offline access to the tour (no internet connection needed) once tour is downloaded
Images to identify stops and in app interactive map for navigation
Any physical devices or headphones
Human tour guide at location
Meeting Points
Departure
Norderport
This is a self-guided audio tour on your self-guided tour app. To activate the tour, check your email for instructions from us sent right after booking. Can’t find it? Search for your company in your email inbox and spam folder. OR contact us via support.
Return
Almedalen
Important Information
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Service animals allowed
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Public transportation options are available nearby
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Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
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Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
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This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
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Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
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Merchants and Mercenaries Self Guided Tour of Visby
Innerstaden
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About
Visby is intact because Visby died young. In the mid fourteenth century, plague, a Danish king's army, and a fleet from Lübeck struck this island city in quick succession, leaving the wall, twelve ruined churches, and cobbled streets exactly where they had stood. This self-guided audio walking tour of Visby brings that story to life on your phone, with no physical guide and no fixed start time.
Walk the Ringmuren, three kilometres of medieval wall, and discover why it was built against fellow Gotlanders, not foreign invaders. Hear about a friar who bought two harbour properties to expand his choir, a boy in chainmail at the foot of the wall, and a silver coin reading 'Moses is the messenger...
Highlights
From 2 hours to 4 hours
Offered in German (Deutsch) & 8 Others
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
From 2 hours to 4 hours
Offered in German (Deutsch) & 8 Others
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
100% Satisfaction Guarantee: If you don’t love the tour, write to us for a full refund.
1-year access to audio on iOS & Android. Listen to the tour anytime, as many times as you like
Audio and written guide included
Offline access to the tour (no internet connection needed) once tour is downloaded
Images to identify stops and in app interactive map for navigation
Any physical devices or headphones
Human tour guide at location
Meeting Points
Departure
Norderport
This is a self-guided audio tour on your self-guided tour app. To activate the tour, check your email for instructions from us sent right after booking. Can’t find it? Search for your company in your email inbox and spam folder. OR contact us via support.
Return
Almedalen
Itinerary
1
Norderport
Spot the iron rings still set into the limestone arch where defenders once chained the road shut.
2
Visby Town Wall
Trace three kilometres of wall built not against foreigners but against the city's own countrymen.
3
East Graves
Stand at the burial field where the city gates stayed bolted while their countrymen were cut down outside.
4
St. Nicolai Ruin
Step into a roofless brick shell where Sweden's first Dominican friars filled the vaults for nearly three centuries.
5
Visby Cathedral
Walk through the only Visby church still in use, funded by a tax on every German merchant ship.
6
S:t Lars gränd & S:t Drottensgatan
Pause between two ruined churches whose floor plans reveal Visby once had a Russian merchant quarter.
7
Gotlands Bryggeri
Find the craft brewery that copied a medieval ruin's arches onto its bottle labels.
8
Christopher Polhems Staty
Meet the Gotlander whose career began by fixing a cathedral clock that had been silent for a hundred years.
5 minutes
9
DBW's Botanical Garden
Wander through a garden funded by fines that twelve young swimmers once paid each other for bathing too long.
10
Fiskargrand
Follow Visby's most photographed alley and learn why its famous climbing roses are not as medieval as you think.
11
Great Square
Search the great square for traces of a friary built where two harbour brothels once stood.
12
Wisby Ost AB
Climb the only spot inside the wall connecting upper and lower Visby without ever leaving the city.
13
Adelsgatan
Walk the street whose name has been misread as 'noble' for centuries when it really means the way of common folk.
14
Sankt Hans kyrkoruin
Notice the joint where two ruined churches share one piece of stonework, one Gotlandic, one German.
15
Burmeister
Enter the seventeenth century home of the Lübeck outsider who became one of Visby's most powerful men.
16
Gotlands Museum
Hunt for the silver coin reading 'Moses is the messenger of God' that reached Gotland by the Volga trade route.
17
Strandgatan
Pass beneath stepped gables of seven storey limestone warehouses where dried fish and Russian fur once filled the rooms.
18
Almedalen Park
Finish in the harbour park where the sea retreated and a young Olof Palme launched Sweden's biggest political festival.
