#gotland

[escapismsworld]

Petroglyph from Gotland, Sweden

[weepingwidar]

Linda Lysell (Swedish, 1947) - Begravningsafton på Gotland (Funeral Evening on Gotland) (1973)

[annafridacharlotte]

Visby Town on Gotland, Sweden. July 2024.

[illustratus]

Vision: Scene from Visby by Richard Bergh

[amnhnyc]

Welcome to Trilobite Tuesday! Gotland is a large island situated nearly 55.9 mi (90 km) off of Sweden’s southeastern coast. Since 1851, trilobites—like this 1.2-in- (3-cm-) long Encrinurus—have been excavated from the island’s Silurian deposits. Many of Gotland’s prime collecting spots now lie under the frigid waters of the Baltic Sea.

But trilobites aren’t the only things found here. Almost a millennium earlier, this 810.8-square-mile (2,100-square-kilometer) refuge served as an important Viking trading settlement, and remnants of it can still be found hidden on this area’s rugged, rock-strewn shores.

[saturnvs]

sound on to hear tiny hooves!!

stumbled upon this video on my phone this morning. it’s from my trip to gotland in 2017. these little horses are gotlandsruss and a semi-wild herd of them live in a forest called “lojsta hed”.

my family and i were there, we had been walking through the forest for a long time hoping to see the herd but had no luck. just as we turned around to go back to the car, we step out on this path and suddenly see a whole family of mothers and foals :’) i managed to capture this video of the foals playing, and it’s the most precious video i have on my phone.

i thought you all would love to see some little foals playing <3

[softoff]

[wouldyourathervisit]

Gotland, Sweden

Saaremaa, Estonia

Fasta Åland, Finland

Bornholm, Denmark

Would you rather visit

Gotland, Sweden 🇸🇪

Saaremaa, Estonia 🇪🇪

Fasta Åland, Finland 🇦🇽🇫🇮

Bornholm, Denmark 🇩🇰

Voting ended onMay 19