GREEN GOTLAND
Visit the islands surrounding Gotland
See the peregrine falcon flying free. Creep right up to a rare orchid. Listen to the sound of silence and meet nature on the islands surrounding Gotland.
Thoughts wander to Scotland’s greyish green moors and precipitous cliffs. There are flowers here that do not grow anywhere else. The bird sanctuaries on the two islands of Stora Karlsö and Lilla Karlsö on Gotland’s west side are a popular destination for nature lovers.
The islands are home to thousands of guillemots and razorbills. Other birds include eiders, scoters, herring gulls, lesser black-backed gulls and, since a few years back, even cormorants. The wheatear and rock pipit like it here. The peregrine falcon nests on Lilla Karlsö and rarities such as the red-backed shrike and gannet have been observed on Stora Karlsö in recent years.
Stora Karlsö was inhabited as far back as 9,000 years ago. Many remains have been discovered in the Stora Förvar cave, which is believed to have been inhabited for a total of 10,000 years.
Fårö is distinctly different from the rest of Gotland. Although the crossing over the sound takes a mere five minutes, the landscape here is even starker, the sand finer and the local dialect even more like a strange song than on Gotland proper.
Gotska Sandön National Park, 38 kilometres north of Fårö, is sometimes called the most solitary place in the Baltic Sea. Peace and tranquillity rules here along with total respect for the natural environment. There are plenty of traces from the intensive human activities throughout the ages.
On the islands surrounding Gotland you are as far from stress, cars and everyday life as you can possibly get.
Read more about:
Lilla Karlsö »
Stora Karlsö »
Gotska Sandön »
Fårö »
Visit the islands surrounding Gotland
See the peregrine falcon flying free. Creep right up to a rare orchid. Listen to the sound of silence and meet nature on the islands surrounding Gotland.
Thoughts wander to Scotland’s greyish green moors and precipitous cliffs. There are flowers here that do not grow anywhere else. The bird sanctuaries on the two islands of Stora Karlsö and Lilla Karlsö on Gotland’s west side are a popular destination for nature lovers.
The islands are home to thousands of guillemots and razorbills. Other birds include eiders, scoters, herring gulls, lesser black-backed gulls and, since a few years back, even cormorants. The wheatear and rock pipit like it here. The peregrine falcon nests on Lilla Karlsö and rarities such as the red-backed shrike and gannet have been observed on Stora Karlsö in recent years.
Stora Karlsö was inhabited as far back as 9,000 years ago. Many remains have been discovered in the Stora Förvar cave, which is believed to have been inhabited for a total of 10,000 years.
Fårö is distinctly different from the rest of Gotland. Although the crossing over the sound takes a mere five minutes, the landscape here is even starker, the sand finer and the local dialect even more like a strange song than on Gotland proper.
Gotska Sandön National Park, 38 kilometres north of Fårö, is sometimes called the most solitary place in the Baltic Sea. Peace and tranquillity rules here along with total respect for the natural environment. There are plenty of traces from the intensive human activities throughout the ages.
On the islands surrounding Gotland you are as far from stress, cars and everyday life as you can possibly get.
Read more about:
Lilla Karlsö »
Stora Karlsö »
Gotska Sandön »
Fårö »
