Despite its importance as a naval base in the past, [77] as of 2004 [update], there are no naval units based on Gotland. Fårö is formed entirely from limestone rock and is the site of some impressive 'raukar' (limestone sea stacks). The city of Visby and rest of the island were governed separately, and a civil war caused by conflicts between the German merchants in Visby and the peasants they traded with in the countryside had to be put down by King Magnus III of Sweden in 1288.

Szczygiel discovers, that the Czechs even have a word, kafkarna, that they use to describe “an absurdity that is impossible to explain rationally.While it can be quite windy outside the city walls, Visby turns into a fairy tale town if you’re lucky to visit during a snowfall.

As for drinks, the local 'Gotlandsdricka' – a smoky-sweet, juniper-flavoured traditional ale – has been made on the island for centuries. Held in August every summer, The Medieval Week (Medeltidsveckan) is a vibrant festival involving concerts, street theatre performances, historic walks, lectures and much more. Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. En 2009, en su discurso de aceptación del Premio del Libro Europeo por Gottland, el polaco Mariusz Szczygiel se mostraba sorprendido por el éxito en Occidente del libro que “un representante de un país marginal escribe sobre otro país marginal”.I'm sure you will be surprised on how quick will be this process (once you learned one of the two above mentioned languages). A long, affecting chapter contrasts the lives of Jaroslava Moserova, a plastic surgeon who suffered under Communism, and Zdenek Adamec, a 19-year-old student who, in 2003, emulating a famous suicide in 1968, set himself on fire to protest a “democratic system, where it is not people who decide, but power and money. About 1,500 Gotlandic farmers were killed by the Danish invaders after massing for the Battle of Mästerby. The sockens are written in small text, the bolder names are the names of the municipalities existing 1950–1970. Anglo-American business and finance books present these as laudable, and this chapter of Gottland provided food for thought about culture differences between various genres of non-fiction writing, never mind countries, eras or workplaces.