The highlight of the year in Visby is Medieval Week, held during the first week of August. The city reverts to its medieval roots with jousting tournaments, knights on horseback, fairy tales, crafts, ...

Fiona Basile dons her tunic and watches Gotland turn back the clock hundreds of years for Visby's Medieval Week. I can only stand and watch as, shrieking and terrified, the residents of the Gotland ...

A knight goes in for a charge in a jousting competition held as part of Visby Medieval Week. Photo: Therese Hübner Swedes get back to work or school, a new subsidy for scrapping your car for an ...

A former Viking site on the island of Gotland, Visby was the main centre of the Hanseatic League in the Baltic from the 12th to the 14th century. Its 13th-century ramparts and more than 200 warehouses ...