Gotland is called the island of 100 churches, and that is by no means an exaggeration. Every small village has its own church.
The tradition in Venice of dressing up in masks comes from antiquity and continues to this day. In former times, noblemen and ladies would hide behind masks when going out to revel and wishing to remain anonymous ...
Yet the greatest splendour of FARÖ island is the stone wonders shaped by nature. Stone pillars created by wind and seawater, standing four times the height of a person.
Remember the story of Don Quixote and the windmills? Well, the NÄS peninsula on Gotland would have been just the right battlefield for him.
Although Gotland is the largest island in the Baltic Sea, which has belonged to Sweden since 1645, life here seems to flow sovereignly and quietly. Visby holds the status of Gotland's capital.
Travel diary, Day 3 - PULA, ROVINJ. And then it can no longer be described in words. Perhaps drawn, perhaps photographed, but most truthfully simply felt …