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Truffle Festival

The guide was updated: 2024-02-23

Gotland’s Truffle Academy invites you to an outstanding truffle festival where the truffle is highlighted. The program includes many aspects of truffles. Takes part every year in November.

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Opening hours: Autumn
Website: www.tryffel.se/english-info/

Our travel guides are free to read and explore online. If you want to get your own copy, the full travel guide for this destination is available to you offline* to bring along anywhere or print for your trip.

*this will be downloaded as a PDF.

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Bergman Week

Bergman Week

Bergman Week is a six-day homage to Ingmar Bergman’s artistry, combining movie screenings with lectures, drama performances, exhibitions and outdoor activities such as radio drama by the sea, and bus trips to filming locations. Bergman Week aims to give visitors and audiences an opportunity to see Bergman’s work in a new light, emphasizing the timeless themes that permeate his works. The week takes place end of June every year.

Medieval Week

Medieval Week

Gotland’s singular surroundings and Visby’s 200 medieval houses on twisty alleyways provide the backdrop for a spectacle that has no counterpart. Gotland and Visby offer a magic mix of jousting, markets, music, theatre, lectures and crazy pranks. From July on, you can confront Sweden’s best knights at the jousting in tough man to man contests. Week 32 in August.

Truffle Festival

Truffle Festival

Gotland’s Truffle Academy invites you to an outstanding truffle festival where the truffle is highlighted. The program includes many aspects of truffles. Takes part every year in November.

Easter parade in Visby

Easter parade in Visby

Easter parade with approximately 4000 children and adults dressed as "easter witches" in Visby. The parade starts at Östercentrum and ends at Almedalen where there are free easter eggs to all children that are dressed up.

Gotland´s Great Art Walk - Öppna Ateljéer

Gotland´s Great Art Walk - Öppna Ateljéer

About 85 gotlandic artists open their studios to the public.

Stångaspelen - Stånga Games

Stångaspelen - Stånga Games

Traditional games from Gotland. The "Olympic Games" of Gotland with activities including tossing the caber and the Gotland pentathlon.

Medieval Tournament and market in Visby

Medieval Tournament and market in Visby

Throughout July, and culminating in Medieval Week, they’ll be battling it out - knights on horseback and armed combatants on foot, archers and jesters. The year is 1288 and the civil war is over. King Magnus has invited everyone to a tournament to bring together the two sides of the war, town and country. The tournament is a public festival full of excitement and spirit, pomp and ceremony. Enjoy the spectacle of Sweden’s best warriors fighting it out with armour and lance, with heart and guts - all to win the favour of the ladies and the applause of the audience. Will your favourite knight rise to the challenge and make it all the way to victory and honour. For tickets, please contact Gotland Tourist Information Centre, 0498-20 17 00

Visbydagen (The Visby day)

Visbydagen (The Visby day)

Visby day. World Heritage Town Visby stages a full programme of cultural events, including walks, music, markets etc.

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