“Blue Lagoon” is not a lagoon, but the water has a pale blue hue against the shallow and bright bottom. Other bathing facilities have also been named “Blue Lagoon”, after Henry De Vere Stacpool’s book The Blue Lagoon of 1908 and a number of film adaptations of the book. In Sweden there are, among other…
The factory Furillen is a hotel on Gotland. The factory Furillen is located in a former workshop building for a limestone quarry on the island of Furillen, where the mining was abandoned in the 1970s. The photographer Johan Hellström used the latter the abandoned factory area and the island as a place for, among other…
In earlier times, Hallshuk was one of the most important fishing villages on Gotland, and served not only nearby farmers but also fishermen from Visby, Västergarn and Gnisvärd. 1600-1680 was a significant fishing period when herring went into large quantities. Source
The lummelund cave is one of our country’s longest caves – the total length of the parts so far explored amounts to almost 4 km. However, there is still much to be found. The cave is a so-called karst cave, which has been formed by the fact that water via narrow cracks has penetrated into the…
Place no 35/1000 – Grausne Norra Raukområde. Many thanks to Viktor for showing off and giving me the opportunity to capture this photo. These rock formations are absolutely wonderful and can be found all around Gotland.