Visby, Sweden — The Medieval Town Behind the Walls | 4K

Visby: the unreal beauty where limestone meet the baltic sea A ten-minute journey through Visby, Gotland: Baltic trade, merchants, the city wall, 1361, church ruins and living heritage. English narration and calm guitar. Real photographs, historical artworks and public-domain archive film from 1921. Historical images are labelled. CHAPTERS 00:00 A City Born from the Sea 01:40 Merchants, Warehouses and Faith 03:20 The Wall and the Conflict of 1288 05:00 1361 — Evidence and Legend 06:40 Why the Churches Became Ruins 08:20 A Living Town, a World Heritage Adaptation: CC BY-SA 4.0. Photos resized and animated; archive footage extracted and resized, original soundtrack removed. No endorsement by source creators. MEDIA CREDITS (licence codes below) CucombreLibre from New York, NY, USA [B2] Aerial photograph of Visby, July 2016.jpg | https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Arild Vågen [S4] https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Bene Riobó [S4] https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Dagge67 [S3] Campus Gotland - Visby harbor.jpg | https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Susanne Nilsson [S2] City view (30391078406).jpg | https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... ArildV [S4] https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Helen Simonsson [S3] Kilen 2 Visby Gotland.jpg | https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... L.G.foto [S4] https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Wolfgang Sauber [S3] Visby - Ruine St.Nikolai 2 - Fassade.jpg | https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... AleWi [S4] https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Richardmaackphotography [B4] https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Arkland [S4] https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Zgardner44 [S4] https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Hajotthu [S3] Visby 7 Norderport 03.JPG | https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Danne77 [S3] Korsbetningen.jpg | https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Pehr Arvid Säve [PD] Korsbetningen och Östra muren – P A Säve 1858.jpg | https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Wisborgs slott – P A Säve 1858.jpg | https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Carl Gustaf Hellqvist [PD] Valdemar Atterdag brandskattar Visby (1882).jpg | https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... W.carter [S4] https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Unknown authorUnknown author [PD] Wisborg Castle.jpg | https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... AB Kinocentralen in Swedish [PD] Visby 1921.webm | https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... LICENCES B2 CC BY 2.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... S4 CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... S3 CC BY-SA 3.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... S2 CC BY-SA 2.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... B4 CC BY 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... PD Public domain #sweden #gotland #visby #balticsea #travel #guide