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Garde Destination Guide

Discover Garde in Sweden

Garde in the region of Gotland with its 130 habitants is a town located in Sweden - some 141 mi or ( 226 km ) South of Stockholm , the country's capital .

Interactive map of Garde

Local time in Garde is now 08:00 PM (Tuesday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Stockholm " with a UTC offset of 1 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Kaliningrad, Klaipėda, Visby, Västervik, and Uppsala. When in this area, you might want to check out Kaliningrad . We found some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Garde ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Komm, Nordwind .....

3:30 min by RioDeLaNorte
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Komm, Nordwind ..... Wenn Euch mein Video gefällt würde ich mich über eine positve Bewertung und Kommentare erfreuen ;-) Danke schön ! ..

Frühzeitliche Siedlung (Dark Ages Settlement) Stavgard Gotland

3:05 min by EPV2000
Views: 171 Rating: 5.00

Footage taken from the film "Gotland - Die verzauberte Insel". English version not yet available. Deutsche Fassung ISBN 978 3 940309 06 8; Author: Gernot Reipen; Production: Edition Poseidon Video ..


Gotland

14:52 min by Ka5spar
Views: 87 Rating: 0.00

Eine Reise durch Natur und Kultur der größten Ostsee-Insel ..

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Interesting facts about this location

Lojsta Castle

Lojsta Castle (Lojsta slott) was, despite what the name suggests, not a "castle" in the normal sense, i.e. it was not a palacelike manor. It was more of a fortress. In the Middle Ages, Lojsta Castle was a defence-structure, placed on an island in a small lake in the middle of the Swedish island Gotland. The fortress is believed to have been used by the Vitalians who supported the captured Swedish king at the time, Albert of Mecklenburg.

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Located at 57.32 18.42 (Lat./Long.); Less than 10 km away
Tags: Buildings and structures in Gotland County, Castles in Sweden, Former buildings and structures of Sweden, Gotland

Torsburgen

Torsburgen was an ancient fortress on the Baltic Sea island of Gotland belonging to Sweden. It was originally constructed at the beginning of the 1st century AD. Reinforced during the 4th century, it was in use until c. 1100 AD. A timber-laced stone rampart encircled an area of 12 hectares.

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Located at 57.41 18.72 (Lat./Long.); Less than 14 km away
Tags: Buildings and structures in Gotland County, Gotland

Hemse stave church

Hemse stave church is a rediscovered palisade church from Hemse at Gotland. Before the present Hemse church was built there was a stave church from the early Christian period in the beginning of 11th century. The solid and richly ornamented stave planks of oak was used as a wooden floor in the present church. This stave church, or palisade church, is the only more or less complete church rediscovered from the introduction of Christianity in Sweden.

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Located at 57.23 18.37 (Lat./Long.); Less than 16 km away
Tags: Buildings and structures in Gotland County, Churches in Sweden, Gotland, Stave churches

Gotland

Gotland (Gutland in the local language Gutnish, is a province, county, municipality, and diocese of Sweden. It is Sweden's largest island and the largest island in the Baltic Sea. With its total area of 3,140 square kilometers, the island of Gotland and the other areas of the province of Gotland make up less than one percent of Sweden's total land area. The province includes the small islands of Fårö and Gotska Sandön to the north and some tiny islands, including the Karlsö Islands to the west.

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Located at 57.50 18.55 (Lat./Long.); Less than 21 km away
Tags: Geography of Gotland County, Gotland, Islands of Sweden, Provinces of Sweden

Gotland County

Gotland County (Gotlands län) is a county or län of Sweden. Gotland is located in the Baltic Sea to the east of Öland, and is the largest of Sweden's islands. Counties are usually sub-divided into municipalities, but Gotland County only consists of one municipality: Gotland Municipality. Gotland County at present is unique in Sweden as there is no county council. The municipality handles the tasks that otherwise is handled by the county council, mainly health care and public transport.

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Located at 57.50 18.51 (Lat./Long.); Less than 21 km away
Tags: Counties of Sweden, Gotland, Gotland County