You are here:
  1. Homepage
  2. »
  3. Sweden
  4. »
  5. Gotland
  6. » Skals
Sweden Flag Icon

Skals Destination Guide

Touring Skals in Sweden

Skals in the region of Gotland is a city located in Sweden - some 154 mi or ( 248 km ) South of Stockholm , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of Skals

Time in Skals is now 07:26 PM (Tuesday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Stockholm " with a UTC offset of 1 hours. Depending on your travel resources, these more prominent places might be interesting for you: Kaliningrad, Visby, Västervik, Tubode, and Stockholm. Being here already, consider visiting Kaliningrad . We collected some hobby film on the internet . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Check out our recommendations for Skals ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Gotland Roes Maj 2007

2:45 min by Johan Gardelius
Views: 443 Rating: 4.00

Gotland, Grötlingbo, Roes, May 2007, House to rent ..

2010 07 21 Camping on Gotland (Sweden)

2:38 min by NullisSum
Views: 296 Rating: 5.00

My daughters 1st camping trip. We did the marshmallows and campfire the night before (1st time for them too). I was extremely thankful for the use of this site. ..


Videos provided by Youtube are under the copyright of their owners.


Interesting facts about this location

Burgsvik beds

The Burgsvik beds are a sequence of shallow marine limestones and sandstones found near the town of Burgsvik in the southern part of Gotland, Sweden. The beds were deposited in the Upper Silurian period, around 420 million years ago, in warm, equatorial waters frequently ravaged by storms, in front of an advancing shoreline. The Burgsvik Formation comprises two members, the Burgsvik Sandstone (on which this article focusses) and Burgsvik Oolite.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 57.04 18.28 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Tags: Geography of Gotland County, Geologic formations, Geology of Sweden, Gotland, Limestone

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.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 57.23 18.37 (Lat./Long.); Less than 17 km away
Tags: Buildings and structures in Gotland County, Churches in Sweden, Gotland, Stave churches

Ajvide

Ajvide (Ajvideboplatsen) is located on the western coast of Gotland, Sweden, in the parish of Eksta, diocese of Visby. It covers an area of 200,000 square metres and was occupied from the Late Mesolithic through to the mid Bronze Age. The majority of the activity on the site took place during the Middle Neolithic period (3100 - 2700 BC). This phase of activity belongs to the Pitted Ware culture. Around 2900 BC, the site suffered from a marine transgression.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 57.28 18.16 (Lat./Long.); Less than 21 km away
Tags: Archaeological sites in Sweden, Former populated places in Sweden, Geography of Gotland County, Gotland, Nordic Bronze Age, Stone Age Europe

Hoburgen

Hoburgen is a peninsula on the southern tip of Gotland, Sweden. Burgsvik is located in its northern half.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 56.92 18.12 (Lat./Long.); Less than 21 km away
Tags: Geography of Gotland County, Gotland

Lilla Karlsö

Lilla Karlsö is a small Swedish island in the Baltic Sea, situated about 3 km west of Gotland and 4.5 km from Stora Karlsö. It has an area of about 1.6 km² and is 66 meters high. Most of the island consists of a limestone plateau. Parts of the shoreline is bordered by steep cliffs. The island is mostly covered by alvar. There is also some very old broadleaf forest, which is unique for Gotland. There are several caves and up to 16 meter high limestone pillars.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 57.31 18.06 (Lat./Long.); Less than 26 km away
Tags: Geography of Gotland County, Gotland, Nature reserves in Sweden, Swedish islands in the Baltic, Visitor attractions in Gotland County