st. nicolai ruin

This is a very unusual arena for all kinds of performances including Gotland Chamber Music Festival in July each year. This year we attended a show with Christmas Carols.The ruin is from the 14-th Century.Recommended.

One of the best attractions that Visby has to offer, it's a place of interest during the day and a magic place to walk in the nigh time, with all the lights. The restorations have been made in an ideal way, keeping all the original parts. It's very easy to park nearby.

A special place where ruins have been revitalized in a clever and effective way. Recomended both in daytime, both in nightime. A crucial step into the Visby experience

Great thing is that you can rent most of the old ruins in Visby for private events. What a beautiful venue! It's amazing how many old church ruins Visby has.

This review is more a statement of the town and ruins in Visby than one particular place. The town has many churches and various towers dating back from the 13th century. If you are in Visby I'd recommend just walking the town and exploring the various ruins, towers, views of the city and the ocean. For me no organized tour was needed. I love a town where you can just wander sans map and know to find my way back to the cruise ship just head downhill to the sea. Beautiful town full of ruins and really nice friendly people.

St Nicolai is one of 8 substantial church ruins in Visby. It was built by Dominicans in 1240. All the churches you see were built around the 13th Century by different denominations. Most are padlocked on Monday's but are open to explore the rest of the week. St Karin (Katarina) was built by Franciscans in 1233 and became the richest church in Gotland. Today you either wander beneath its aisle of soaring arches or climb steps for a unique view from the top of them. Lesser church ruins include St Helga And - an octagonal one with engravings over the entrance. St Peter & St Hans, with a restaurant inside. St Lars (Lawrence) and St Drotten stand facing each other and are called the sister churches. Drotten is an old Norse word for ruler. St Lars is very tall and possibly built by Russian merchants from Novgorod. Finally near the botanical gardens is St Klemens.

Enjoyed wandering the streets of Visby on a sunny Sunday morning...most of the town was deserted, silent, and peaceful, and it was relaxing to explore the cobblestoned streets and view the many ruined churches and other buildings. The Botanical Gardens were interesting as well, and contained many types of exotic plants and flowers. The city center provided opportunities for shopping and eating; an enjoyable stop on our Baltic cruise.

These places do not come in plenty - a large Church with wonderful arches - all in ruins! The roof is spared up front and therefore it is rather safe to arrange musical concerts, mingel parties and art performances here. Most of the time it is open for the public and a perfect place for private contemplation, maybe prayer and even a kiss with your most beloved...

Visby is full of old ruined churches, which are really incredible to see. They are open free of charge between 12:00 and 16:00 during May - Aug, with an earlier opening (10:00) in July. The ruins are really atmospheric, and blend in perfectly with the cobbled streets and town wall to transport you back into medieval Visby. Some of the larger ruins have restaurants and can be rented out (for wedding etc), while the smaller ones are pretty much "as is". It is well worth grabbing a map of the town from the Tourist Center by the harbor and going for a walk to see all of them, there are ~14 ruins in total. There is one (St. George?) just outside the town wall - we recommend crossing out the snackporten (gate in the town wall on west side), which gives the best view over the wall and the ocean, and then a really nice walk to the ruin.

Truly worth visiting, area is charming and people are so nice. Its like you are in a different world, just like a movie

My review covers ALL the medieval church ruins in the old town. There are 9-10 of them! All are free to visit. Some of them have stairs you can climb, so make sure you check all the doors. They all look romantic and beautiful.

A beautiful runi full of happenings in the summertime - music, jesters, wedding and just a good place to be in.There is also a restaurant in the ruin where you can have medieval food during the summer and in week 32 you can see medieval farce and listen to medieval music in a authentic way.It is a good place to be...

This Unesco WHS town is amazing, This ruin is simply part of the town and you can just walk in breath in the atmosphere. It was deserted when we were there which helps. Most of the visitors are Scandinavians visiting by ferry or visitors on small ships. We arrived on a foggy morning which was very atmospheric but the sun soon came out. The town is sometimes used for film shoots. Visit the tourist info office (close to the port) and following a walking route. Make sure you include the botanic gardens which are really like a town park. The own is quite compact and we later revisited without the walking guide and followed the town walls (both inside and out) around the town gaining amazing vistas and finding many hidden gems. A photographers paradise and the day will fly past.

We loved this beautiful old city, it's extremely charming. There was a midevil festival throughout the city that added more charm. It's very clean, friendly and exactly as we had hoped. Our daughter has decided that when she is an adult, she's moving there!

This church along with many other churches and buildings in the old walled city are wonderful. The city has narrow cobble stone streets and beautiful old buildings.You can easily spend an entire day here just looking at the old buildings and going in the various shops. There is also a botanical garden that is wonderful.This city and island is worth the trip.