Hanseatic town of Visby
Also known as Visby
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criteria (iv), (v).
Region
Europe and North America
Sweden
Inscribed
1995
List reference
731
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Hanseatic town of Visby is about 160 km south-east of Norrköping. The nearest other World Heritage site is Southern Öland, about 170 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Visby · about 23,000 peopleat the site
- Nyköping · about 28,000 peopleabout 150 km north-west
- Kalmar · about 35,000 peopleabout 160 km south-west
- Norrköping · about 89,000 peopleabout 160 km north-west
- Linköping · about 97,000 peopleabout 180 km north-west
- Stockholm · about 1,264,000 peopleabout 190 km north
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
SwedenCultural168 km away
SwedenCultural182 km away
SwedenCultural188 km away
SwedenCultural193 km away
SwedenCultural232 km away
Further resources
The official record, while our own profile is in hand
The official record
- World Heritage Centre page for this sitewhc.unesco.org
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