The photos on the following pages were made in Visby on the beautiful
island Gotland. During the Medieval Week, Medeltidsveckan, Visby is
turned into a medieval city once again. The visitors of the festival
dress accordingly.
Medeltidsveckan in Visby on the beautiful island Gotland in
Sweden is the place to go. Visby is a city with a huge medieval stone
ring wall, where each year thousands of people visit the festival
dressed in medieval clothes. When you walk around in Visby, you are
transported back into Medieval times. At the Medieval Fair you can buy
Medieval clothes, and accessories, eat Medieval food and of course make
photos. The best way to enjoy Medeltidsveckan is to be dressed in
Medieval clothes and take part in the parades.
Medeltidsveckan Visby is packed with activities, music and jesters.
Poeta Magica is a returning group. Just like Gycklargruppen Pax, a group
of talented young jesters, Gycklargruppen LEeR performs at various
events in Visby. One of the highlights is the jousting tournament. There
are fire shows and spontaneous concerts. The smell of smoke is
omnipresent. At the Medieval market you can eat roast wild boar, glazed
apples and much more.
At the Medieval pub / restaurant Clematis you can relive Medieval times
in a roaring environment with fire blowers, belly dancers, musicians,
people singing and a stockade.
There is another nice site,
http://www.bingeby.com,
with photos and some nice information about Visby, Medeltidsveckan and
it's ringwall and history.
A medieval reenactmentgroup from Lübeck
Germany
http://www.hansevolk.de often visits medeltidsveckan, photos of this
group can be found on my site.
If you visited Medeltidsveckan you wil surely have heard music of the
Wisby Vaganter.
You can find photos of them and Gycklargruppen Pax & LEer on my site.
I would like to thank Kjell Ehn for his help to get wonderful
photography opportunities at the tournament and Eldshow (and his photos
in the guest gallery). I would also like to thank Hanne Heftø who used
to have her shop at Kapitelhusgården in Visby for making the wonderful
rings. Hanne now has a shop at Klosterbrunnsgatan 8, Visby.
Furthermore a special "thank you" to Peter Ringborg and Stig Englund of
Wisby Vaganter, the other members of the group and Pontus. A warm thank
you to Viktor, Johannes, Maja, Oskar and Michael for the cooperation in
my photo shoots over the years and their friendship.
A very huge thank you to Klas, Tina, Jonas and Micis for the friendship
and the wonderful times we had at Clematis.
Another thank you to Anita, Catharina, Roger, Caesar and Caspian for the
wonderful appartment.
And finally a thank you for all the people cooperating in the
photoshooots.
The people on many of the pictures were
asked for permission to publish their image. On an event like
Medeltidsveckan it is impossible to check everytime if it is ok to
publish a photo. If you are on a picture, and you would like it to be
removed from the site, just send an
e-mail
