The Southeast & Gotland - Sweden - page 549

Bröderna Wikströms FOOD
( MAP GOOGLE MAP ; Wallérs plats; 10am-6pm Mon-Sat, to 4pm Sun)
A fabulous, cheese shop with plenty of local Gotland varieties. Also sells gourmet good-
ies, like local preserves made from salmbärssylt (a wild berry indigenous to Gotland).

Kränku

DRINK

( MAP GOOGLE MAP ; 0498-21 74 81; Sankt Hansplan 4; 10am-6pm Mon-Fri, to 4pm Sat)
Tea fiends head here for local blends, which make for soothing, civilised souvenirs.

Information

Tourist Office

TOURIST INFORMATION

( GOOGLE MAP ; 0498-20 17 00; www.gotland.info ; Donners plats; 8am-7pm summer, to 4pm

Mon-Fri, 10am-4pm Sat & Sun rest of year )
The tourist office is located at Donners plats.

Around Visby

There's not much but forest and farmland until you're at least 10km from Visby. If you're
heading northeast, visit the remarkable Bro church , which has several 5th-century picture
stones in the south wall of the oratory, beautiful sculptures and interior lime paintings.
Heading southeast on Rd 143, on your way to Ljugarn, pull over to check out the 12th-
century Cistercian monastery ruin Romakloster ( 0498-501 23; admission free, guided tour
per group Skr800; 10am-6pm daily May-Sep, shorter hours rest of year) , a kilometre from the
main road. Summer theatre performances here start at Skr250 (tickets are available from
Visby tourist office, or book online at www.romateatern.se ) . The 18th-century manor
house is also impressive.
Dalhem , 6km northeast of the Cistercian monastery, has a large church with some 14th-
century stained glass (the oldest in Gotland) and magnificent (albeit restored) wall and
ceiling paintings; take note of the scales of good and evil. There's also a historic steam