Cultural heritage events and sites
LOCATION photo source: ATTRACTIONS The Folklorefestival in Hansestadt Wismar is an annual event that takes place in July and combines folk dancing, music and song. There are dancers and musicians from international folklore ensembles of the CIOFF sections in America, Africa, Europe and Asia and active members from dance, costume and music groups, orchestras, music […]
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LOCATION Blekinge and eastern Scania is the south-eastern part of Sweden, located by the Baltic Sea, also referred to as the Garden of Sweden owing to its natural abundance. Historically, it is a part of Gotland from which Goths and Gepids set off to the south in the early years of our millennium. As far […]
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LOCATION The south-eastern end of Sweden is Österlen, Scania plain, a land of mild climate, fertile soil and rich past. It bears the stigma of both the Vikings and the Danes who had ruled Scania until the mid-17th century. What attracts tourists besides the scenic beaches, national parks and moraine hills is numerous monuments of […]
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LOCATION Zealand is the biggest Danish island, located between Swedish Scania and Jutland. The lowland, mainly agricultural landscape of the island is diversified thanks to the moraine hills shaped by a glacier. The southern and eastern part of the island is the highest, with cliff coasts. The rich history of the land is not limited […]
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LOCATION The area being described covers the southern end of Zealand as well as scenic MønIsland (with cretaceous shores on the east), tiny BogøIsland and Falster Island, popular with tourists, located on the eastern side of the Danish Straits. The flat, slightly undulating agricultural landscape enchants even in bad weather. Although medieval Christian monuments are […]
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LOCATION…. Bornholm is one of Danish islands located near the coast of Sweden, the subject of competition between Danish and Swedish kings for centuries. Despite its turbulent history, Bornholm has preserved its numerous medieval monuments, including exceptional 12thcentury fortified churches. The island has been Protestant since the mid-16thcentury. Due to its mild climate and great […]
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LOCATION Mecklenburg with Rostock, the biggest harbour town in this part of the Baltic Sea, is the historical Obodrite land, the arena of bloody Slavic-Germanic fights at the turn of the 1st and 2nd millennium, as well as area facing a medieval crusade against Pagans, finished with the Christianisation of Mecklenburg in the mid-12th c. […]
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LOCATION In the Middle Ages, the eastern part of West Pomerania was the heart of the Duchy of Pomerania. It was in Greifswald that the first university by the Baltic Sea was founded, and a few generations of Pomeranian princes used to reside in the no longer existent castle in Wolgast. Rich religious life was […]
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LOCATION By the time Rugia Island was conquered by the Danes in 1168, it was an important Slavonic Pagan worship centre. Its symbol was Arkona with Sviatovid’s Temple described by Danish chroniclers. Like in Pomerania, upon the introduction of Christianity monasteries founded in this place exerted significant impact on the conversion of the locals into […]
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