EVERYTHING at Medeltidsveckan 2025 - Biggest Medieval Festival in the Nordics

Описание: Medeltidsveckan, the Medieval Week, is the biggest Medieval festival in Sweden and the Nordics. It takes places every year on Gotland, in the UNESCO World Heritage town of Visby. And I decided to explore everything I could do during the whole week.

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This video tries to cover some information and history about Medeltidsveckan, as well as a bit of practical information and some tips for what you need to know before visiting. But most of all I'm trying to show you all the different kinds of events you can expect during the week.

The Medieval Week has been running for more than 40 years, and it's a much beloved event in Sweden. But it's not without its controversies too. That's why I'm also talking about something called the Unofficial Medieval Week, Inofficiella Medeltidsveckan - a parallel set of events that's occurring at the same time as the main festival.

Aside from that, this video is filled with interviews with new and old festival attendees, clips from events and concerts, notes on various competitions and happenings....and quite a bit of drunken debauchery. Oh, and also clips from jesters and fire shows, and unofficial events like Likörslaget, Östgötaspelen, and a lot more.

A special mention needs to be made of Slaget om Visby, the Battle of Visby - a reenactment where hundreds of people recreate the battle outside the Visby Medieval walls in 1361, when the Danish attacked. This event only happens every third year, and it took place now in 2025.

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