Sand dunes
Golden beaches.
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Gotska Sandön, «the Gotlandic sand island», is an uninhabited Swedish island in the Baltic Sea north of Gotland, 38 km north of Fårö and about 97 km in a straight line north-east of Visby. It has been a national park since 1909. The island is about 9 km long and 6 km wide, covering about 36 square kilometres, and belongs administratively to Gotland. A small chapel stands on its north-western tip, and in summer regular boat trips run from Fårö and from Nynäshamn on the mainland. The island is mostly sand, dominated by beaches, dunes and dense pine forest, and from the air it shows golden sand ringed by clear blue water. Inland there are green meadows dotted with trees and old red wooden buildings of a farm and lighthouse, a colony of grey seals lives on the north side, and rare insects and plants grow here, including several orchids. The island is free to visit and reached by paid seasonal boats on a long open-sea crossing. You can stay at a campsite or simple cabins, and services are very limited, so book ahead and bring your own food.
Golden beaches.
Dense.
On the north side.
Baltic Sea, north of Gotland, Sweden
By summer boats from Fårö or Nynäshamn.
Yes, at a campsite or simple cabins.