Visby - the medieval city

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Visby in Sweden hosts a medieval week-long festival every year. In 2020 it was held on-line and won a tourism prize for this. The current plan is to go ahead with the fully-physical festival in 2021.
In this, I introduce the viewer to the place, the festival, and I concentrate on the non-military side of the festival, which recreates the everyday lives of ordinary people of the (mainly later) middle ages.
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[@Jaytheradical]

"And this is a shoe from what period?" "This morning."

[@eselain7601]

😂

[@Considerers]

"An assasins uniform, possibly the stupidest idea for a uniform" Good point

[@ArcanisUrriah]

Almost as bad as a ninja suit.....

[@andrewgodly5739]

Not only that but it stands out more than a king's attire would've. It's like say "hey everyone look at me in my assassin uniform". Back when I was like 10 years old playing those video games I was always wondering why no one notices you

[@rakino4418]

@@ArcanisUrriah its a black suit. For sneaking... in the *dark*. Whats the problem?

[@robbikebob]

Unless you give your assassin uniform to a non assassin and then you, as the assassin, but no longer in uniform, are completely undetectable! Or is that not cricket?

[@ReddoFreddo]

@@rakino4418 But it's white...

[@pritkon8622]

I admire all the people who agreed to talk in front of the camera You'd be walking around, enjoying the festival, and suddenly some British chap says "You are the first person wearing these nice shoe-thingies I've seen all day. How about you tell me everything you know about them?"

[@mikaelt576]

I have a strong feeling many people in the festival knows who this British chap is ;)

[@OlleCarnevale]

Quite possibly so. I didn't know about him at that time, though.

[@orue5499]

@@OlleCarnevale wait hold up det är ju du lol nice

[@friderosendal2164]

Over 40.000 tourists just that week, in a town with ca. 30.000 inhabitans. The whole city almost becomes medieval. Thanks for yet another brilliant video (from a swede 🇸🇪)

[@mooneyes2k478]

40 thousand is a low count. More like 100...

[@NoobLord98]

Lindy: "Only 26000 kroner" Me: "Well, for a cannon that might actually be a steal"

[@PerfectAlibi1]

Does it work? And how difficult will it be to get it back to your own country through customs?

[@NoobLord98]

@@PerfectAlibi1 If it works, getting it back to your country won't be a problem, you have a cannon! :p

[@PerfectAlibi1]

@@NoobLord98 You'll be fighting off the army of your country, who have FAR better cannons than your little peashooter (by comparison) :P

[@assesmus3992]

I bet you'd have a blast with it

[@James-en1ob]

@@PerfectAlibi1 any firearms made the 18th century( or earlier as well as reproductions) are not considered firearms today, so it wouldn't be that difficult to import them (at least in my country)

[@JillBearup]

“Approved by the Spanish Inquisition” 🤣

[@ocean6828]

I wasn’t expecting that

[@purpleey]

@@ocean6828 nobody does

[@pdxgearcon]

Oh hey, it's that person YT keeps recommending in my feeds. Happy 10 years, cheers.

[@phillee2814]

@@purpleey But he then goes on to something completely different 🤣

[@ccityplanner1217]

A bit of Swedish kazari-eigo. They put irreverent stuff in English from-time-to-time because everyone understands it except for small children. When in Sweden I get the sense that English is associated with informality in the Swedish culture. That, and their sense of humour is more irreverent than ours in general.

[@caerbannog]

After visiting Visby and Medeltidsveckan for 10 years straight, me and the family decided to stay on the island and we have been living here for 6 years now. Magical place all year round!

[@ExtremiSS88]

I am happy for you

[@HellbirdIV]

I've lived on Gotland all my life, and lived in Visby itself for about 8 years put together (moved out of town recently, but only about 20-25km out) and I really missed having Medeltidsveckan last year. When I was growing up, a lot of us from the countryside would dress up as defeated peasants to march in front of the "Danish soldiers" marching into the city (Intåget) at the commencement of the week. Smear our faces with soot and theater blood - or strawberry and lingonberry jam, if no theater blood was available. We used to lead the march all the way to Stora Torget and then slip into Munken ("The Monk", a restaurant-bar) and so while the victorious "Danish soldiers" had to stand for half an hour in the heat to listen to a history lesson for the crowd, the defeated peasant levies would go get drinks. A consolation prize, I suppose!

[@IndustrialBonecraft]

"Now I'm trying to interview you, they've started banging drums in the background." "Well, it's Visby in medieval week." Got to love the Nordic propensity for being very straight-faced about absolutely everything.

[@StefanAxelsson]

Haven't gotten that far in the video yet, but being a visitor to this great events I can say that if you manage to do ANYTHING for more than 30 minutes without interruption from from music, a jester, some other semi-random event...then you're on the wrong island. ;)

[@MartieD]

He probably mean it in a "Well, that's Visby's medieval week for ya". Nothing particulary Nordic about it really.

[@nedisahonkey]

Yeah in my experience they tend to have difficulty with sarcasm a lot of the time. I'm told the Japanese are similar. Very literal people. Weirdly enough my Deaf relatives are like that, they definitely have a sense of humor. But sarcasm doesn't really translate unless you indicate that it's sarcasm, which kind of defeats the point.

[@MartieD]

@@nedisahonkey You would probably not understand sarcarsm either if you were communicating in a foreign language... If you are not 100% comfortable with a language, you will focus on other things while speaking and miss nuances that indicate sarcasm. Irony/sarcasm is in fact very advanced in Sweden, there is even "double irony".

[@StefanAxelsson]

​@@nedisahonkey We Swedes do understand sarcasm very well. We also do irony. And yeah, sometimes the humour is quite dry like in that comment. Also, Lindy's comment is actually at the same level. He's clearly joking about it, but what he's saying is just a statement of facts. British and Swedish humour overlaps on that it's often quite "dry humour" like that. :)

[@bjornnilsson1827]

Yes. Visitors beware, when the evening breeze rolls in off the Baltic. It still brings with it some authenticold. So a cloak is definitely as good idea.

[@ducksmackenzie5341]

Or a dagger?

[@tyree9055]

Cloaks are wonderful until the wind starts blowing them every which way... 😅👍

[@tyree9055]

@Darren Munsell I think they'd call that an inauthentibag... 😆👎

[@skivvytv6229]

Sn authenticloak

[@FantasKanal]

I like Visby, cause I am from Lübeck, and every member of the Hanseatic league is a friend.

[@PoweToHipo]

If you ever visit, take a look at the street names in the old town. Many of them have german names since the hanseatic traders basically built the city. I think there's even a street named after Lübeck. :)

[@Morhua1]

Seeing anything medieval related from Sweden always saddens me a bit because we lost so much knowledge about the period in 1697 when a fire consumed most of the national archive.

[@Throku]

Well here in Blekinge King Waldemar Attedag spent several years burning anything with letters on it before going over and taxing Wisby, as is re-enacted every medieval week. With the oldest churches in southeastern Sweden we lost a lot of records then. Bookburnings is really amongst the most evil things one can ever undertake.

[@ragnarragnarson9393]

A favorite trick of tyrants was to burn historical records so they could rewrite history to buffer their claims to whatever great family tree they claimed to be a part of.

[@Throku]

@@ragnarragnarson9393 Yes they did that with Blekinge (Which was part of Svithiod, but not goverened by any of the Svithiod Kings). The Dane King claimed it in 1050 and split most of the Listerlandet from Skania (Which was danish) and placed his men there to rule over Lister and Blekinge. And after this book burning quest the region is refered to as Blekinge, not Lister and Blekinge. The boarder is still night and day to this day, in old Blekinge they speak Småländska, since Blekinge was one of these little countries (Små = little, Länder = countries), and in the West they still speak Skånska.

[@Emppu_T.]

Don't let them take your history!

[@redpanda7967]

2200 was actually less than I was expecting for a cannon

[@wendel5868]

True. Much less. Even if its made with modern equipment.

[@dzonbrodi514]

Iron isn't an expensive material

[@aaronleverton4221]

@William Mulvaney Yeah, sure, and any modern hatchback will beat a Triumph Spitfire. But, seriously, which one do you want to be seen with?

[@Soundbrigade]

But remember it’s an earl Bofors gun.

[@Nocure92]

wonder if it got sold lol

[@whowantsabighug]

"Inspiring, not criticising" is a brilliant mindset to have, I love it.

[@classicfrog80]

And then he goes having a rant at the assassin's uniform lol ;)

[@fredosinsemilla3896]

@@classicfrog80 It was not Lindy who said "Inspiring, not criticising", it was the chief of the festival.

[@radricdavis8508]

If you love him so much why don’t you marry him?

[@bo_392]

Criticism makes people defensive and pushes them away. Inspiration makes people *curious* and draws them in.

[@grizzlygrizzle]

And, (gasp!) from his use of the word "inclusive," it's evident that he was one of the rare people who knows what the word really means.

[@georgem7502]

The real time diagram of the guy photobombing his piece to camera... is a lot of trouble to go to in order to saltmine about that guy. Absolutely brilliant, I love it. Classical Lloyd quality.

[@scipioafricanus5871]

Loved the detail depicting the video camera.

[@yehudagreenfield2272]

Man spends the whole day crafting a shoe. Lindy:That sole won't last long,smh

[@MB-st7be]

That woman was not impressed by your attempts to inauthenticate her entire stock

[@GarrisonFall]

From what I understand, wine, mead or beer was safer than water to drink back then. It would have masked the taste of the pigs bladder as well.

[@MB-st7be]

@@GarrisonFall Oh I meant the lantern lady

[@thecocktailian2091]

@@MB-st7be Yeah, bladder canteen lady was cool, lantern lady not so much.

[@LevitatingCups]

Around 13-18% alcohol starts killing a lot of bacteria too. Might help mask the taste, might make it more hygienic, or just maybe make the person drinking forget that he is drinking from a bladder.

[@GarrisonFall]

@@MB-st7be D'oh! Sorry.

[@MrSilvUr]

'For a lot of people, I suspect that a big part of what the like about the festival is sharing a tent, sitting around a real fire and just... wiling the nights away.' Said Lloyd... alone and in the dark.

[@MurdockBawler]

And getting absolutley shitfaced

[@ryangrimm9305]

You needed to wear your hood in 'that particular way' to entice the ladies, promote your availability. In the USA I'd reenact the French Fur Trade, and offer to show a lady what you stow under an overturned canoe.

[@fazdoll]

On a serious note, when is the last time poor Lindy swing-danced with a lady? This lockdown has to be KILLING him.

[@scredesign]

Or, he could just have walked up to any party of folks, and they would have gladly let him, join in!

[@MrSilvUr]

@@scredesign Making it all the more tragic that Lloyd stayed in the shadows, apart from the merry revelers.

[@Basshead004]

I think the guy that photo bombed was actually laying a curse on the camera which caused it to break.

[@Scum8ag]

"Oh I want a veiny one!" - Lloyd, 2021 (31:10)

[@kaimanhead9164]

I love how Lloyd describing every item he interact with sounds like those item description in videogames

[@thewingedporpoise]

Lindy does seem like a point and click adventure protagonist

[@collinmclaren6608]

@@thewingedporpoise I can 100% picture an old CD-ROM point-and-click adventure game with Lindy as the main character. And now I desperately want to see someone make a retro fan game based on the concept.

[@thewingedporpoise]

@@collinmclaren6608 he goes around old ruins and catacombs and discovers stuff, possibly that's just the first part of the adventure and he finds a time machine or something, and goes through time, like helping Hannibal fight the romans, remarking on the clothing and culture

[@SerHenkan]

For anyone non-Scandivanian: Visby is actually a wonderful city to visit, outside of the medieval week. Highly recommend it!

[@Niklasthelazy]

Agreed. Been there a few times, and I'd say anytime that isn't Almedalsveckan is a great time to visit. :D Though my personal favourite time's definitely Medieval week.

[@GarrisonFall]

I'm Australian and believe any place in Sweden is a wonderful place to visit. (Niklas Larsson - After checking 'Almedalsveckan' on Wikipedia I think I'll pass on that also.)

[@SerHenkan]

​@@GarrisonFall Some special things to take a look at: - Stockholm in general. As former conscript of the armed forces, I recommend watching the mounted changing of the guards in summer. - Bingsjöstämman. Swedish folk music festival with tons of beer, it's amazing! - Uppsala/Linköping/Lund. University cities with lots of old buildings and histories. Best thing is to grab a hold of some Swedish person to guide you around though.

[@Niklasthelazy]

@@GarrisonFall Yeah, I can see why people enjoy it, but it's certainly not for me. :) I was about to disagree with you in general, but I suppose it's easy to take the scenery I see every day for granted. Beside, I'd very much like visiting Australia too, though the heat might be an issue. :P

[@juhonieminen4219]

I'm from Finland, and I've visited Visby. I Love it! But Finland is nordic, not scandinavian country. So I suppose I was a total foreigner. :D

[@Rojk]

24:22, I feel with that guy. As a Swede it's always hard to think that 12th century is 1100-1200. because we say it like "1100-talet".

[@Unelith]

I'm from Poland and it's sometimes confusing in regards to writing. We use roman numerals for centuries. Thus, the above example would be "XII w.". I sometimes forget about the differences and use that form whilst writing in English

[@ihmesekoilua]

Well. I had no intention of watching 41 minutes of Visby at 1 AM, but here we are.

[@julianmancipeacuna7314]

Same here, but at 2:53 am. Just finished it and reading the comments.

[@matso3856]

@@julianmancipeacuna7314 Im from Sweden and even I had no intention of watching any lenght about Visby at 2 am .. but here I am

[@aidanallen1976]

The poor pattern guy, awww my heart He seemed so crushed that no one else wore them anymore...

[@elzabets]

How many shoes that one pair of pattens have saved!

[@Salensuss]

If there are no more stalls he can't replace them later either

[@markfergerson2145]

I suspect it's cyclical. One year everyone wears them, the next nobody, the next year it's all "Wait, where are all the pattens? Must wear pattens!"

[@JTA1961]

W00d&uknow it

[@generalflopper9697]

Timestamp pls :)

[@bretlynn]

I think rebuilding and repairing a wall with modern materials is about the most authentic thing anyone could do for a wall

[@charlesmiv3842]

Eh, I’d rather not tamper with it. Keep it original

[@jubuttib]

@@charlesmiv3842 You have to do something to fix it, otherwise you're leaving a clear weakspot for the enemy to attack through!

[@IamOutOfNames]

I'm almost certain they did it back in the day too.

[@Fjottle]

@@charlesmiv3842 then there will not be a wall in a few decades. A bit selfish to not let future generations enjoy it

[@charlesmiv3842]

@@Fjottle if the wall is well built, there will be. Just look at all the Roman structures still standing

[@samuellassman7668]

As a medeltidare (person who always go to the medieval week in Visby) i became very happy looking at this video. Everyone should feel how it is to be a part of this festival! It gets even better with medieval clothes. You dont need anything advanced. Just try. It is totally lovely there!

[@TaylorClutter]

My wife and I visited Visby on our honeymoon. One of the best days of my life. Visby is a very special place.

[@laughingdaffodils5450]

"If you go, take a cloak." That's just generally sound advice full stop.

[@TSZatoichi]

"Don't forget your towel".

[@tyree9055]

Just remember, in windy weather both your hands will be busy controlling it to prevent it from tackling other people and taking them to the ground! 🤣👍

[@laughingdaffodils5450]

@@tyree9055 In a hurricane I suppose. Otherwise a single hand has always been enough for that task in my experience.

[@firstnamelastname-we6rt]

But not an assassin's cloak, for heaven's sake.

[@suburbanbanshee]

Cloaks are really useful, if you have a good size and weight. That one guy did a video on the great kilt as survival clothes -- it gives you an idea of cloak uses.

[@duskyflathead4483]

The pattern guy's backstory is so sad, I want a pattern comeback, and a movie about him pioneering modern patten fashion! -Jesus Christ thanks guys, I did not know much about pattens, but this is pretty cool!

[@sirBrouwer]

In a sense here in the Netherlands they are still use by some. Farmers that still use wooden clogs out of convenience may also use the pattern version. But they often more use those later once as a slipper on it's own.

[@Simon_Nonymous]

He needed telling that he is so cool as no one else is copying him now. That's cool.

[@Kim-the-Dane-1952]

I am more concerned about what may be the matter with his eyes

[@sirBrouwer]

@@Kim-the-Dane-1952 It could be as simple as being tired.

[@guilhermedarosa7426]

@@Kim-the-Dane-1952 probably a tic, I've met someone who had it

[@StalkerSKT]

As a swede, i always laugh whenever i hear a swedish person swear and someone bleps it out. Swedes swear casually, it's just how a lot of us speak.

[@christiansorensen7567]

Hot damn, I knew it was genetic. Ima tell my Mom to put the soap away.

[@Tester-sh1mn]

Australians: You fucking call fucking that shit casual? HA!

[@firstnamelastname-we6rt]

A monk swearing and sounding slightly drunk!! Authentic reenactment or not?

[@korstmahler]

Mate you've got history on your side too I think, I've heard tell that swearing (in god's name something unpleasant will happen to someone) and cursing (someone to a horrible fate) were name-accurate and literal things, and using words we consider swear-words or curse-words were a lot more normalised in all sectors of social speech without much concern. TL;DR People 'back in the day' swore a lot too, so a sweary Visby is a lot more fuckin authentic than a non-sweary Visby. Source: Ask Shad on his Medieval Cursing video. I'm totally trusting his research skills because it's just a youtube comment, come on.

[@spaztron5000]

Yet another reason I should move there.

[@JamesRDavenport]

It always amuses me how when I see a Lindy epic length video, I say to myself "Oh I must watch it... but only for ten minutes...got stuff to do." 40 minutes later "It's over already? Whhhy?" Gets me every time.

[@darklibertario5001]

A new lindybeige 40min upload? we've been blessed.

[@juliusnepos6013]

Yes

[@eisenkrahe7125]

Well i was watching his videos right as he uploaded, Guess i got one more to watch! Edit: CARALHO TEM BRASILEIRO EM TODO LUGAR SHSISBSUSHSUSHSU

[@darklibertario5001]

@@eisenkrahe7125 kkkkk somos onipresentes mano

[@lordvaderdarthsith]

If I hadn't seen your comment I wouldn't have realized, it felt like 10 minutes

[@MindForge446]

Agreed

[@uiopisreal9966]

"approved by the spanish inquisition" I did not expect that.

[@FindecanorNotGmail]

No-one expects the Spanish Inquisition

[@jubuttib]

@@FindecanorNotGmail Apart from the people they're after, since they give a two weeks' notice.

[@grizzlygrizzle]

The Spanish Inquisition was more of a Renaissance event then a Medieval one, but I suppose it falls near the tail end of the gray area of overlap between the two eras.

[@mikebryant614]

I must say I was both pleased as well as surprised to see the rawhide water bottles - as a native american craftsman I can assure you that rawhide water bottles ( as well as other materials ) were used by many native american tribes .A coating of melted beeswax will keep the rawhide taste to a minimum .Of course pottery was also used but the advantage to the rawhide bottle was its resistance to breakage when running long distances through woods and other rough terrain . In the far North , sealskin was also used as it is as you may guess, completely naturally waterproof. In any case it is an interesting case of shared technologies between vastly different cultures and locales .

[@Edward-kb8iz]

The watertower was built in 1925. My grandfather was there building it.

[@TheYuvimon]

I am impressed by the english skills of the swedish people! I was aware that it is normal to be able to speak english there, but the quality and ease of conversation was rather impressive! Though I assume the lady from 24:39 *must* be english!

[@greghall4836]

My Swedish ears pick up a slight accent. I would guess east central Sweden, although that's hard to tell of course.

[@andyjarman4958]

I think she's Swedish. I went to Norway a few years back, weird how I was never sure if people were speaking English or Norwegian. The odd Norwegian phrase was so obviously recognisable to English speakers. When written down though you'd be hard pressed to see it. Phonetics and phrasing of informal speech reveals our common heritage. Very clearly the Scandinavians have had a huge influence on English culture, we are clearly cousins.

[@egodreas]

She's most certainly Swedish. As a Swede myself, I found her to be one of the few people in the video not awkward to listen to. I'd say many of the others were rather embarrassing, by Swedish standards.

[@GoogelyeyesSaysHej]

@@egodreas agreed

[@andersliljevall2946]

He even speaks too much.

[@aaronlastname7775]

This feels wonderfully whimsical

[@thurin84]

"i arrived by fairy." id imagine there wings were quite worn out after such a journey. 2:57 lindy; "this is the safety version." bystander; [ducks] "yeah, not so much." looks like great fun. wish i could attend one day.

[@nathanl6401]

0:35 I wasn't expecting that

[@superdrive986]

*NOBODY EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION!*

[@hapukurk6664]

If you're interested in medieval towns then the Old Town of Tallinn is a great place to go.

[@VladVladislav790]

Petition for Tallin-Riga-Vilnius tour

[@gilbertkroes2087]

Yep, Tallinn is fantastic!

[@GarrisonFall]

I just did an image search for Tallin. I see what you mean.

[@Throku]

I agree Tallin is a thing to behold. Sure made me wonder what other gems the east has hidden from us in the west. Though I spent most of my time in Estonia at Mütofest close to the other border. Have you put up roadsigns now? Have to admit it was tricky to drive across the country with no roadsigns other than the rare speedlimit signs. (Was prior to GPS)

[@hapukurk6664]

@@Throku I don't know about roadsigns but from my knowledge the Estonian goverment would rather do anything else in the world other then care about countryside infastructure. But of course things improve with time.

[@dylc5604]

The guy who bombed your interview about Pattens got too much exposure. You should have just put a caption above him that said "knob head"

[@MartinAhlman]

And here I was thinking "Bellend" would be better. At least as good as "knob head". I wish I was from Scotland so I could call him a "polyester cockwomble". Alas, poor polyester cockwomble, I... really didn't know him.

[@dylc5604]

@@MartinAhlman i feel like knob head is more the kind of insult Lloyd uses, but polyester cockwomble is my new default, cheers :D

[@andrewgodly5739]

Should've just blurred his face and denied him any of the attention he so desperately craves

[@johndoerayme7064]

Nearly choked on my tea when I read that.

[@aaronleverton4221]

The Chaser crew (in Australia) decided that anyone deliberately putting themselves on camera or reacting out of the ordinary when they realised they were on camera was officially boneheading and therefore were boneheads. I've gone with that ever since.

[@gustavblomberg8396]

As a person living in Visby all of my life, I highly approve of this and enjoy seeing my home represented!

[@loam6740]

I enjoyed the pedantic authenticity policing.

[@ashholiday123]

"Don't people in modern clothes look rubbish" I've been saying this for the past 10 YEARS. Thought I was the only one.

[@MrThe1And0nly]

Exactly! Modern clothing just looks like cheap fabric rolled around people.

[@SSN515]

A lot has to do with the way they carry themselves. They shuffle around, slouched, like old cripples.And 80 percent are obese.I remember when people semi-dressed up, or dressed up, to go shopping and travel. We would be taught (and corrected) about our posture by our parents and in school.

[@ashholiday123]

@@SSN515 True. My entire family agrees upon this - a long tail coat will ALWAYS look better than a modern hoodie. Just go and look at art of long tail coats and imagine them in hoodies 😂

[@quintiniusverginix7827]

The 21st century has the worst aesthetics of any period in human history. We might have great technology, but we also look like shit, and that goes for our surroundings too.

[@Milamberinx]

@@quintiniusverginix7827 we might look like shit now, but at least we don't wade through shit when we step over the hearth.

[@njung1990able]

Ahh yes. Festivals. I never thought i would have nostalgia on every single human interaction

[@johnladuke6475]

Remember outside? I wonder if it still exists.

[@njung1990able]

@@johnladuke6475 outside ain't real. Tis but a mere concept constructed by the government.

[@rubenskiii]

@@njung1990able Nothing more than the carrot they dangle from a stick... XD

[@eddiebernays514]

i wish culture in america was this amazing and celebrated.

[@davidhart5344]

I love how honest Swedes are

[@Azmodai34]

If in the future you want to visit Carcassonne, AigueMorte or any of the other castles in the south of France I am happy to be your guide and interpreter :)

[@sirBrouwer]

could be neat bit is it wise to invite a English man in to France? He might get the urge to try and take over that apart of France.

[@khadajhin5130]

@@sirBrouwer If he would be german he would do so, but english… Nah

[@Azmodai34]

@@sirBrouwer I'll keep an eye on him !

[@sirBrouwer]

@@khadajhin5130 English and French people have the habit of going to war for about 100 years over who owns France.

[@khadajhin5130]

@@sirBrouwer Ik now, I referred to modern history, as German invaded France in 1870 1914 and 1940

[@bradylambo5538]

Visby is where my great grandfather and his family lived before immigrating to the US in the early 1900s. I’ve always wanted to go visit

[@niklasmolen4753]

I lived there for a year and can say that it is the best city I know. In the summer lots of tourists, and in the winter almost completely deserted

[@dragoonTT]

I wonder why he left?

[@niklasmolen4753]

@@dragoonTT Probably because at that time Sweden was one of Europe's poorest countries.

[@Naugur]

Go visit! It's a very cozy little town and on a cozy little island.

[@Yungmintfresh]

@@Naugur Gotland is Sweden's largest island though, out of around 260,000 islands. But it is very nice and cozy indeed.

[@iacopoguidi7871]

5:24 so good.

[@Strawberry92fs]

It's true that you can't stop people dressing as pirates. In my experiences in the U.S. Every historical even in world history that took place before the U.S. civil war had 17th century European Pirates present as observers.

[@BE02Raziel]

Thanks Lindy for all of the fascinating and well-presented content. :D

[@douglasparkinson4123]

for those confused americans, whenever lloyd mentions a rucksack, he means what you call a backpack.

[@mrdabeetle1]

American Southerner here. We have rucksacks, which are canvas and/or leather as well as backpacks, which are the cheaply made nylon and plastic things. Here, a rucksack is either a military pack or a historical design.

[@Your-Least-Favorite-Stranger]

Rucksacks are generally understood in the US; thank you though. It's used interchangeably with backpack but there are distinctions made depending on who you are and how you learned the term. Side note: in the US some people have tiny waist pouches called Fannypacks. It just means a little traveling pouch you wear like a belt, it doesn't mean what Australians think it means.

[@thedude5880]

Oh thanks for clearing that up, I thought a "rucksack" was another name for a wild boar scrotum 🙄

[@douglasparkinson4123]

@@mrdabeetle1 and here is he differeniation. in england, anything from genuine cow leather middle ages authentibags to nylon and plastic bags, as long as i goes on your back, is a rucksack.

[@mirandak7242]

Thanks for trying to lend a hand, but actually it's unnecessary here! Every American knows what a rucksack is; most of us just use the term "backpack" more often. Interestingly, I often hear "rucksack" being used in the US to describe a backpack that is specifically designed to be more rugged/outdoorsy, whereas "backpack" is a more general term. However, it wouldn't turn heads or cause confusion at all were someone to use "rucksack" to describe a less sturdy backpack.

[@kyleschneider6871]

That baby in the tavern is adorable.

[@lewischrismichealdomonical2216]

It really amazes me how many obscure and intricate instruments were created throughout history

[@grizzlygrizzle]

The little finger-flipped thing with the metal flaps was made with torx-head screws....

[@lewischrismichealdomonical2216]

@@grizzlygrizzle No they were authenti-screws!

[@annicaesplund6613]

Like the "key harp"? I've got one...

[@ragnarragnarson9393]

"Can you play a song about a woman who dies tragically?" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Wait, that is like 83% of European folk songs!

[@MonographicSingleheaded]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@rossbrunskill5486]

My inner child is just pitching a fit at the idea of one day going to this place. I will visit Visby if it's the last thing I do.

[@MartinAhlman]

And so you should! And your welcome as well! Get your ass on a plane and a ferry and BOOOM! You're there!

[@fredosinsemilla3896]

@@MartinAhlman There could possibly not be a festival this year under current circumstances?

[@MartinAhlman]

@@fredosinsemilla3896 There was one last year, a digital one. There's going to one this year as well, digital or not. 95 % of Swedish people are vaccinated by then,

[@fredosinsemilla3896]

@@MartinAhlman I just imagined Ross Brunskill upstairs wanted the real deal, not the digital one. But otherwise yeah, if it's not possible, a digital solution would be better than nothing I guess.

[@fatherofdragons4880]

Yes! Lloyd time again.

[@forthrightgambitia1032]

The nyckelharp seems essentially to be a bowed hurdy-gurdy.

[@andreasrylander]

I am swedish but even I was stunned by how freaking beautiful Visby is!!!! Been there twice only.

[@FaceFeeder]

Haha! Nice to find you here Andreas!

[@loam6740]

Whenever Beige adds sound effects they are 10x louder than the video. The "VIKINGS" chant nearly killed me.

[@cadenceclearwater4340]

Aw, an authenti-baby.

[@grimmcreole44]

my cousin and his sons are regulars at the medeltidsvecka (and have been for more than a decade), where he sells his bagpipes and some smithing works

[@Brainles5]

If youve seen the movie "Kiki's Delivery Service", Visby along with Stockholm was the primary inspiration for the city!

[@rovhalt6650]

I love that movie!

[@Dezomm]

And if you haven't seen the movie, I implore you to do so! It's magnificent and I can highly recommend it to anyone.

[@dudedecent9107]

In one of the scenes "Ryska gården" a classic cafée in Visby on "Stora torget" appears in the background. Kind of surrealistic thinking about a huge movie made in Japan is based on a tiny swedish town on an island.

[@averyangrygardengnome]

Visby is an amazing place, for sure worth visiting. Greetings from Finland

[@MartinAhlman]

Please come again, will drink and fight and have a great time!

[@sendhelp9534]

What is the easiest route to Visby from Finland?

[@averyangrygardengnome]

@@sendhelp9534 If I recall correctly, we at least took a cruise from Helsinki to Stockholm and then Visby

[@alyciamarrison2916]

What an amazing place & a magnificent festival.

[@kevinb871]

I loved every second of this video, thanks for sharing this with us lindy

[@whattovisitinromania5044]

Visby seems a great medieval city! Beautiful festival! 😍 Greetings from Romania! 🤗

[@scientificconsideration8294]

17:00 Gotta love how he took the time to animate the entire background story to a single frame

[@Saltheartfreak]

Live in Sweden, never been to Visby. Wish I could visit, but probably never will. At least I got to experience the medieval festival in Arboga for more than 5 years. But now I live on the west side of Sweden. Hope my Norwegian neighbours can deliver.

[@kungpochopedtuna]

Loved it

[@kepotx]

Damn I miss this kind of festivals

[@anderstopansson]

Thanks for visiting Sweden, sir!

[@HaxxorElite]

Surprisingly enjoyable! Thanks for uploading

[@Ynffy]

0:10 I can see my old apartment from here!

[@guidoferri8683]

37:10 Wardruna!

[@marcuslagergren5632]

Fantastic! I am born and live in Visby 🙂

[@johnsMOBA]

Finally visby - cheers lindybeige thanks so much!

[@Askethanoras]

Drunk nights on V32 (Medieval week) is glorius.

[@silas__3994]

went there a few summers ago, great city

[@philipmalaby8172]

There’s an 80% chance you’ll go back.

[@johnlastname8752]

My grandfather used to make key harps and was really at playing them. He died when I was just a baby so I never got to learn how to play one from him, but my mom still has one.

[@annicaesplund6613]

My dad built them too. I've got one as well.

[@Morsoth]

I LOVE this video so much!!! Thank you for sharing this!

[@garethbarry3825]

the music at 5:24--WOW..had shivers...

[@Alphae21]

visby the medieval city

[@samveeproductions8762]

Indeed

[@Alphae21]

@@samveeproductions8762 glad you agree

[@jcb5782]

Yes, quite

[@MadCapMag]

No.

[@minokscreelawn9178]

visby the medieval city

[@bmtsings4843]

Talking about Swedish history? Very cool.

[@kokko9507]

Swedish history is so boring and irrelevant. Not even Lindy could make it good.

[@willepetersson5571]

Kokko ignorant

[@khadajhin5130]

Swedish history besides modern from like 20th century. After that it became shitty.

[@TravisBrady-wn8fr]

Awesome! Great vid

[@Cherb123456]

Fantastic, thank you!

[@prs_81]

So nice of them to give this homeless man a tour. Humanity sure is glorious sometimes!

[@matthewjohnson1633]

Underrated comment

[@zid_just_zid]

Been to the medieval week eight times i think. Dressed up, living under a cloak and out of a persedelpåse m/39 with a leather strap sown on and sleeping in the rough, in vaults of the wall, beneath a tree on the hill behind the still maintained church. Always a good time :)

[@michellebyrom6551]

Thanks for the directions to affordable accommodation. 😉

[@zid_just_zid]

@@michellebyrom6551 Fair warning tho, cops might wake you up and tell you to move along :P

[@brentanderson1130]

Great vid

[@Benwink2]

Swedes are so nice!

[@DidntKnowWhatToPut1]

I've been meaning to go to this ever since seeing the first videos on the festival. Fingers crossed for 2022

[@lindybeige]

They currently plan to go ahead this year(2021).

[@handsomebilly2224]

@@lindybeige awesome

[@MartinAhlman]

@@lindybeige And our band will be there again, as we were last year.

[@lindybeige]

@@MartinAhlman playing to an audience of webcams?

[@MartinAhlman]

@@lindybeige And a lot of people at the other end of the webcam, it's like it spreads out, like a virus... Hang on, bad thinking on my part.... I have no idea how that works. But we did it. Some people Liked it, and that is good enough for us. We got the horrible spot of 21:00 last friday (you come there Thursday the week before, don't you know anything?) until the end. And we even got makeup! Hence my pink eyeshadow! It was still magical. It's been our home for week 32 since -94 I think. We love it and we will be there, no matter what. And you can't stop us :-)

[@thanksfernuthin]

This is much MUCH cooler than it has any right to be. Fantastic!

[@octopusfly]

Brilliant!

[@Imperiused]

Looks like loads of fun!

[@michelwitzik1574]

28:21 i feel you, that's my favourite wine too

[@Makrillol]

I had the pleasure of visiting Visby 2 years ago and it was an incredible experience. I'm definitely going to visit again in the future and I'd highly recommend it to anyone.

[@MartinAhlman]

You're always welcome!

[@senorjp21]

That's nuts. I want to go

[@unclejacksimulations9423]

We must protect and preserve this man and festival