Fårö
Fårö () or Fåre in Gutnish is a Baltic Sea island just north of the island of Gotland, itself off mainland Sweden's southeastern coast. It is the second-largest island in the province and it is a popular summer resort. It has its own dialect ("Faroymal", a dialect of Gutnish). Fårö is also the name of the populated area, socken, consisting of both Fårö and Gotska Sandön islands. It comprises the same area as the administrative Fårö District, established on 1January 2016. Geography. The island is separated from Gotland by the narrow Fårö-strait, and connected by two car  ferries, operated by the Swedish Transport Administration. It has a total area of , of which are water areas or islets. On the islands of Fårö and Gotland are rock formations called rauk. They are a result of erosion during the Ice age and are unique to Gotland and Fårö. The medieval Fårö Church is on Fårö. , Fårö Church along with Gotska Sandön Chapel on Gotska Sandön belongs to Fårö parish in Norra Gotlands pastorat. One of the asteroids in the Asteroid belt, , is named after the island. Etymology. The name "Fårö" (in Gutnish ) is derived from the words , meaning island , and probably , which is a word stem associated with travel like in the Swedish verb (to travel). The word Fårö probably means the island you have to travel to or the traveler's island. Mainland Swedes might misinterpret the name Fårö to be derived from , the (standard) Swedish word for sheep, due to the many sheep on the island. That word is absent from Modern Gutnish, which uses the word (which in Swedish means "lamb"). Military past. Until the 1990s, Fårö and the North of Gotland were off-limits to foreigners because of a government military installation there. There were  large, multilingual signs at the side of the roads informing visitors of this and the prohibition was strictly enforced. After the Cold War ended, the installation (Swedish Coastal Artillery regiment KA 3) was mostly shut down. A relic of the island's military past is a tall radio mast at Holmudden at . Cinematic heritage. Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman lived and died on Fårö and several of his films were filmed there, among them "Through a Glass Darkly" (1961), "Persona" (1966), "Hour of the Wolf" (1968), "Shame" (1968), "The Passion of Anna" (1969), and "Scenes from a Marriage" (1973), as well  as Liv Ullmann’s "Faithless" (2000), based on a Bergman screenplay. The Bergman Week is a tribute to the filmmaker held on the island every June. Fårö itself is the subject of Bergman's documentary films "Fårö Document" (1970) and "Fårö Document 1979". Andrei Tarkovsky wanted to film "The Sacrifice" on Fårö but was denied access by the military, instead it was filmed further south on Gotland at När. Mia Hansen-Løve filmed and set her film "Bergman Island" (2021) on Fårö. Tourism. An annual event on Fårö is "Fårönatta" (Fårö Night), held in September, during which restaurants and bars  stay open all night, craft stands are set up and the church holds a midnight Mass. Places of interest. Digerhuvud. The Digerhuvud coast with Bjärge nature reserve is the largest stack area in Sweden, with hundreds of stacks along a part of the coast. Close by is the Helgumannen fishing village. The coast is not suited for swimming due to its depth (up to close to the shore), and its strong currents. An asteroid in the Asteroid belt, 10102 Digerhuvud, is named after the area. Fårö Lighthouse. The "Fårö Lighthouse" lies on the island's northeastern point. It is high  and was built between 1846 and 1847. Langhammars. The Langhammars peninsula and the Langhammars nature reserve on north-western Fårö are rocky beaches with Ice age stone monoliths known as rauks. Langhammars was the setting for Ingmar Bergman's film "Shame". Sudersand. The long, sandy Sudersand beach on north-eastern Fårö lies next to Sudersands Semesterby which rents cabins to tourists.