Furils

Furils
	The radar station on Furillen 1967
Waters	Baltic Sea
Geographical location	57 ° 46 ′ N , 19 ° 1 ′ E Coordinates: 57 ° 46 ′ N , 19 ° 1 ′ E
length	5 km
surface	4 km²
	The radar station on Furillen 1967

Furillen or Furilden is an island off the northeast coast of the Swedish island of Gotland . It is said that the name Furilden comes from the fact that the whole island is said to have burned over 500 years ago. The limestone industry was located there until the 1970s. The island of Furillen was a restricted military area until well into the 1990s, where the radar stations R130 Katten (cat) and later R236 Bonsen , where bons is pronounced like båns and sometimes also spelled, which is a Gotland word for “hangover”. These have now been processed. Furillen has a land connection to the coast at Lergrav .

The old factory buildings of the limestone industry are now used as a stylish hotel with conference facilities, the Hotel Fabriken Furillen. The island is now often used for various fashion, music or advertising events. Most of the island (500 hectares) belongs to the photographer and entrepreneur Johan Hellström, who also runs the hotel factories.

Today an area of 1.3 km² in the north of Furillen is a nature reserve and Natura 2000 area.

photos

Individual evidence

↑ Fact about Gotland. In: gotland.net. Retrieved January 28, 2012 (Swedish).
↑ ^a ^b Furillen - drömmen om en egen måne. In: Dagens Nyheter . Retrieved November 15, 2011 (Author: Johan Åkesson, Date: August 3, 2009).
↑ Furilden. (PDF; 1.8 MB) In: Information board. Retrieved January 28, 2012 (Swedish).
↑ Furilden. In: EUNIS. Retrieved January 25, 2012 .
↑ Furilden. (PDF; 226 kB) In: Länsstyrelsen Gotland. Retrieved January 25, 2012 (Swedish).
↑ Furilden nature reserve. In: Länsstyrelsen Gotland. Retrieved January 25, 2012 (Swedish).

Web links

Commons : Furillen - collection of images, videos and audio files

Furilden fågelskyddsområde. In: guteinfo.com. Retrieved January 27, 2012 (Swedish).
Lergravsviken nature reserve. In: guteinfo.com. Retrieved January 27, 2012 (Swedish).
Gotlands nature: lime bread på Furillen. In: guteinfo.com. Retrieved January 27, 2012 (Swedish).

[1] Fact about Gotland. In: gotland.net. Retrieved January 28, 2012 (Swedish).

[DN090803-2] Furillen - drömmen om en egen måne. In: Dagens Nyheter . Retrieved November 15, 2011 (Author: Johan Åkesson, Date: August 3, 2009).

[3] Furilden. (PDF; 1.8 MB) In: Information board. Retrieved January 28, 2012 (Swedish).

[4] Furilden. In: EUNIS. Retrieved January 25, 2012 .

[5] Furilden. (PDF; 226 kB) In: Länsstyrelsen Gotland. Retrieved January 25, 2012 (Swedish).

[6] Furilden nature reserve. In: Länsstyrelsen Gotland. Retrieved January 25, 2012 (Swedish).