 Visby railway station, just south of the Söderport on Söderväg, was completed in 1878 and is one of the few remaining vestiges of the railway in Visby.Near Visby, there is the static inverter plant for the first HVDC interconnection of a windpark (HVDC Visby–Näs).During the first week of July, Visby is the scene of the Almedalen Week, an important forum for everyone involved in Swedish politics.