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Sopot
In the Oliwa Forest, on the edge of Sopot, lies one of the largest open-air amphitheatres in Europe. The Forest Opera in Sopot has more than 5,000 seats, excellent acoustics and over a century of history: before the war it was called the "…
Coast
Sopot
Sopot Pier (Molo w Sopocie; say "SOH-pot") is the signature landmark of Poland's Baltic coast. The wooden promenade is 511.5 meters long, with 458 meters stretching out over the Gulf of Gdańsk, and its story began in 1827. Walking to the e…
Thermal baths & water parks
Sopot
The water in Sopot's aquapark does not come from the mains. Since 10 September 2016 it has been drawn from the park's own 116.4 m deep well, tapping an Oligocene aquifer, and in the pools it is around 32°C. Aquapark Sopot in the Kamienny P…
Landmarks
Sopot
The Grand Hotel in Sopot is the most famous hotel on the Polish Baltic coast – a grand domed building right on the beach, a few minutes' walk north of the Sopot pier. Opened in 1927 as a luxury hotel for casino guests, it has hosted royalt…
Historic sites
Sopot
The Grodzisko in Sopot (say "gro-JEES-ko", meaning "hillfort") is the oldest historic site in this Baltic spa town – the remains of an early medieval Slavic stronghold on a wooded hill about 400 m from the sea. Today it is an open-air arch…
Landmarks
Sopot
The Crooked House in Sopot (Krzywy Domek, say "KSHIH-vih DOH-mek") is a building that looks as if it is melting: wavy walls, warped windows and a roof like a fairy-tale hat. It stands on Sopot's famous pedestrian street, Bohaterów Monte Ca…
Technical monuments
Sopot
Sopot Lighthouse is a slender 30 m tower on Spa Square in Sopot, right next to the entrance to the famous wooden pier. Its story is one of the quirkiest on the Polish Baltic coast: the "lighthouse" is really a decorative chimney built for…
Landmarks
Sopot
Dark timber, steep roofs, little towers and carved dragons – the Southern Bathhouses look as if they had sailed onto Sopot beach straight from a Norwegian fjord. This wooden bathing complex from 1907 stands on the sand a few hundred metres…
Old towns & squares
Sopot
Monciak (say "MON-chak"), officially Bohaterów Monte Cassino Street, is the main pedestrian promenade of Sopot and one of the busiest spots on the whole Polish Baltic coast. The car-free street runs downhill from the railway station and St…
Museums
Sopot
The State Art Gallery in Sopot (Państwowa Galeria Sztuki, PGS) is one of the leading contemporary art venues in northern Poland, housed in the Spa House on Spa Square – just steps from the entrance to the famous Sopot pier. Its roughly 1,2…
Coast
Sopot
Sopot Beach is the wide, sandy shoreline that runs the full length of Sopot, the spa town between Gdańsk and Gdynia on Poland's Baltic coast. With the famous wooden pier, the historic Grand Hotel and timber bathhouses as a backdrop, it is…
Museums
Sopot
Please note (as of October 2026): the Sopot Museum in Claaszen Villa is being renovated. Work is due to finish at the end of 2026, and until then the collections are not on display – events and outdoor exhibitions take place elsewhere in t…