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Landscape parks
Gdańsk
Tricity Landscape Park (Trójmiejski Park Krajobrazowy, roughly "troy-MYAY-skee PAHRK krah-yo-brah-ZOH-vee") is a green belt of forests above Gdańsk, Sopot and Gdynia on Poland's Baltic coast, where ravines, beech woods and pine forest lie…
Fortifications
Gdańsk
Wisłoujście Fortress (Twierdza Wisłoujście, roughly "TVYER-dzah vee-swo-OO-ish-cheh") in Gdańsk is one of Europe's most remarkable surviving fortifications: a 15th-century brick lighthouse tower ringed by the four-bastion Fort Carré and a…
Old towns & squares
Gdańsk
Long Street (ulica Długa) and the Long Market (Długi Targ) form the main axis of Gdańsk's Main Town and the heart of the Royal Route. The unofficial name recalls the ceremonial entries of Polish kings, a tradition begun in 1457 by Casimir…
Historic sites
Gdańsk
Westerplatte (pronounced "VES-ter-plah-teh") in Gdańsk is where World War II began in Europe. At dawn on September 1, 1939, a German battleship opened fire on a small Polish military depot on this peninsula at the mouth of the port, and it…
Coast
Gdańsk
Sobieszewo Island was created in a single night and given its final shape by workers with shovels and barges of stone. Gdańsk's largest and easternmost district is a strip of coastal forest and dunes between two mouths of the Vistula, with…
Landmarks
Gdańsk
Granary Island in Gdańsk (Wyspa Spichrzów, roughly "VIS-pah SPEEKH-zhoov") sits between the Motława River and its man-made channel, the New Motława, directly across from the Main Town waterfront. For centuries it held hundreds of grain war…
Landmarks
Gdańsk
The Green Gate in Gdańsk closes off Long Market on the river side and forms the grand finale of the Royal Route. This broad Renaissance building with four archways was meant to be the Gdańsk residence of Polish kings – none ever lived here…
Landmarks
Gdańsk
The Golden Gate in Gdańsk is the ornate Mannerist gateway at the western end of Long Street (ulica Długa) and one of the classic photo spots of the Main Town. Polish kings once passed through it on the Royal Route when entering the city. I…
Landmarks
Gdańsk
People walking inside wooden wheels about 6 metres across once lifted cargo 27 metres into the air here – the Crane on the Motława was a medieval harbour crane and a city gate at the same time. The National Maritime Museum calls it the lar…