Gdańsk: from the Golden Gate to the Shipyard Gate

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Start: Brama Wyżynna tram stop (Wały Jagiellońskie), 200 m from Gdańsk Śródmieście SKM station; stand in front of the west side of the Highland Gate

1. 1

   Three coats of arms and one sentencefree

   Three coats of arms, one city, and a sentence that will lead us all the way to the shipyard.

2. 2

   Eight statues and some advicefree

   Eight statues and the advice merchants carved over their front door.

3. 3

   The house that came back full version

   A street that looks five hundred years old and is barely seventy.

4. 4

   The king on the roof full version

   A king on the roof and a quarrel worth two hundred thousand złoty.

5. 5

   Neptune loses his temper full version

   The sea god loses his temper, and gold turns up in the vodka.

6. 6

   The club where business was banned full version

   A merchants' club where doing business was against the rules.

7. 7

   A palace without a king, a river of grain full version

   A royal palace where one bride slept, and a river full of grain.

8. 8

   A street made of salvage full version

   Stone spewers, front terraces and a street pieced together from rubble.

9. 9

   A painting taken by a privateer full version

   One painting, three wars: a Memling captured by a privateer.

10. 10

    People in wheels full version

    Medieval Europe's biggest crane, powered by human footsteps.

11. 11

    The postal workers full version

    The Free City, a Polish post office, and a verdict overturned fifty-nine years later.

12. 12

    The eyes of a lynx full version

    The brewer who named a constellation the Lynx.

13. 13

    One word full version

    A few women at a gate and one word that changed Europe.

Narrated by a synthetic (AI) voice — script and facts by the tripto.pl editorial team.

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