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  1. 1

    Long Market and Neptune's Fountain - The Postcard Heart of Gdansk

    The Long Market (Dlugi Targ) is the widened, pedestrianised eastern half of Long Street and the natural place to begin any Gdansk itinerary. The row of tall, narrow burgher houses in ochre, mint, and dusky pink was…

    Address
    Dlugi Targ, 80-833 Gdansk, Poland
    Nearest transit
    Brama Wyzynna tram stop (lines 2, 3, 6, 8), 4-min walk east along Dluga Street
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    St Mary's Church - The Largest Brick Church in the World

    The Basilica of St Mary is a Gothic hall church begun in 1379 and completed in 1502, and it is widely cited as the largest brick church in the world by volume. It fits an estimated 25,000 people, and the nave rises to…

    Address
    Podkramarska 5, 80-834 Gdansk, Poland
    Nearest transit
    Brama Wyzynna tram stop (lines 2, 3, 6, 8), 6-min walk
  3. 3

    Mariacka Street - The Amber Capital of Europe

    Mariacka Street is Gdansk's most photographed lane and its unofficial amber quarter. The 200-metre cobbled street runs from Mariacka Gate on the Motlawa waterfront up to the western facade of St Mary's Church, flanked…

    Address
    Mariacka, 80-833 Gdansk, Poland
    Nearest transit
    Brama Wyzynna tram stop (lines 2, 3, 6, 8), 7-min walk
  4. 4

    Museum of the Second World War - Europe's Largest WWII Exhibition

    The Museum of the Second World War opened in 2017 and occupies a striking 40-metre tilted red tower designed by the Studio Architektoniczne Kwadrat. The main exhibition sits three levels below ground and stretches over…

    Address
    Plac Wladyslawa Bartoszewskiego 1, 80-862 Gdansk, Poland
    Nearest transit
    Muzeum II Wojny Swiatowej tram stop (lines 2, 7, 8), 3-min walk
  5. 5

    European Solidarity Centre - Where the Cold War Ended

    The European Solidarity Centre stands directly next to Gate No. 2 of the former Gdansk Shipyard, the exact spot where electrician Lech Walesa climbed the fence in August 1980 to join the strike that would eventually…

    Address
    Plac Solidarnosci 1, 80-863 Gdansk, Poland
    Nearest transit
    Plac Solidarnosci tram stop (lines 5, 7, 8), 2-min walk
  6. 6

    Westerplatte - Where the Second World War Began

    Westerplatte is the narrow, wooded peninsula where the Second World War began at 04:45 on 1 September 1939, when the German battleship Schleswig-Holstein opened fire on the small Polish military transit depot stationed…

    Address
    Mjr. Henryka Sucharskiego, 80-601 Gdansk, Poland
    Nearest transit
    Westerplatte bus 106 terminus from Brama Wyzynna, 30-min ride, or seasonal ferry from Zielona Brama pier
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    Golden Gate and Uphagen House - The Best of Bourgeois Gdansk

    The Golden Gate (Zlota Brama) from 1614 is the ceremonial western entrance to the Long Street. Designed by Abraham van den Blocke in a Mannerist style, its four allegorical statues of Peace, Freedom, Wealth, and Fame…

    Address
    Ulica Dluga 12, 80-827 Gdansk, Poland
    Nearest transit
    Brama Wyzynna tram stop (lines 2, 3, 6, 8), 3-min walk
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    The Gdansk Crane - The Largest Medieval Port Crane in Europe

    The Gdansk Crane (Zuraw) is the icon of the Long Waterfront and the largest surviving medieval port crane in Europe. Built between 1442 and 1444 and rebuilt after 1945 based on the original drawings, the two brick…

    Address
    Ulica Szeroka 67/68, 80-835 Gdansk, Poland
    Nearest transit
    Brama Wyzynna tram stop (lines 2, 3, 6, 8), 8-min walk east to the Motlawa waterfront
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    Oliwa Cathedral and Park - Baroque Organ Concerts Under Ancient Trees

    Oliwa Cathedral is a 13th-century Cistercian abbey church whose long, narrow Gothic nave was extended and remodelled in the 17th and 18th centuries to reach a total length of 107 metres. The main draw is the grand…

    Address
    Biskupa Edmunda Nowickiego 5, 80-330 Gdansk, Poland
    Nearest transit
    SKM Gdansk Oliwa station, 10-min walk west through the park
  10. 10

    Day Trip to Sopot and Malbork Castle - Beach Resort and Teutonic Fortress

    Two very different day trips are equally easy from Gdansk Glowny station. Sopot is the classic Baltic spa town, 25 minutes away by SKM commuter train. The 511-metre wooden Molo pier - the longest of its kind in Europe -…

    Address
    Malbork Castle: Staroscinska 1, 82-200 Malbork, Poland
    Nearest transit
    Sopot: SKM train from Gdansk Glowny, 25 min. Malbork: PKP intercity train from Gdansk Glowny, 40-50 min

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