Old city gates by the Motlawa river
by gosiaPL
I find that some of the best things are discovered when you just stroll along and keep your eyes open. I've been to Gdansk several times and with each next visit, I ignore what I've already seen, and rather look for what is easilly overlooked. I like to walk in Dlugie Pobrzeze (Long Wharf) and check some of the architectural details, for example the gates into town. Of course, the best known is the Green Gate into the Dlugi Targ (Long Market) but the other minor gates, such as Chlebnicka and Mariacka are interesting in a different way. There's even a Cows' Gate (Krowia Brama) which was used for taking cows to the butchers! Discovering the beautiful Mariacka St. for the first time when I looked through the Mariacka Gate in the Dlugie Pobrzeze wharf.
Beer in Poland
by yamayka
Pub and Café life in Gdansk (and the rest of the tri-city) is eclectic, fun and very cheap. The most I’ve paid for a pint is 12zl (about 3 euros) and that was at Gdansk airport which is to be expected. The average for a pint of top Polish lager such as ¯ywiec is about 6zl. If you’re used to the watery lagers served in many parts of Western Europe then the tasty Polish beers such as Okocim, Lech, Tyskie, Warka and my personal favourite ¯ywiec will be a pleasant surprise. But, be warned, Polish beer is not to be toyed with, it bites back! Being generally stronger than most Western European beers and a lot stronger than Aussie and US imports 10 pints of the local brew can give you a morning after to remember. I say 10 pints as this review is aimed at the professional beer drinker not lemonade shandy brigade.
Fenced terraces/porches
by matcrazy1
Many houses, especially along souhern side of the Long Market and along Mariacka street, are built in a specific way, uncommon in Poland. The ground floor of the houses is placed a meter or so above the street level. There is a quite wide terrace, a kind of a porch, in front of a house with a few steps down to the street level. Each terrace is fenced with an iron, ornamented fence in front and joins the terrace of the next house. There are portals and entrances in front wall of a terrace which led to cellars (usually shops now) below a terrace level.
St Briget's Church
by Ekaterinburg
St Bridget's Church is only off the beaten path in the fact that it is outside the Glowne Miasto but it is quite easy to get to from there or any other point in the Stare Miasto. I went there because of its associations with Solidarity and the fact that Lech Walesa, among others, used to worship there. The interior is extremely modern, designed by Elzbieta Szcodrowska, Robert Peplinski and Bodhan Pietruzka. This on its own makes it fairly different from most churches in Gdansk but while it impressed me, this was not what I had come to see. I wanted to see the shrine to Father Jerzy Popieluszko, the murdered priest and Solidarity supporter. This churrch was used by anti-communist groups who met and prayed there during the period of martial law in 1981-1983. Solidarity flags hang proudly in this church now.
St Bridget being one of the patron saints of Ireland, I had to hope that she was supporting the cause of Solidarity also. I'm sure she was pleased at this Irish invasion of her church in July 2006.
Arcade houses.
by Dagon
Many houses like that were built on Zulawy Wislane. This kind of buildings was quite popular in nearby villages. These were houses of richer landlords. Becouse Zulawy were and are very fertile, so landlords had money.
Many of arcade houses has survived. Some you can find on Trakt Sw. Wojciech (Road of St. Wojciech). There also houses like that in nearby villages - for example in Koszwaly (place near to road Gdansk - Warsaw), Milocin, Trutnowy (this one is kept in the best condition), Osice and Krzywe Kolo.
There is also a tourist route "Of arcade houses" - of course for people intrested in walking, or riding a bike - black marks, starts in Koszwaly, ends in Krzywe Kolo. The best way of getting to that points is using buses. The whole route has got 20 kilometers.
I'm not sure, if the name is proper, but you can see how does it look like on the photo.
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Buildings at the River Motlawa
Westerplatte Monument
The Rathaus from Dlugi Targ
