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Gdansk's touristy Old Town has been beautifully restored after the massive destruction of WWII.
Nevertheless, Gdansk still has some areas which give you an insight into how Gdansk looked before the war.
One of these areas is the hilly Biskupia Gorka district with its cobblestone streets and old buildings in decay. You even find some German inscriptions on the buildings.
I have heard that Biskupia Gorka is among the most dangerous areas in Poland, just keep that in mind when wandering around.
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The Biskupia Gorka district is situated on a hill just southeast of the city centre. Leave a Comment
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Sopot is part of the Tri-City and situated about 12 km north of Gdansk. It is a popular seaside resort with about 40.000 inhabitants. Sopot is well known for the longest wooden pier at the Baltic Sea (length 515.5 m). Many trendy cafes, pubs, restaurants and shops are located in and around the main tourist artery Bohaterow Monte Cassino.
Sopot can be reached within 25 minutes from Gdansk. Take one of the northbound commuter trains which leave Gdansk train station almost every 10 mins. Leave a Comment
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 Stogi Beach by HORSCHECK
Stogi is located northeast of the city centre and can be reached with trams No. 8 (Stogi Plaza) and No. 13 (Stogi Pasani). Leave a Comment
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 One of arcade houses. by Dagon
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. Leave a Comment
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 An old church in Oliwa. by Dagon
Also rich people from Gdansk noticed nice place on the north of their city. They also started to build their beautiful houses. To our times survived not many of them, but still some streets have got its charm.
You can find there also some other historical buoldings, like for example this church presented on the photo.
Very close to these buildings is big forest, where people can rest while for example walking. Leave a Comment
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The Hel peninsula is a 35 km long small strip of land which protects Gdansk Bay from the sea.
There are a few seaside resorts situated on the peninsula, of which Hel is probably the best known, as it is located at the eastern end of the peninsula.
Hel has a big fishing habour, some beaches, two churches, a lighthouse and a Fokarium with up to 6 seals.
In summer Hel can be reached by ferry from Gdansk; during the rest of the year you should catch a bus or train in Gdynia. The trip by bus or train takes about 2 hours, whereas the ferrytrip is much quicker. Leave a Comment
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 One of the palaces on Jaskowa
Dolina street :))) by Dagon
The most of buildings are tenement houses. Lots of them don't have it's old beauty, but streets like Sobotki, Matejki and other in this patr are really good looking. There is also old martial church, which also can be interesting.
On the second side of main street - Grunwaldzka, you can see many historical, tenement houses, but many of them should be renovated. That are for example Wajdeloty, Aldony, Lelewela streets.
On this last one - Lelewela street - is also house, where Guinther Grass was born.
Close to this parts is Jaskowa Dolina street. It was really beautiful place in history. Only very rich people from Gdansk could live there. There were many villas, which belonged to them. Now many of them are restored, but not all.
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There are still many monolithic Soviet-era apartment blocks from communist times in the suburbs of Gdansk. At present these fomer grey looking apartment blocks are painted in all kinds of colours to make them look nicer.
I had a look at some of these apartment blocks in the Nowy Port district of Gdansk.
Nowy Port is located north of the city centre and can be reached with trams 4, 10, 14 and 15. Leave a Comment
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 Guthenberd monument (early
spring :) by Dagon
Also in this forest you can find a Forrest Theater, wchich is a kind of theater on open air. Plays are not too often played there, but you can find something, sometimes... There are also some concerts played.
You can get there for example from Jaskowa Dolina street, where you will find some kind of gate guiding inside. Leave a Comment
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 Evening Sky and church spires
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