GdanskTravel Guide

Gdańsk's grandest street, lined with Hanseatic merchant townhouses rebuilt after WWII in painstaking historical detail — the Golden Gate and Green Gate bookend it.

One of the largest brick churches in the world, with a 78m tower climbable via 400 steps for a panorama over the old town and shipyards.

The birthplace of the Solidarity movement that helped bring down communism in Eastern Europe — the museum sits at the actual shipyard gates where the 1980 strikes began.

A bronze 17th-century fountain at the centre of the Long Market, one of Gdańsk's most recognisable symbols.

The site where the first shots of World War II were fired in 1939 — a peninsula memorial with ruins and a monument, reachable by tram or river cruise.

The largest castle in the world by land area, built by the Teutonic Knights and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, about 40 minutes from Gdańsk by train.

A waterfront walk past the medieval Crane and colourful merchant houses, especially atmospheric in the evening with reflections on the water.

Housed in a former medieval prison tower, this museum explores the Baltic's "gold" — Gdańsk has been a centre of the amber trade for centuries.

A restored medieval port crane, once the largest in Europe, used to load cargo and even hoist ships' masts — now a maritime museum branch.

A seaside resort town 20 minutes away by train, home to the longest wooden pier in Europe stretching into the Baltic Sea.