Things To Do in Gdansk

1. Amber Museum

A must for all fans of that beautiful ossified pine resin that helped make Gdansk wealthy. On six floors of exhibits, you'll learn everything you'll...

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• Museums

2. Roads to Freedom

A moving trip down memory lane of the anti-Communist struggle in Poland, starting with the riots in 1970 that tore the country apart to the rise...

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• Museums

3. Central Maritime Museum

The best of four separate museums that highlight Gdansk's history as a port city. Here you'll find more or less the A-to-Z compendium on Polish...

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• Museums

4. Westerplatte

Westerplatte is known to Poles as the place where World War II began. It was here on this far-flung peninsula on September 1, 1939, that the German...

5. Town Hall

One of the country's finest town halls; the original building dates from the 14th century, but it was badly damaged during World War II and what...

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• Landmarks

6. Arthur's Court (Dwor Artusa)

One of the most impressive houses in the city was recently opened to the public after extensive renovation. The Arthur's Court, named for King...

7. St. Mary's Church

This enormous redbrick church is reputedly the largest of its kind in the world. Its nave and 31 chapels can hold more 20,000 people. The church...

8. Library of University of Gdańsk

9. Monument to the Fallen Shipyard Workers

This enormous outdoor monument, some 40m (130 ft.) high, was built in 1980 to remember the 44 people who died during bloody anti-Communist riots...

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• Landmarks

10. Marlbork Castle

The monumental Teutonic Knights castle at Malbork (or Marienburg, as it's known in German) lies just 60km (37 miles) south of Gdansk and is an...

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• Landmarks