| Page Views: 162 Last Visit to Gdansk: June, 2008 | Gdansk - German spirit port of Poland by Raimix - last update: May 6, 2009 |
At summer 2008 I had a few realistic chooses there to travel. One of them was Gdansk. I have chosen Gdansk for a few reasons – first of all, I wanted to see Western part of Poland, and I knew it is different from other parts because of German influence. Secondly, I had lack of money to go to further places of Europe. And, lastly, the transportation to Gdansk and search of accommodation here caused no problem for me. I was using Hospitality club for staying here, lived with locals, so you won’t find here any description of hotel at tips group called “accommodation”. |
|  | A bit of history...
At 9th century first written mentions appeared about location of Gdansk. Later, at year of 997 bishop of Prague St. Adalbert visited Gdansk territory, roots of Christianity appeared. From 1308 it is ruled by Teutonic Knights and at the same century, in 1343 and 1361, got civil rights and entrance to Hanseatic League. At its history Gdansk was ruled by Germans, Poles, and for some time was called as “free city”. |
At German times Gdansk was called Danzig, only Poles called it Gdansk. It was actually one of the most important cities of Prussia and active member of Hanseatic League, together with such merchant culture towns as Riga, Lubeck, and Hamburg. That is more, it is well known as a home for Solidarnosc movement.
City is a part of Polish Tricity that consists of Gdansk, Sopot and Gdynia. The distance among them is about 20 kilometers, nicely connected by public transportation. I think it is a good place for a week holiday; it is possible to add more historical places to traveling plan: Malbork, Helm. | | |
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| Pros: | "great architecture, nice places to visit around, addorable prices" | | Cons: | "big part of Gdansk old town was rebuilt after World War II" | | In A Nutshell: | "Beautiful german style hansa town" |
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Maurizioago Sun Aug 9, 2009 10:56 UTC
Nice page. Ciao! | ranger49 Mon Jun 29, 2009 17:48 UTC
My visit to Gdansk was too short so thanks for taking me on your tour of the city. You have put a lot into this informative page - made even more interesting by your own impressions and comments. | b1bob Sun Jun 28, 2009 17:06 UTC
Gdansk has done a nice job restoring itself after the damage from World War II. I did not know about the Kashubian enclave in town. Thanks for a great page! | bugulma Thu May 7, 2009 18:10 UTC
very beautiful city! with great architecture! I hope to walk along the Long Street :-)) |
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