Michael Hardenfelt (E-mail: m@hardenfelt.pl) – Tourist guide in Warsaw and the rest of Poland. Phone: +48 600 43 53 83

Dansk version

Mini guide to Gdansk, Sopot and Gdynia

Gdansk guide is a mini guide for tourists in Gdansk. It’s meant to give you some inspiration on what to do in the three cities – Gdansk, Sopot and Gdynia. And of course, I remind you that I can be hired to guide in Gdansk, where I’ve lived for many years and am a regular traveller. Minimum 5 hours.

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The harbour front was rebuilt in the 1950s

Introduction

A small welcome to the three cities and an overview of the contents.

You will notice, that the street was much more narrow than today, where they have removed the terraces in front of the buildings

Gdansk – history

The story of the town reaches more than a thousand years back in time and shows a mixed existence between Poles, Germans and crusaders.

Good and modern trains and trams forms an efficient transport system in Gdansk

Practical information

Water, money, bus tickets and other things You may need while visiting the town.

This is taken next to the enormous zoo in Gdansk

Worth visiting

If You stay in Gdansk for a few days, You might like to go for an excursion. Here are some ideas.

The street is also called the Amber Street

Gdansk – Old Town

Gdansk is one of the Polish towns, I like the most. It has it’s own very distinctive mentality and a fantastic atmosphere as a northern harbour Town.

Concrete buildings fra the 1970s made the living conditions a bit better for the Poles

Gdansk – along the suburban railway

It’s easy to get around in Tricity. Just get the suburban railway, which runs like a ruler in the entire length of the city.

The pier is a compulsory part of a visit to Sopot

Sopot

The holiday paradise – this is where You will meet all the young, the beautiful and the rich, and You can feel like one of them at prices that are far below the level in posh sea side resorts in Western Europe.

People work hard in Gdynia, but there is also a relaxed atmosphere

Gdynia

Gdynia is quite a new town – erected as a modernist wonder after WWI, Where Poland did not have its own harbour town (Gdansk was an independent free town in close cooperation with Germany).

Please send an email to m@hardenfelt.pl if you would like an English-speaking tour guide to show you the most important places in Warsaw.