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Sopot Pier
The longest wooden pier in Europe, reaching half a kilometre into the Baltic from a chic seaside resort.
8 km · about 15 min drive
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Gdynia
Pomerania, Poland · Europe
About Gdynia
Gdynia works well as a base: 10 minutes from Pogórze, 8km from Sopot Pier.
Gdynia is in Pomerania, Poland, with about 260,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Pogórze, about 6 km away.
Gdynia is a city in northern Poland and a seaport on the Baltic Sea coast. With a population of c. 239,000, it is the 12th-largest city in Poland and the second-largest in the Pomeranian Voivodeship after Gdańsk. Gdynia is part of a conurbation with the spa town of Sopot, the city of Gdańsk, and suburban communities,Read more
which together form a metropolitan area called the Tricity (Trójmiasto) with around one million inhabitants. Gdynia is the largest city in Poland not to be a voivodeship capital.
Historically and culturally part of Kashubia and Eastern Pomerania, Gdynia for centuries remained a small fishing village. By the 20th-century it attracted visitors as a seaside resort town. In 1926, Gdynia was granted city rights after which it enjoyed demographic and urban development, with a modernist cityscape. It became a major seaport city of Poland. In 1970, protests in and around Gdynia contributed to the rise of the Solidarity movement in nearby Gdańsk.
The port of Gdynia is a regular stopover on the cruising itinerary of luxury passenger ships and ferries travelling to Scandinavia. Gdynia's downtown, designated a historical monument of Poland and inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List, is an example of building an integrated European community and includes Functionalist architectural forms. The city is also known for holding the annual Gdynia Film Festival. In 2013, Gdynia was ranked by readers of The News as Poland's best city to live in, and topped the national rankings in the category of "general quality of life". In 2021, the city entered the UNESCO Creative Cities Network and was named UNESCO City of Film.
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What is there to see near Gdynia?
Within an hour or so of Gdynia: Sopot Pier (8 km), Westerplatte (15 km), Gdańsk Old Town (20 km), Gdansk Main Town (20 km).
Where is Gdynia?
Gdynia is in Pomerania, Poland, about 6 km from Pogórze.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 257,000
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Poland
- Region
- Pomerania
- Timezone
- Europe/Warsaw
- Coordinates
- 54.5189, 18.5319
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Worth the detour from Gdynia
5 notable places within an hour's drive.
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Westerplatte
The historic peninsula where the first shots of World War II were fired on September 1, 1939.
15 km · about 30 min drive
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Gdańsk Old Town
Beautifully restored Hanseatic port city with colourful merchant houses, amber shops, and the historic shipyard where Solidarity began.
20 km · about 25 min drive
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Gdansk Main Town
Reconstructed Hanseatic waterfront on the Motlawa river, with the medieval crane, Long Market and Baltic ferry connections nearby.
20 km · about 25 min drive
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Gdańsk Long Market
A stunning pedestrian boulevard lined with ornate Dutch-style townhouses, anchored by the Neptune Fountain and Artus Court.
21 km · about 25 min drive
Driving in Poland
- Drives on
- the right
- Petrol
- ~€1.42/litre
- Motorway tolls
- ~€5.00/100km
When to drive here
April to October
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