Gorgeous Gdansk (Poland)

We were most surprised by this city! We learned that it's a hot spot for Nordic tourists to spend a weekend, but we'll show you what we did during our short visit. We're sure you'll love it as much as we did!

[@TomaszBis]

Thank you for showing my city so beautifully, best regards

[@globalgeezers7785]

We're thankful to hear that a local enjoyed our video!😊

[@ambrozykleks626]

thanks for visiting my lovely city. cheers :)

[@Mandy_Buttons]

Amazing video! No over dramatic reactions how everything is so awesome or fantastic, just 2 normal people walking around a beautiful city. Thanks! 😊 These are my kind of videos!

[@globalgeezers7785]

Thanks for the kind words! We're glad you enjoyed it!

[@user-hu9zj7qz5y]

Love your video. A month in Gdansk sounds like a fantastic idea. I recommend summer. We were there for a week this past summer while traveling around Poland (we actually stayed in Sopot; one of the Tri-Cities.) So much to see and do in the area. You’ll be spoilt for choice. Make sure you do some day trips: Torun (birthplace of Copernicus and gingerbread) Malbork castle (biggest brick castle in the world) Sopot (beach resort with the longest wooden pier in Europe) Hel Peninsula (gorgeous beaches) Slowinski National Park (largest shifting dunes in Europe) Gdynia Orlowo cliff (add a beautiful walk from Gdynia Orlowo cliff to Sopot along a forested promenade by the beach; lots of beautiful beach cafes/restaurants on the way) Btw, did you see Daniel Fahrenheit’s thermometer statue in Long Market? It’s very cool. He was born in Gdansk.

[@globalgeezers7785]

Thanks! Yes, we’re very excited to be able to return for a longer visit in the future. We saw a bit of Sopot, but plan to see more, as well as some of your other suggestions. 👍

[@wojtek5596]

@@globalgeezers7785 In Gdynia you can see 2 museum ships. ORP Błyskawica, ww2 destroyer and sail frigate Dar Pomorza. But remember, in Poland museums are closed on Mondays 😀.

[@globalgeezers7785]

Thanks for the info!

[@tomaszwtk]

I think you should visit Wrocław

[@bmac195]

Nice video of a beautiful city!

[@globalgeezers7785]

Thanks!

[@michaweir6146]

Going to Gdansk in two weeks…excited! 😃

[@randriu1221]

deff going to enjoy it. its awesome

[@mikakotka4295]

thx

[@nixonGD]

Unfortunately there's a lot of mistakes on this video. For example you don't pay for visiting the St. Catherine Church, you pay few zlotys for visiting the tower with Tower Clocks Museum - totally worth it.

[@globalgeezers7785]

Thank you for the information! We appreciate any correction provided, as this is helpful both for our return visit, and to others.😊

[@Rene_Moor3095]

Gdańsk between 1920 and 1939 was a free city and not part of Germany. What do they teach you in these schools, because certainly not history? The entire Gdańsk region belonged to the Kingdom of Poland in the 11th century and later - for more than two hundred years - was ruled by the dukes of Pomerania, who at the end of the 13th century ceded their domains to the rulers of Poland, Przemysł II and eventually Władysław Łokietek. In 1308, Gdańsk was occupied by the Teutonic Knights, who ruled until 1456, when Royal Prussia, and with it Gdańsk, found itself - for more than three centuries - within the borders of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Lost to Prussia in 1793 (partition of Poland by Germany, Russia and Austria), Gdansk was intermittently lost to Poland until 1945, when - by decision of the Great Powers at the Potsdam Conference - it was once again granted to Poland. Out of over 1,000 years of existence, 146 years belonged to the Teutonic Knights, 126 to Prussia and the German Reich, and 26 years were formally a "Free City". Together this adds up to 298 years. For the remaining 700 years it was closely linked to Poland.

[@globalgeezers7785]

Thank you for all of the information! You're right, there is so much historical information that we cannot keep up with it all, and appreciate viewers who share these details with us, and correct us when needed. Even with some of the tours, we can only retain part of the immense amount of history shared during the two hours or so. 😊

[@nixonGD]

Well yo right, but technically they didn't make a mistake. He said the city was part of Gemany at the end of WW2. And it was...

[@randriu1221]

Similar to Warsaw, all of this was destroyed in WW2 because Russians didnt like the "german" architecture so all of these pretty little houses are just commie blocks that are made to look like that :DD It was a smart way of rebuilding the city cause commies didnt have problem with that

[@fridolinoberboersch9425]

Schönes Danzig

[@janhusar9105]

Die Polen wissen, wie man baut.