Old Town Gdansk

... ticket seller.                 As we are walking into the old town on the pedestrian area, a young tourist guide approaches us.  She gives tours in an electric car for ½ hour, ...

... to fame of the city is that it is where World War II began. On our walking tour we traveled thru the picturesque streets in Old Town and visited St. Mary's Cathedral which is the largest brick church in the world - it can hold 25,000 people. The city ...

... November 30 I went out only by midday, to have a long walk along the harbour, taking pictures of the graffiti and reaching the old town by nearly dusk. So it was a refreshing day and I came back with the tram and used the computer. Usually there was ...

... hos-tell like you predicted...) Gdansk is one of the so-called Tri-cities, the others being Sopot and Gydnia.  Gdansk has got a lovely Old Town that is quite different to any other Old Towns i've seen - no big central market square but just lots ...

... be the capital of a metropolis called 3miasto (3city), and has got one of the biggest harbours in Poland. The main tourist attraction is, undoubtedly, the Old Town. It is located just a zebra crossing away from the main railway station, and stretches ...

... we went with Lucyna and Kaja to pick up Ewa from Gdansk, where she was arriving by train from Wroclaw. Gdansk was once a Prusian town, then part of Poland and changed hands a number of times and one point of time was know as the Independent Free City of ...

... our B & B. It is so cute we want to stay awhile.Too bad we have reservations tomorrow at Krakow. We walked around the old town. Wasn't what I had pictured in my head. Actually pretty modern and quite nice. We checked out some churches and took pics. For ...

... troops defended against a German battleship for over a week, and the old ammunition building is still there, in ruins. The old town was almost entirely destroyed in 1945, but was meticulously rebuilt in the next two decades. This was also a place of ...

... 's apartment. They all joined us, along with Arletta (Aisha's older sister), so we made quite a large party. The Old Town is beautiful - tall decorated buildings, with painted fronts and detailed frescos. The town historically traded in amber and there ...

... we head back to Warsaw.   Went to dinner again with the entire Fulbright group at a nice place in the old town part of Gdansk.  This town has more character than Warsaw, as it was not entirely rebuilt after World War II, it remained relatively unscathed.  ...

... in my school’s curriculum project. We had dinner and lunch today and yesterday at two nice restaurants in Old Town Gdansk, a beautiful walk with spectacular buildings, sidewalk cafes, and great shops.  Gdansk is also one of the most famous places in ...

... the detailing of the architecture & the variances of colours throughout the cobbled streets adding to the beauty. We just walked around the Old Town, which to be honest we are getting a little sick of now as we're going from one Old Town to another & ...

... the Sunrise Caravan Park at Rosebud in 1977. It is a 5 minute walk from the grey inner urban buildings to the beautiful old town of Gdansk. As a city it seems Gdansk is unknown to the outside world, as I don't recall knowing anyone who has been here. ...

... 4 brits never got this service. It had stopped raining so onto the cathedral (biggest brick building in Europe apparently), old town and new town where I sat outside on wet seats, drinking beer and listening to Brit pop. When I got back to hostel, opened ...

... turned out was very easy to find. It would be said that we were pleasantly surprised by Gdansk.  It is an medieval town with the Old Town based around the harbourside/river with pirate ships and tourists galore.  We walked the beaten tourist ...

... culture.  This was an experience that I hope won't be repeated. Sunday and Monday I spent exploring the Old Town and Shipyard areas of Gdansk.  It's a very pretty city located on the Baltic Sea.  It's the largest port in Poland and most ...

... , I had a new friend to hang with for the next few days. Some of the things we did included walking through most of Gdansk old town, going for the day out to the beach, sharing dinners, and even made it to the movies, where we watched Shriek 3, in Polish ...

... new little hotel just a few hundred yards from the famous crane, the River Motlawa and five minutes walk from the wonderful old town.   The Dluga Street has to be one of the most magnificent thoroughfares in Europe with fabulous town houses, ...

... to do 10 in a row! Anyway, I digress! we walked around Gdansk and were pleasantly surprised how nice is was. Really nice old town and the cobbled streets and building were stunning! Also, walking along the canal with all of the Amber shops was cool. ...

... , but I didn't had time to go there. I liked the centre of Gdansk, the "main town" has been more renovated than the "old town". Once again the city has be quite totally rebuild, and the polish has shown their skills in it ! Some nice medieval gates, in ...