I continued on and read more details about the events of 14th – 17th December 1970 along the Baltic Coast commemorated in the Monument to the Shipyard Workers outside the centre. People protested at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdansk on the 14th and then on the 17th 44 people were killed at the dockyard andContinue reading “Gdansk – 7”
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Gdansk – Airport to city centre by train
Hello – the latest information on how to get to the city centre train station in Gdansk from the airport via the train. The central station in Gdansk is Gdansk Glowny. At the airport, which is named after Lech Walesa, follow the red lines painted on the ground. You will arrive at the train station.Continue reading “Gdansk – Airport to city centre by train”
Gdansk – ul Mariacka
The above picture was taken in Gdansk today, 6th August 2018. The houses are beautiful with drain pipes, gargoyles, and windows. It’s hard to believe that this entire street and almost all of the old town of Gdansk was rebuilt after WWII based on drawings, paintings, and documents.
Dispute over ‘patriotism’ delays opening of Gdańsk’s new war museum
Poland’s conservative government has decided that the port city’s new landmark exhibiting the horrors of the second world war isn’t sufficiently nationalist
