Where is Gdansk?

The city is located in the northern part of Poland, on the southern shore of the Baltic Sea. Today Gdansk has a population of about 500,000 people. The agglomeration, which also includes the coastal cities of Sopot and Gdynia, is home to up to 2 million people. The agglomeration is called Trójmiasto by locals, and by Russian-speaking tourists - "TriCity" or "Trójmiasto".

Gdansk attaches great importance to the preservation of architectural heritage and environmental issues, so the luxurious city full of old buildings, literally buried in parks and squares among green hills and lakes.

Archaeologists say that people settled here as early as the fifth century, and Gdansk itself was probably founded in the tenth century, which is when the city was first mentioned.

Gdańsk has seen and experienced many things: capture by the Teutons and annexation to Germany, return to Poland and withdrawal to Prussia after the partition of Poland. It was conquered by the French, survived devastating sieges, reverted to Prussia, gained and lost the status of a free city, was called either Gdańsk or Danzig.

After the Second World War the city regained its historic name and for the last 70 years it has been part of Poland.