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• Local Gifts

  VodkaPoland has long been associated with quality vodka, and as such it makes a perfect last-minute gift to anyone but children and alcoholics....

• Local Nutter

  
  Technically German, but born in Sopot, Klaus Kinski is arguably the town’s most famous son. Born into poverty, Kinski found himself flirting with adventure from an early age when he was forced to steal to feed his family....

• Gateaways of Gdańsk

  If Prague is the City of Spires, then that surely makes Gdańsk the City of Gateways. There are, simply speaking, a fair few, and while some stand out like neon toadstools others can be missed with the blink of an eye....

• Where to find Gdansk In Your Pocket

  
  If you would like a copy delivered to you outside of Poland please click here. Or if you are in town you can pick up copies of the guide, available at 5zl per copy, at the following outlets:EMPiK bookstore (CITY FORUM, ul....

• Scottish Gdańsk

  If you’ve been reading our reviews and using our maps you may have noticed that the Tri-City is the home of two suburbs named Nowe and Stare Szkoty (New and Old Scots)....

• The Pope in Gdansk

  
  June 2007 saw the 20th anniversary of Pope John Paul’s visit to Gdansk. During his visit, the Pope celebrated an open-air mass at Zaspa, the huge residential area 5km to the north of Gdansk city centre....

• Christmas in Poland

  Holiday season officially kicks off on December 6th, Dzien Świętego Mikołaja to some, the feast day of St Nicholas to the rest....

• An Irishman Remembered

  
  For centuries Gdansk/Danzig was probably the most cosmopolitan city in this part of the world. As is ...

• Phoenix from the flames

  Gdańsk is one of Europe’s best kept secrets. Expecting a glum commie city? Think again. The Old Town captivates, and couldn’t look any sweeter if it was built by the good Mr Kipling and his little helpers....

• Know Gdansk

  
  Anybody vaguely acquainted with history, or indeed heavy metal, will be familiar with the name of Danzig....

• Pomerania

  
  If you hear people talking about Pomerania they’re referring to the geographical region that the tri-city finds itself in....

• Copernicus in Gdansk

  
  Nicolaus Copernicus, better known as the lad who shocked the world with his theory the world revolved around the sun, has had plenty of words written about him – not least in our Frombork section....

• EURO 2012

  
  The decision to make Poland a co-host of EURO 2012 was greeted with surprise both inside and outside Poland as well as by jubilation that Michel Platini and his UEFA committee had the foresight and courage to bring such a successful tournament here....

• Goldwasser

  
  No visit to Gdańsk is complete without sampling the local fire water, Goldwasser vodka. Created by Ambrose Vermollen, a Dutch migrant living in Gdańsk,  the first recorded mention of it dates to 1598, though it would be years later that Vermollen would open the first recorded   distillery, Der Lachs (The Salmon) on ul ....