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- An Irishman Remembered
- Are you being served?
- August Accords
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- Christmas in Poland
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- Disaster at sea
- EURO 2012
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- Hotelcalculator with IYP
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- Phoenix from the flames
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- The Pope in Gdansk
- The Return of the Resort House
- Wałęsa's old home
- Where to find Gdansk In Your Pocket
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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.... -
Holger Czukay
Born in the Free City of Danzig on March 24, 1938, oddball composer and musician Holger Czukay (pronounced chook-eye) is best known as a founder member of the art rock band Can, guardians of 1970s absurdist Krautrock and accidental UK Number 1 stars with their quirky 1976 hit, I Want More.... -
Are you being served?
While the choice and quality of eating out in the city continues to improve, for many the level of service has not.... -
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.... -
An Irishman Remembered
For centuries Gdansk/Danzig was probably the most cosmopolitan city in this part of the world. As is documented elsewhere in this guide over the years, strong traditions developed here from the three native populations - German, Polish, Kashubian – while at the same time peoples from further afield left their mark amongst them Scandinavians and Scots.... -
Disaster at sea
The sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff on January 30, 1945 rates as one of the worst maritime disasters in history.... -
The Pope in Gdansk
June 2012 saw the 25th 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.... -
Hotelcalculator with IYP
Search for best rates on inyourpocket.comThe concept of In Your Pocket has always been to provide our readers and website users with as much relevant information as possible about the city they are visiting and to allow you to make up your own minds.... -
Solidarity FC
The triumph in the Polish Cup of 1983 brought European football to Gdansk, and in the very first round of the Cup Winners’ Cup Lechia were drawn against the mighty Juventus, a side which contained many of the greatest stars of the world game, including a Pole Zbigniew Boniek, an Italian Giovanni Trapattoni and a Frenchman, Michel Platini.... -
EURO 2012
The decision to make Poland a co-host of EURO 2012 (download the special Euro2012 guide in PDF here) 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.... -
August Accords
The 21 demands that Solidarity issued the state were the result of top-level discussions between trade union activists such as Andrzej Gwiazda, Bogdan Lis and Bogdan Borusewicz of KOR.... -
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.... -
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.... -
'Kolejka' Board Game
If you’ve spent any time in Poland, you know that queuing is a bit of an art in this country, if not a national pastime....
Disaster at sea
The Wilhelm Gustloff in Danzig 1939
Just minutes after relaying an address to the nation by Adolf Hitler, the Gustloff - named in memory of the assassinated leader of the Swiss Nazi party - was hit by three torpedoes from the Soviet submarine S-13. Within 50 minutes the 650foot vessel had sunk to the bottom of the Bay of Gdansk. Freezing temperatures, overcrowding and a shortage of lifeboats meant that of the estimated 10,600 passengers, only 1,200 survived; a figure that is over six times the number that died on the Titanic.
Today the ship lies 42 metres below the ocean surface, marked as a maritime grave with a ban on diving within 500m. Following the war S-13’s captain, Alexander Marinesko, was awarded the honour of Hero of the Soviet Union. But in a final twist Marinesko fell out of favour with communist officials and was sentenced to hard labour in the Gulag after being caught selling bricks on the blackmarket. He died in 1963 a broken man.
A bell belonging to the Gustloff could be found in the entrance to the Barracuda restaurant in Gdynia but has since been lent to a private exhibition in Berlin.