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• 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....

• Bishop Edward O'Rourke

  
  One curious connection between Gdansk/Danzig and Ireland is the fact that the city’s first Roman Catholic bishop was Count Edward O’Rourke....

• The Return of the Resort House

  For most foreign visitors Gdansk is the region’s calling card, and Walesa, Hitler and Hevelius have done much over the years to put it on the international map....

• Pirat Andrzej

  One of the city's most recognisable figures passed away in hospital on Friday 13th of August 2010 following a stroke....

• Know Gdansk

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

• Disaster at sea

  
  The sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff on January 30, 1945 rates as one of the worst maritime disasters in history....

• 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 ....

• 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....

• 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....

• Wałęsa's old home

  Before Lech Walesa was thrust into the limelight and into the history books from the beginning of the 1980s, he lived like most of his co-workers in one of the huge housing developments which were built up around the city....

• Gdansk In Your Pocket in iPaper

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• August Accords

  Keen to add their own personal grievances, ideas suggested by various strikers ranged from the bizarre to the extreme: the idea of free elections was mooted, before being rejected out of fear this would spark an invasion by Soviet forces....

• 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....