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• Gunter Grass

  
  Often cited as ‘Germany’s collective conscience’, and commonly regarded as the country’s greatest living poet, novelist and playwright, Gunter Grass was born in the Free City of Danzig on October 16, 1927 and was awarded the Nobel prize for Literature in 1999....

• 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....

• 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....

• 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)....

• Disaster at sea

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

• 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....

• Local Beer

  
  Polish vodka, great, Polish beer, not so great. That’s not a rare opinion, and one frequently espoused by the staff of In Your Pocket....

• 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....

• 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....

• 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....

• 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....

• 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....