Poland. Gdansk
How different Gdańsk is from typical Polish towns... The main reason is probably its access to the sea, which means established trade routes and good communication with neighboring countries... These factors developed the town spiritually, culturally, and intellectually through the rapid flow of information that penetrated through the locks with each new ship...
The city enriched itself with intangible treasures in the form of new ideas... The embodiment of these ideas became the colorful houses, whose architecture amazes with its diversity and harmony...
The best time to see the city is in the morning... The alleys lit by the first rays of the sun, only a few passersby on the streets, and the morning delivery of pastries to local establishments fill the air with a vanilla scent... But everything changes when tables with souvenirs and mobile kiosks with treats appear on the streets... More people appear, and the streets somehow lose their morning beauty...
When whole streams of people appear on the streets, it's the best time to view the city from above, where the everyday hustle and bustle is less felt... The tower of the Archaeological Museum...
On the very top floor of the tower is a small circular room with small windows around the perimeter... Each of which can be opened to admire the beautiful panoramas of the city... From this tower, the best view of the bay opens up...
In the observation room, we were alone, and it seemed that few tourists knew about this spot... The view of the two symbols of the city - St. Mary's Basilica and the Town Hall, on which are the next two observation platforms we visited...
The most popular and highest observation platform is located at the top of the tower of the Gothic Roman Catholic St. Mary's Basilica...
Gdańsk also has a Ferris wheel, but it is outside the old part of the city, so we decided that there wouldn't be much to see from it...
From the top of the town hall tower, you can better see the architectural feature of the city, which lies in the peculiar design of the upper part of the building facades... Interestingly, even new buildings try to adhere to this feature...
And here is the view from the town hall to St. Mary's Basilica itself, which was built in 1502 and is the largest brick cathedral in the world...
In the afternoon, we decided to go to the sea in the town of Sopot, which is part of the same agglomeration as Gdańsk... The local train, at a local fare, took us there in 20 minutes...
The beach and pier of Sopot...
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