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GDAŃSK
OLIWA
SOPOT
GDYNIA
WESTERPLATTE
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KARTUZY
MALBORK
FROMBORK
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The Prison Tower and the Torture House. At present housing the Amber
Museum. Among the exhibits – there is an inclusion – a lizard trapped
in amber. In the Torture House cells and medieval torture tools can
be seen.
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Great Armoury – the most beautiful European example
of the Dutch Mannerism |
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Teh Royal Route – the icon of Gdansk |

The Gdansk Main Town Hall
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The Red Room – the most splendid room of the
Main Town Hall, where on the ceiling a 17th century plafond cocomposed
of 25 paintings can be admired
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The Main Town Hall Carillon chiming lovely every
hour
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Arthur's Court – a meeting place of the Gdansk's
guilds, where the wealthiest town's patricians were outdoing the
others in founding the marvelous pieces of art, paintings, sculptures
and the stove. At the same time it was the most renowned tavern
in Europe, with wine cellars filled with over 200 kinds of wine
from whole Europe. Gdansk's Arthur's Court was the first informal
museum in Europe.
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Neptune Fountain – the king of the seas and oceans, another icon of
the Hanseatic city of Gdansk, a meeting place for tourists |

One of Gdansk's façades - with the image of William Shakespeare
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 The
Monument of Fallen Shipyard Workers |
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Great Crane – The biggest wooden port crane in the 15th century Europe,
driven with the power of workers' muscles |
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Gdańsk gargoyle |

Dominican Fair – the biggest event – after October
Fest in Germany and one of the oldest. For 3 weeks Gdansk's streets
fill with stalls and stands. Nearly everything can be bought then
– form a lollipop to a piece of art. |
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 Inclusion
– A lizard trapped in Baltic amber |

St. Mary's Church – world's biggest brick church,
where 25 thousand people can be inside at one time. The church dominates
the view of Gdansk
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 „Medieval
computer”, Astronomical clock |

„Medieval comics”, i.e. The board with the Ten
Commandments. A very interesting presentation of the „bible pauperum”
- bible addressed to the poorest – who in medieval times were illiterate.
On the ten sections we can also see the medieval fashion. |
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 St.
Catherine's church – the oldest church in Gdansk, where the famous
gdansk brewer and astronomer, Johann Hevelius was burried
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 Oliwa
Pak - established by the cistercians. Consists of two parts:
English and French.
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Abbots
Palace
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 Organ
in the Oliwa Cathedral – the most renowned in Poland baroque/rococco
organ. During touristic season short 20 minutes presentations can
be heard everyday.The instrument consists of 7876 pipes and 110 voices.
It has 5 keyboards. The biggest pipe is abt. 10 m high and 46 cm width.
Since 1956 International Organ Music Festivals are being organized
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The High Altar – with 150 heads of cherubs in
the upper part |
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 Wooden
pier – an ikon of Sopot and its symbol. 511m long – enables to admire
beautiful views of the Gdansk Bay as well as Redłowo Cliff. |

Grand Hotel – the most famous hotel in th north
Poland, having a specific climate.The participants of the International
Summer Sopot Song Festival stay here. Within the 40 years tradition
of the festival, the greatest stars have given concerts in the Forest
Opera. Among them was Whitney Houston, and Elton John. |
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 „Crooked
House” in Sopot |

Bicycle path along the coast |
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 South
Pier – from here is the best view into the sea nature of this town,
which before the 2nd world War grew up to become the biggest and most
modern sea port on the Baltic |

Błyskawica, one of the 3 destroyers, most modern
in the Polish pre-war Navy. During the 2nd World War served in the
British Royal Navy |
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 Guardhouse
No 1.Ruins of the Barracks
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 Ruins
of the headquarter |
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 A
monument commemorating Poilsh soldiers in the 2nd World War |
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 Former
Carthusian church in Kartuzy |

Beautiful cordovans in the chancel |
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A clock pendulum – reminding of inevitability of death |
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 The
view from the Nogat side |
 Fasade
of medieval Infirmery, hospital |
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 Medieval
door-knocker |

High Castle tower |
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 Cloister
in the High Castle |

High Castle vestibule |
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 The
view on the cathedral Hill |

Western view on the Cathedral in Frombork |
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 NMP |

Western Entrance |
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 Frombork
Creature |

Medieval Holy Spirit Hospital housing and interesting mdeical museum
and a herbal garden |
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 An
arcaded house |

A footprint of a dog on a medieval brick on the
church wall in Jeziernik |
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