23rd May 2016 - Gdansk, Gdynia, Sopot And Warsaw
After a tour of Gdansk, Gydnia, Sopot our group headed back to Warsaw for a final farewell dinner. Some photos of the group can be seen at the end. One photograph is sadly missing. Not sure why it is no longer on my camera. Anyway I hope you enjoy the final day of my coach tour and stay with me as I continue with my adventures.
Gdańsk
Gdańsk (/ɡəˈdænsk/, German: Danzig, pronounced [ˈdantsɪç], also known by other alternative names) is a Polish city on the Baltic coast, the capital of the Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland's principal seaport and the center of the country's fourth-largest metropolitan area.
The city lies on the southern edge of Gdańsk Bay (of the Baltic Sea), in a conurbation with the city of Gdynia, spa town of Sopot, and suburban communities, which together form a metropolitan area called the Tricity (Trójmiasto), with a population near 1,400,000. Gdańsk itself has a population of 460,427 (December 2012), making it the largest city in the Pomerania region of Northern Poland.
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Warsaw Old Town, Warsaw, Masovian, Poland, Europe
Warsaw's Old Town is the oldest historic district of the city. It is bounded by Wybrzeże Gdańskie, along the bank of the Vistula, and by Grodzka, Mostowa and Podwale Streets. It is one of Warsaw's most prominent tourist attractions. The heart of the area is the Old Town Market Place, with its restaurants, cafés and shops. Surrounding streets feature medieval architecture such as the city walls, the Barbican and St. John's Cathedral. Warsaw's Old Town was established in the 13th century. Initially surrounded by an earthwork rampart, prior to 1339 it was fortified with brick city walls. The town originally grew up around the castle of the Dukes of Mazovia that later became the Royal Castle. The Market Square (Rynek Starego Miasta) was laid out sometime in the late 13th or early 14th century, along the main road linking the castle with the New Town to the north. Until 1817 the Old Town's most notable feature was the Town Hall built before 1429. In 1701 the square was rebuilt by Tylman Gamerski, and in 1817 the Town Hall was demolished. Since the 19th century, the four sides of the Market Square have borne the names of four notable Poles who once lived on the respective sides: Ignacy Zakrzewski (south), Hugo Kołłątaj (west), Jan Dekert (north) and Franciszek Barss (east).
In the early 1910s Warsaw Old Town was the home of the prominent Yiddish writer Alter Kacyzne, who later depicted life there in his 1929 novel שטאַרקע און שוואַכע (Sterke un Sweche, The Strong and the Weak). As depicted in the novel, the Old Town at that time was a slum neighborhood, with poor families - some Jewish, other Christian - living very crowded in subdivided tenements which had once been aristocrats' palaces. Parts of it were bohemian, with painters and artists having their studios, while some streets were a Red-light district housing brothels. In 1918 the Royal Castle once again became the seat of Poland's highest authorities: the President of Poland and his chancellery. In the late 1930s, during the mayoralty of Stefan Starzyński, the municipal authorities began refurbishing the Old Town and restoring it to its former glory. The Barbican and the Old Town Market Place were partly restored. These efforts, however, were brought to an end by the outbreak of World War II. During the Invasion of Poland (1939), much of the district was badly damaged by the German Luftwaffe, which targeted the city's residential areas and historic landmarks in a campaign of terror bombing. Following the Siege of Warsaw, parts of the Old Town were rebuilt, but immediately after the Warsaw Uprising (August-October 1944) what had been left standing was systematically blown up by the German Army. A statue commemorating the Uprising, the Little Insurgent, now stands on the Old Town's medieval city wall. After World War II, the Old Town was meticulously rebuilt. As many of the original bricks were reused as possible. The rubble was sifted for reusable decorative elements, which were reinserted into their original places. Bernardo Bellotto's 18th-century vedute, as well as pre-World-War II architecture students' drawings, were used as essential sources in the reconstruction effort. The Old Town Market Place (Rynek Starego Miasta), which dates back to the end of the 13th century, is the true heart of the Old Town, and until the end of the 18th century it was the heart of all of Warsaw.[5] Here the representatives of guilds and merchants met in the Town Hall (built before 1429, pulled down in 1817), and fairs and the occasional execution were held. The houses around it represented the Gothic style until the great fire of 1607, after which they were rebuilt in late-Renaissance style. Castle Square (plac Zamkowy) is a visitor's first view of the reconstructed Old Town, when approaching from the more modern center of Warsaw. It is an impressive sight, dominated by Zygmunt's Column, which towers above the beautiful Old Town houses. Enclosed between the Old Town and the Royal Castle, Castle Square is steeped in history. Here was the gateway leading into the city called the Kraków Gate (Brama Krakowska). It became to develop in the 14th century and continued to be a defensive area for the kings. The square was in its glory in the 17th century when Warsaw became to country capital. And it was here that in 1644 King Władysław IV erected the column to glorify his father Sigismund III Vasa, who is best known for moving the capital of Poland from Kraków to Warsaw.
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Video of my 3 day trip with my friends.
All that I can say, that it was awesome!!
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Gąski-Dąbki
My friends Arek and Romka went on bike tour along Polish Coastline(The Baltic) from Świnoujście to Hel and covered about 500 km.It tooks them two weeks long to get the destination during this summer.They decided to bring some film material so I created nearly 20 clips of their unusual journey.You can know Polish bigger
tourist resorts,you can also see interesting tourist attractions,nature,reserves at the seaside,lighthouses,sea,ships,
marines ans took a place in cruise frpm Hel to Gdynia.
Wishing you a nice watching and a super week by the way!Amnas2011
BAŁTYK TOUR-Rowerem wzdłuż polskiego wybrzeża,Świnoujście-Hel-Arek i Romka
Część 8-Gąski-Dąbki
Moi przyjaciele Arek i Romka przebyli na rowerach tego lata trasę
wzdłuż polskiego wybrzeża od Świnoujścia po Hel pokonując około 500 km w czasie dwóch tygodni.Zdecydowali przekazać mi część materiału filmowego co umożliwiło mi wykonanie około 20 klipów-reportaży z ich podróży.Poznacie ważniejsze miejscowości wypoczynkowe nad morzem,rezerwaty,nietypową przyrodę,zachody słońca,statki,żaglowce,latarnie morskie,przysta-
nie, porty,klify morskie itp. Zapraszam! Życzę przyjemnego odbioru i wspaniałego tygodnia!Pozdrawiam!Amnas2011