Welcome to Gdynia

As one of the youngest Polish cities, Gdynia located at the Gdańsk Bay invites to the most sunny (1.671 hours of sun during a year) Polish beaches.

The city centre, surrounded by sunny beaches, the harbour and moraine hills with forests offers many attractions to tourists.

In Gdynia harbour one can visit museum-ships - ORP Błyskawica and a frigate Dar Pomorza. Gdynia Aquarium presents rich and exotic collections of fauna and flora, and the nearby Planetarium will show you a sky full of stars. In its close neighbourhood you can find the only one in Poland -Cruise Ship Alley with granite plaques commemorating the biggest cruise ship visiting Gdynia, the white fleet harbour and modern yachting marina.

Architecture of Gdynia modernism commenced in 20's and 30's of 20^th century attracts visitors. It is distinguished by modern construction and functionalism, uses maritime details and serves also an inspiration for contemporary architects.

Gdynia has been for many years the arena of festivals. The biggest ones are: Heineken Opener Music Festival - the best festival in Europe, international Ladies Jazz Festival, Globaltica Ethnic Culture Festival, Polish Film Festival, the National Meeting of Travellers, Sailors and Alpinists and many more.

The summer stage of the Municipal Theatre located in Orłowo Beach offers a wide variety of plays to culture fans.

As a city of active people, Gdynia encourages tourists to challenge wind and water. An annual event - Gdynia Sailing Days, one of the largest regattas in the Baltic Sea, attracts the best sailors in the world. One of manifold beach tournaments can be played here (volleyball, football, rugby, arching) as well as golf and tennis. For others there is a rich offer of adventure parks, paraglidingand balloon clubs.

To many advantages of Gdynia one may undoubtedly add eminent neighbours: 1000-year-old Gdańskand Sopot resort and on the other side of the Baltic Sea - Karlskrona, Helsinki, Travemünde - that can be reached by one of the ferries departing from Gdynia harbour. In the summer season the city's offer is enriched with Water Trams travelling to the Hel Peninsula.