Welcome to another weekend getaway. This time we're back in Gdansk!
Coming up we show you a brand new collection of things to do in this beautiful city,
including the famous pork knuckle and sauerkraut. Learning more about Poland's
past at the World War two museum and taking a train to the seaside resort of
Sopot to walk the pier. Make sure you watch our first guide covering many
top attractions and a day trip to the historic castle at Malbork. Link on the
screen now or in the description. Let's get started! As you know we've been to
Gdansk before but we found a super cheap WizzAir flight, that we couldn't
really resist, so that's why we're back again. It's a lovely town, we're just on
our way to the food market which we didn't actually go to last time and then
we are going to our favourite pierogo restaurant.
Hala Targowa is the Polish
name for Market Hall. It's situated in a lovely old building.
Here you'll find local organic produce such as polish smoked meats, herring and
other delicious items. It also has a clothing section so it's worth a stop on
your itinerary to check it out.
The outdoor stalls lovingly display the fruit and veg that the locals come to
buy it really is very sweet.
We gave you a detailed rundown of our favorite pierogi restaurant in our last
video so go check that out for full details. We highly recommend this place,
where they cook to order and you can watch pierogi being made by hand.
After all that heavy food a walks in order and this is a lovely 20-minute
trail that will end up at the World War two Museum our next stop.
Most Chlebowy /bread bridge or Love bridge is right next to the old flour mill. As in many cities the
bridge is completely overrun with love locks but it is a beautiful setting
I can't even begin to pronounce name at this church but your walk past it if you
follow our walking route. The Polish post-office Museum is an important
memorial to 57 postal workers that were defending the building for some 15 hours
during the Nazi invasion. 4 managed to escape the remaining 57 were executed on
site. The monument for the defenders of the post office was unveiled in 1979 as
a permanent reminder. This striking building houses the World War two museum
only opened a few years ago it's a popular attraction in Gdansk.
Tickets a 23 zlotty for adults and 13 for children. Check out all the details
on the website.
The museum has a very interactive approach to aid in explaining the history. It has three main permanent exhibitions
Road to War, The Horror of War and the Long Shadow of War.
Within these 3 areas are 18 rooms telling the story of how World War II started, and the impact and suffering it
has had on Poland during and after the war.
For an additional fee you can get an audio guide but with so much to already
see, hear and read, it could be a bit overwhelming.
All the signage is in English or Polish
There are hundreds of genuine artifacts to view, gifted or loaned to the museum
bringing to life, vividly this terrible time.
With some amazingly realistic exhibits we found this really helped us
understand this dark time during the 20th century and kept us immersed for a
few hours. I'm sure it will leave its mark on you as it did us!
With the Sun going down take an early evening stroll along the river and back
into the main center of the old town.
Even on a winter's day in November with the chill in the air there is much to
see and enjoy you can also check out a few restaurant menus for your evening
dinner.
Walking through St Mary's Gate brings you on to a very picturesque street
with lots of small shops and stalls many of which sell Amber.
With the light fading it's time for some dinner
We made a great choice in Gdanskie Bowke.
On the waterfront this popular traditional polish restaurant was full
so we were glad we booked in advance. We started with a couple of waiter
recommended ice-cold vodkas salmon, tartare and duck with wild boar pate with
horseradish and cherry sauce.
The star was the pork knuckle on a bed of puree
potato and a traditional bigos made from smoked meats sauerkraut cabbage with a
dash of red wine. Very delicious, we would highly recommend this place.
So we're on our way to Gdansk Glowney station, we're gonna take a train this
morning to Sopot which is on the coast. There's a pier and a beach it's quite a
nice day so we thought we'd do it it's only a 20-minute ride on the train so
let's see how that goes.
The station is about 15 minutes from the waterfront and is a nice walk through
the streets of the city.
There are various train services from Gdansk to Sopot and different prices are
charged based on the speed of the train. Make sure you use the SKM commuter
service that runs roughly every 15 to 20 minutes and is the cheapest option.
You can get tickets at automatic machines or queue up at the counter.
So we've got our tickets they were 3.80 Zlotty, got about 10 minutes to wait for trains.
Really easy to do we didn't have to queue up, there are automated machines that worked
in English so that was good. It's only cost us about £1.50
so very good.
Well there we go that was about 14 minutes from Gdansk and we're
here in Sopot, so let's have a look around!
Once we got our bearings we headed straight for the beach!
The Baltic Sea isn't known for its warm waters and it wasn't tempting anyone in today.
The long white sandy beach I'm sure is very popular in the summer today people
are happy to stroll, feed the gulls and search for shells on the shoreline.
The pier has been around since 1827 and is actually the longest wooden pier in
all of Europe. It has grade 1 listed status.
At the end is a small marina but not many boats around at this time of year.
Apparently it's a good spot to view the Baltic windsurfing Cup or World Sailing
Championship when they are in the bay.
The area around the pier is quite pretty a market stalls shelter in the crescent.
Here you can buy more amber trinkets and gifts.
Trip Advisor recommended Karczma Irena for a meal. From the pictures online of
this quirky vintage inn we had to check it out! Inside the decor ozzes medieval,
from the burning candles to the quaint wooden seating.
The menu is very traditional and the service was fast. Will chose a mushroom
soup for starters and I had an exceptionally good smoked salmon and
caper dish. Main course was a heartwarming second round of pork
knuckle for Will and I had a huge crispy duck breast with sauerkraut.
We took a walk up the town's main high street it's not quite as pretty as
Gdansk but you will find all your familiar European brands some in unusual
buildings like this Costa. Overall Sopot is worth the effort to get to,
if you've exhausted all the sights of Gdansk or even just on a hot summer's day.
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