summer in the city means...
In my hometown, Bydgoszcz it's still about 30degrees of Celcius, it's hot and sunny. Why not use this beautiful time and go somewhere?
Since I came here I always wanted to show some parts of my country. Why? The answer is really easy. Just because I am proud of our architecture, of our monuments, because there are still lots of people who don't know where Poland is (sad but true), what is our country like. And finally, I wanted to show you some of our beautiful places just because there are very few people here from Poland.
So let's start with Gdańsk - maybe breeze from the Baltic sea will chill us in this hot summertime.
So as we can clearly see now we're in Pomeranian Voivodeship, known in Polish as województwo pomorskie. Gdańsk, the regional capital, forms part of the Tricity of Sopot, Gdańsk and Gdynia.The voivodeship also includes the narrow Hel Peninsula and the Polish half of the Vistula Spit.
Some facts:
Gdańsk is Poland's principal seaport as well as the capital of the Pomeranian Voivodeship. It is also historically the largest city of the Kashubian region. The city is close to the former boundary between West Slavic and Germanic lands and it has a complex political history with periods of Polish rule, periods of German rule, and two spells as a free city. It has been part of modern Poland since 1945. The city lies on the southern edge of Gdańsk Bay (of the Baltic Sea), in a conurbation with the spa town of Sopot, the city of Gdynia and suburban communities, which together form a metropolitan area called the Tricity (Trójmiasto), with a population of over 800,000.[1] Gdańsk itself has a population of 455,830 (June 2009), making it the largest city in the Pomerania region of Northern Poland. Gdańsk is situated at the mouth of the Motława River, connected to the Leniwka, a branch in the delta of the nearby Vistula River, whose waterway system supplies 60% of the area of Poland and connects Gdańsk to the national capital in Warsaw. This gives the city a unique advantage as the centre of Poland's sea trade. Together with the nearby port of Gdynia, Gdańsk is also an important industrial centre. Historically an important seaport and shipbuilding centre, Gdańsk was a member of theHanseatic League.
Lets stop here. You can easily read more from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gda%C5%84sk
Old town is the only part of Gdańsk where you can find many tourists (mainly from Germany) apart from sandy beaches at Gdańsk Bay. Lets say: Gdańsk look like a city with lot of history but I don't think there are many tourist who can imagine the old city lost almost 90% of original in march of 1945. (sorry for not including much history, but I'm sure you can find it in the internet).
Some time ago the first thing people noticed since they came to Gdańsk was the old railway station. Nowadays Gdańsk has it own airport in Gdańsk Rębiechowo (http://www.airport.gdansk.pl/ )
[because i didn't finish that blog in the summer and I recently found it. I'll just put some photos now ;)]
Symfonia apartments: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1007115
Mill Island project: http://tnij.org/mill_island
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Comment by Magda Kosmowska on November 3, 2010 at 12:32pm -
But it can be pleasant to stay in the city in the summer. IN Good city. (good city form).
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Comment by ® irgeorgellanespecore on November 2, 2010 at 11:33pm -
No matter how,no matter what, the city will always be a city even during summer or any other weather conditions. lol :XD - LMAO
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Comment by Magda Kosmowska on November 2, 2010 at 7:09pm
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It depends on city... :) but I won't say summer in the city means nothing. No, no no...
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Comment by ® irgeorgellanespecore on November 2, 2010 at 7:01am
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Means nothing, It remains City!
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Comment by Magda Kosmowska on October 31, 2010 at 5:37am
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hahah, well the whole region of Tricity is envolving but the reason of that is not our polish Kiełbasa ;)
As it was said it's "from surrounding Areas" and in my opinion is mainly because of there are more opportunities to work, study in Tricity. Gdańsk, Gdynia and Sopot become a metropolis (specific one because of the location, at the seaside, between the water and hills, but it's the topic for another blog; ).
The easiest is to describe it by looking at my example - I'm from Bydgoszcz which is a city about 360 000people where are some universities (that may not be the best in the country, but state and free) but there is not opportunity to study architecture in Bydgoszcz. So I had to choose - Gdańsk or Poznań (the universities are at the same level). Now, studying 3rd year I'm quite sure, that after studies I have to stay in Tricity because it's more likely I find here better job to gain some qualifications. And that's how it works. Tricity has a very wide offer of studying (There are 14 universities with a total of 60,436 students, including 10,439 graduates as of 2001.)...
And about Germany - Since the 16th century,the majority of the city's inhabitants were German-speakers, who called it Danzig... The city has faced various periods of rule by different states it belonged to the German and was a free town. With that kind of history it is still full of Germans, but only tourists. There are not many German migrants nowadays. But the tourist are certainly most customers of expensive restaurants at Długi Targ ;)
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Comment by oz on October 30, 2010 at 10:37pm -
virtual tour in Oliwa Park ...very interesting...beautiful ..is it true "the region is enjoying a large influx of migrants" ? half of Germany moving to Poland ...for the Kiebassa no doubt?
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Comment by Magda Kosmowska on October 30, 2010 at 2:28pm
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It's worth visiting. I'll post some photos from Gdańsk - I haven't mentioned yet Oliwa Park, set up between XII-XIII by cisterians. Before I arrange some photos I can recommend you virtual tour in Oliwa Park in spring: http://robertgrubba.com/galerie/wnetrza/plenery/park_oliwski_gdansk...
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Comment by Iñigo Ortiz Monasterio on October 30, 2010 at 1:54pm -
Great place!!!!
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Comment by Michael McKenzie on October 30, 2010 at 1:17pm -
A beautiful and very interesting post...Thanks!
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Comment by Asthetech Design Ltd New York on October 25, 2010 at 10:18pm -
spectacular blog ..I understand the region is enjoying a large influx of migrants from surrounding Area's .The word is out..Poland has a strong economy and very few extremists ...:-) I like your sense of humor
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