Gdańsk Old Town

Gdańsk's Long Market and its flanking Royal Way form a reconstructed ensemble of Dutch-influenced brick and stepped-gable facades that recalls the city's role as one of the wealthiest ports on the Baltic Sea in the 16th and 17th centuries. The Golden Gate, Neptune's Fountain, and the Long Bridge with its Crane form a sequence of landmarks along the waterfront. The European Solidarity Centre near the shipyard gates documents the 1980 strike movement that began at this site.