Gdańsk, Gdynia, Sopot
'Zones'
Cultural Aspects of Migration, Urbanity and Gender
October 17-18
2012

Three Cities in History
lGdansk – German city, long history, full of amber..., on the river Vistula, the town of the
beginning of the Second World War, anti-communist revolts in docks (Lech Walesa), used to be a Free
City (after Versailles)
lGdynia – seaport (to Helsinki, Karlskrone), troleybuses and trains important
lSopot – spa town, parties, (in Kashubian means 'mud' or Slavic 'spring')

Gdańsk



Gdynia



Sopot