Zrównoważona wycieczka po Gdańsku

Get to know the city through local cuisine. Pay a visit to restaurants offering traditional Polish cuisine, cuisine of the former Polish Eastern Borderlands, namely Lithuanian, Ukrainian and Russian, as well as restaurants offering Kashubian dishes. Vegans and vegetarians will not be disappointed, either.

Take a break. What is better to recuperate your body and improve your mood, if not a cup of good coffee or herbal tea or a glass of home-made lemonade? There are plenty of cafés in the area offering local delicacies such as sea buckthorn cheesecake. Splurge a little and help local community at the same time by visiting a café run by a social cooperative that employs people with disabilities as waiters and baristas. The products are made of only natural, top-quality products.

While strolling around the Main Town, you will surely reach the Long Coast, i.e. the old port at the Motława quay. A huge brick building on the other side of the river will most certainly attract your eyes. This is the Frederic Chopin Polish Baltic Philharmonic. This beautiful building, located on an island called Ołowianka, used to be a power plant. Nowadays, music lovers enjoy classical music concerts there. Walk to the island via a pedestrian drawbridge and see yourself how an industrial building was transformed into one of the most important cultural institutions in the region. Check the repertoire. Who knows, maybe some show will arouse your interest? After all, music is a medicine for the soul.

Check out what other cultural institutions in the Main Town have to offer. Perhaps you will be lucky and come across the Shakespeare Festival at the Shakespeare Theatre or an interesting show at the Wybrzeże Theatre.

In Amber Museum you can find a large collection of the most beautiful amber products, jewellery, and unique specimens of amber chunks, often with surprising inclusions. Join a guided tour or admire the exhibition on your own. At the museum you will learn how amber was formed and what its properties are.

If you are wondering what souvenir or gift to bring from Gdańsk, amber will be a great idea. You can buy amber jewellery or items decorated with this precious organic gem. Do not forget that amber has health properties, too. You may buy a liqueur with crushed Baltic amber to drink or and rub. This natural remedy is used in rheumatic ailments, bronchitis, pneumonia, fever and migraine. Pillows filled with ecological buckwheat husk and natural, rough Baltic amber will also make a unique gift. Skincare products with natural amber is also a good choice. Amber is a natural antioxidant and the minerals it contains improve the condition of the skin.

You can make purchases in traditional stores in Gdańsk, Sopot or Gdynia.

The old post-shipyard buildings have become a meeting place and event venue. Visit art exhibitions, attend to a concert, practice yoga during free lessons over summer weekends. The Young Town is a perfect place to integrate with the local community. Drop by for a cup coffee, grab lunch, join a party or chill out in the evening.

There is a street food complex in the Shipyard, which offers a wide variety of services. All dishes are prepared with passion from fresh, seasonal ingredients by young people so that guests could discover traditional dishes in new and surprising variants.

Buy unique items made by young artists-craftsmen, check out the current schedule of concerts and events, experience art, or watch a movie on the wall of the 100-year-old Shipyard building.

People who looking for harmony and tranquillity will surely like local yoga studio that offers outdoor classes in the historic Kuźniczki Park on warm days.

Don’t forget to visit the eco-centre selling products made by local manufactures from waste. You will also find organic food, beauty and home care products. Do-it-yourself kits are also sold, including basic ingredients you can use to make your own cosmetics or cleaning products at home. Eco-centre is not only a store. It is also a self-service coffee house, where you can brew your favourite coffee or herbal tea yourself, exactly the way you like it. Lectures and workshops are held there, for example, on how to make zero waste skincare products yourself. Additionally, it offers yoga classes for everyone. Also feel free to use one of the many outdoor gyms.

The Oliwa Park is an ideal place for people who like to stroll leisurely and unwind outdoors. On hot days, there is nothing better than walking through arched trellis for climbing plants. You can rest on a bench or simply on the grass.

Every year in August, classical music lovely echoes in the Oliwa Park as the International MOZARTIANA Festival is held there. Usually, the event takes place outdoors and admission is free. Music lovers will also be pleased that organ music concerts in the nearby Oliwa Cathedral are available all year round.

It is also worth walking through the beautiful streets of Old Oliwa or shopping at a nearby market.

Magnificent nature that is available for you without living the city. Take a break from traffic noise and connect with your inner harmony.

This is an ideal place for fans of long walks or Nordic walking, or cyclists who appreciate more demanding routes. There are six hiking trails, two educational paths and eight bicycle routes outlined in the park, and their difficulty level varies. There are also trails intended for cross-country skiers and professional horse-riding routes.

At the top of the Pachołek hill you can find the view point. You can spend there some time, contemplate and enjoy the view over the city, the Gdańsk Bay, the Park and Kashubia.

Discover the advantages of the Tricity Landscape Park through a forest bath.

Activity Card Forest Bathing