21 Sights in Gdynia, Poland (with Map and Images)

ORP Błyskawica is a Grom-class destroyer which served in the Polish Navy during World War II. She is the only Polish Navy ship to have been decorated with the Virtuti Militari, Poland's highest military order for gallantry, and in 2012 was given the Pro Memoria Medal. Błyskawica is preserved as a museum ship in Gdynia and is the oldest preserved destroyer in the world. Błyskawica is moored next to the Dar Pomorza.

Wikipedia: ORP Błyskawica (EN)

The Basilica of the Blessed Virgin Mary Queen of Poland, also known as the Maritime Basilica – one of the two oldest Roman Catholic churches in Gdynia. A neo-Baroque filial church, belonging to the parish of the Blessed Virgin Mary Queen of Poland, located in the centre of the Śródmieście district in the vicinity of Świętojańska Street.

Wikipedia: Bazylika kolegiacka Najświętszej Maryi Panny Królowej Polski w Gdyni (PL), Website

The Dar Pomorza is a Polish full-rigged sailing ship built in 1909 which is preserved in Gdynia as a museum ship. She has served as a sail training ship in Germany, France, and Poland. Dar Pomorza won the Cutty Sark Trophy in 1980.

Wikipedia: Dar Pomorza (EN)

Gdynia Marine Station – a historic building of the Gdynia Marine Station from 1933, located at the French Quay and Witold Gombrowicz Square, in the area of the Gdynia Seaport. The address of the station is 1 Polska Street. In its immediate vicinity there is the harbour master's office and the Monument to the People of the Sea.

Wikipedia: Dworzec Morski w Gdyni (PL), Website

Church of St. Michael the Archangel in Gdynia – a historic Roman Catholic church. It is located at Colonel Stanisław Dąbka Street in the Oksywie district of Gdynia, in the Pomeranian Voivodeship. It belongs to the deanery of Gdynia Oksywie in the archdiocese of Gdańsk. It is the oldest building both in Gdynia and in the entire Tri-City.

Wikipedia: Kościół św. Michała Archanioła w Gdyni (PL)

The Danuta Baduszkowa Musical Theatre in Gdynia is a musical theatre in Gdynia, Poland. The largest musical theatre in Poland and the second largest theatre in Poland in terms of the number of seats in the auditorium. The three stages of the theatre have a total capacity of over 1580 spectators.

Wikipedia: Teatr Muzyczny im. Danuty Baduszkowej w Gdyni (PL)

ORP Sokół, formerly HNoMS Stord, is one of four Kobben-class submarines of the Polish Navy. The vessel was built by Rheinstahl Nordseewerke GmbH in Emden, Germany for the Royal Norwegian Navy as HNoMS Stord. The vessel served with the Royal Norwegian Navy from 1967 until it was given to Poland in 2002. Sokół was modified in Gdańsk after the handover. The ship was decommissioned on 8 June 2018. In the same year, she joined the program about converting a ship into a museum ship. In July 2020, work began on the unit in order to prepare it for museum functions.

Wikipedia: ORP Sokół (2002) (EN)

The Church of Our Lady of Sorrows in Gdynia – a Roman Catholic church located in the Orłowo district of Gdynia at Ks. Stanisława Zawackiego Street. It belongs to the deanery of Gdynia Orłowo in the archdiocese of Gdańsk.

Wikipedia: Kościół Matki Boskiej Bolesnej w Gdyni (PL)

The Museum of the City of Gdynia – a city museum established in 1983 in Gdynia, a local government cultural institution; documents the history of Gdynia; since 2020, the director of the museum is Karin Moder.

Wikipedia: Muzeum Miasta Gdyni (PL), Website

The Donas hill is in Poland in the Pomerania region, within the borders of the City of Gdynia, in the Dąbrowa district. There are two summits, higher western 206.5 m, entirely forested, and the eastern one 205.6 m, the one with the GSM tower. In March 1945, a battle took place between the Red Army and the Germans. On the top, there is a GSM tower erected, with a visitors terrace 232 m above sea level. The view includes Gdańsk, Gdynia, Gdańsk Bay, Hel Peninsula and Wieżyca mountain, the highest in the Pomerania region. Nearby is the old and abandoned cemetery that served the village of Kolonia Chwaszczyńska's population.

Wikipedia: Donas (EN)

Experyment Science Centre in Gdynia – a science centre, an educational institution popularising science in the form of interactive installations and shows. Its goal is to combine learning and fun and to carry out activities to disseminate science.

Wikipedia: Centrum Nauki Experyment w Gdyni (PL), Website

Gdynia Aquarium is a public aquarium and sea museum operated by the National Marine Fisheries Research Institute in Gdynia, Poland. Previously called the Oceanographic Museum and Sea Aquarium of the Sea Fisheries Institute in Gdynia (1971-2003), the aquarium has a zoological garden status and is situated along Aleja John Paul II on the South Pier.

Wikipedia: Gdynia Aquarium (EN), Website

Gdynia Automotive Museum – a museum in Gdynia-Cisów, which is a private initiative of the owner and aims to collect and exhibit historic cars and motorcycles. The museum is open from Monday to Saturday from 9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. During the three years of its existence, the museum was visited by 32 thousand visitors.

Wikipedia: Gdyńskie Muzeum Motoryzacji (PL)

The Garrison Church of the Polish Navy of Our Lady of Czestochowa in Gdynia is a Roman Catholic church. It is located at Śmidowicza Street in the Gdynia district of Oksywie, in the Pomeranian Voivodeship. He creates and belongs to the Navy deanery in the Military Ordinariate of the Polish Army.

Wikipedia: Kościół garnizonowy Matki Bożej Częstochowskiej w Gdyni (PL), Website

St. Nicholas Church in Gdynia – a Roman Catholic church located in the Gdynia district of Chylonia in the Pomeranian Voivodeship at St. Nicholas Street. It belongs to the deanery of Gdynia Chylonia in the archdiocese of Gdańsk.

Wikipedia: Kościół św. Mikołaja w Gdyni (PL), Website

St. Lawrence Church in Gdynia is a Roman Catholic church located in the Wielki Kack district of Gdynia, in the Pomeranian Voivodeship. It belongs to the deanery of Gdynia Orłowo in the archdiocese of Gdańsk.

Wikipedia: Kościół św. Wawrzyńca w Gdyni (PL)

A Kashubian couple on a bench is in Gdynia at Kaszubski Square. It was unveiled on September 30, 2006. Its author is the sculptor and painter Adam Dawczak-Dębicki, a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts, former bank director.

Wikipedia: Para Kaszubów na ławce (PL)

Monument to the Defenders of Gdynia 1939 – located in the south of the Kolibki housing estate in Gdynia, near the former border between the Free City of Gdańsk and the Second Polish Republic, at Zwycięstwa Avenue.

Wikipedia: Pomnik Obrońców Gdyni 1939 (PL)

The Emigration Museum is a museum located in the city of Gdynia, Poland. Opened to the public on 16 May 2015, it showcases 200 years of Polish emigrations, from the 19th century to modern days. It is located in the former Maritime Station, which from the 1930s until 1979 was a transit building from which thousands of Polish emigrants left for their new homelands. The building was refurbished in mid-2014 at a cost of PLN 49.3 million.

Wikipedia: Emigration Museum (EN), Website

Antoni Suchanek's Bench – a monumental bench located in Gdynia-Orłowo at the Orłowo pier, on the square named after Antoni Suchanek. It was unveiled on May 31, 2009. Its author was a sculptor from Gdynia, Zdzisław Koseda. The monument was created thanks to the ten-year efforts of the Orłowo District Council.

Wikipedia: Ławeczka Antoniego Suchanka w Gdyni (PL)

The Joseph Conrad Monument – a monument depicting the figure of Joseph Conrad, an outstanding English writer of Polish origin, who went down in world literature as an unparalleled mariner, is located at the end of John Paul II Avenue in the Śródmieście district of Gdynia. The unveiling of the monument took place on 19 June 1976 during the celebrations of the Maritime Day and the 50th anniversary of Gdynia.

Wikipedia: Pomnik Josepha Conrada w Gdyni (PL)