Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #5 in Gdansk, Poland

The King John III Sobieski Monument in Gdańsk is an equestrian statue of the King of Poland John III Sobieski (1629-1696). Originally built in Lviv in 1898, the monument was transferred to Gdańsk in 1965.

Wikipedia: John III Sobieski Monument, Gdańsk (EN)

Basilica of St. Nicholas – a brick, Gothic monastery church of the Dominicans from the 14th-15th centuries.

Wikipedia: Bazylika św. Mikołaja w Gdańsku (PL), Website, Heritage Website

Monument to Świętopełk the Great in Gdańsk – a bronze monument depicting Świętopełk II the Great, Duke of Gdańsk in the years 1227–1266. It is located in Gdańsk, on the square between Szeroka Street, Grobla II, Świętojańska Street and Złotników Street.

Wikipedia: Pomnik Świętopełka Wielkiego w Gdańsku (PL)

St. John's Church in Gdańsk – a Gothic church, formerly a parish church, located in the Main Town of Gdańsk, at 50 Świętojańska Street.

Wikipedia: Kościół św. Jana w Gdańsku (PL)

The Swan Tower – a Gothic historic tower in Gdańsk, which is the northernmost element of the medieval fortifications of the Main Town.

Wikipedia: Baszta Łabędź (PL)

The Monument to Those for the Polishness of Gdańsk – a monument commemorating those who died for the Polishness of Gdańsk in the period from the Gdańsk massacre in 1308 to the end of World War II, unveiled on December 28, 1969 on the square at Podwale Staromiejskie Street. The monument in the shape of concrete blocks decorated with reliefs, symbolizing an axe stuck in the ground, was built according to the vision of Wawrzyniec Samp and Wiesław Pietroń.

Wikipedia: Pomnik Tym co za polskość Gdańska (PL), Website

The Monument to the Defenders of the Polish Post Office – a monument in honour of the participants of the defence of the Polish Post Office in Gdańsk on 1 September 1939, designed by Krystyna Hajdo-Kućma and Wincenty Kućma, unveiled on 1 September 1979 at the Defenders of the Polish Post Office Square in the centre of Gdańsk. It was funded by the Polish Post. The monument depicts a dying postman, to whom the goddess of victory Nike hands a rifle, and letters spill out of an open mailbag. The figures are composed into stylized sea waves topped with doves of peace.

Wikipedia: Pomnik Obrońców Poczty Polskiej w Gdańsku (PL)

The Archaeological Museum in Gdańsk is a local government cultural institution run by the local government of the Pomeranian Voivodeship.

Wikipedia: Muzeum Archeologiczne w Gdańsku (PL)

Polish Baltic F. Chopin Philharmonic in Gdańsk is a concert hall located in Ołowianka, Gdańsk.

Wikipedia: Polish Baltic Philharmonic (EN), Website

SS Sołdek is a retired Polish coal and ore freighter. She was the first ship built in Gdańsk (Poland) after World War II and the first seagoing ship completed in Poland. She was the first of 29 ships classed as Project B30, built between 1949 and 1954 in the Gdańsk Shipyard. The name was given in honour of Stanisław Sołdek, one of the shipyard's shock workers.

Wikipedia: SS Sołdek (EN)

The National Maritime Museum in Gdańsk is a maritime museum in Gdańsk, Poland, established on 1 January 1962. It is dedicated to gathering, researching and preserving artifacts and documents concerning ship transport, international trade, fishing and culture of people working at sea, rivers and those ashore as well as the dissemination of knowledge on maritime history of Poland and its economy through the ages.

Wikipedia: National Maritime Museum, Gdańsk (EN), Website