Free City of Danzig
The Free City of Danzig was a city-state under the protection and oversight of the League of Nations between 1920 and 1939, consisting of the Baltic Sea port of Danzig and nearly 200 other small localities in the surrounding areas.
The Free City of Danzig was a city-state under the protection and oversight of the League of Nations between 1920 and 1939, consisting of the Baltic Sea port of Danzig and nearly 200 other small localities in the surrounding areas. The country was established on 15 November 1920, per the terms of Article 100 of the 1919 Treaty of Versailles, following the end of World War I.
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Worth seeing in and around Free City of Danzig
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Gdańsk Arena
The Gdańsk Stadium, known for sponsorship reasons as the Polsat Plus Arena Gdańsk since May 2021, is a football stadium in Gdańsk, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland. It is used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Lechia Gdańsk, which competes in the I liga, and the Poland women's national football team.
1.7 km · stadium in Gdańsk, Poland · Wikipedia - 02University of Gdańsk
The University of Gdańsk is a public research university located in Gdańsk, Poland. It is one of the top 10 universities in Poland and an important centre for the studies of the Kashubian language.
5.9 km · university in Poland · Wikipedia - 03Gdańsk University of Technology
The Gdańsk University of Technology is a public research university in Gdańsk, Poland. Founded in 1904 and re-established in 1945, it is the oldest university of technology in modern-day Poland.
4.1 km · University in Gdańsk, Poland · Wikipedia - 04St. Mary's Basilica in Gdańsk
St. Mary's Church (Polish: Bazylika Mariacka, German: St.
5.6 km · church building in Gdańsk, Poland · Wikipedia - 05Ergo Arena
Ergo Arena, formerly known as Hala Gdańsk-Sopot, is a multi-purpose indoor arena on the border of Gdańsk and Sopot, Poland, opened in 2010. The boundary between the two cities runs through the middle of the venue.
5.9 km · arena · Wikipedia - 06Museum of World War II in Gdańsk
The Museum of the Second World War is a state cultural institution and museum established in 2008 in Gdańsk, Poland, which is devoted to the Second World War. Its exhibits opened in 2017.
4.9 km · history museum in Gdańsk, Poland · Wikipedia - 07Krzywy Domek
Krzywy Domek is an unusually shaped building in Sopot, Poland. Krzywy Domek was built in 2004.
7.8 km · building in Sopot, Poland · Wikipedia - 08Gdańsk Main Town Hall
Main City Hall is a historic town hall located in Gdańsk, Poland, within the Main City borough of the Downtown district. It is one of the finest examples of the Gothic-Renaissance historic buildings in the city, built at the intersection of Ulica Długa and Długi Targ, in the most popular part of Gdańsk.
5.7 km · Landmark in Gdansk, Poland · Wikipedia - 09Oliwa Cathedral
Oliwa Cathedral, formally known as the Archcathedral Basilica of the Holy Trinity, is a Roman Catholic church in the district of Oliwa, in Gdańsk, Poland. Completed in the late 14th century in a Brick Gothic style, the present church comprises Mannerist-Baroque architectural elements.
6.7 km · cathedral · Wikipedia - 10Monument to the Fallen Shipyard Workers of 1970
The Monument to the Fallen Shipyard Workers 1970 was unveiled on 16 December 1980 near the entrance to what was then the Lenin Shipyard in Gdańsk, on the Baltic coast of northern Poland. It commemorates the 42 or more people killed during the Coastal cities events in December 1970.
4.4 km · monument (Gdańsk, Poland) · Wikipedia
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Getting to Free City of Danzig
- Airports
- Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa (GDN), 13 km · Khrabrovo (KGD), 136 km · Palanga (PLQ), 233 km
- Stations
- Westerplatte, 1.1 km · Gdańsk Główny railway station, 5 km
- Poznań → Free City of Danzig552 km · quickest by air, 7h 3m · zł370–570
- Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki → Free City of Danzig804 km · quickest by air, 7h 7m · zł440–680
- Szczecin(Glewice) → Free City of Danzig409 km · quickest by air, 6h 37m · zł310–480
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No local-transport research exists yet for Free City of Danzig
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Free City of Danzig. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inIt is also possible to go by ferry from Karlskrona to Gdynia, then reach Gdańsk by short drive from the north.
- Get inPolferries operates ferry service between Gdańsk and Nynäshamn, just south of Stockholm, Sweden.
- Get inStena Line operates ferry service between Gdynia and Karlskrona, Sweden.
- Go nextTickets for the Sopot ferry must be purchased from an office directly across from the terminal.
From Wikivoyage: Gdańsk, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Free City of Danzig
Free City of Danzig is 5 km from Gdańsk, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Gdańskcity and capital of the Pomeranian Voivodeship on the Baltic coast of northern Poland5.8 km
- Sopottown in Poland8.6 km
- Oliwacity district of Gdańsk, Poland6.6 km
- Green Gateold watergate in Gdańsk, Poland; one of the city's most notable tourist attractions.5.8 km
- Golden Gatehistoric Renaissance city gate in Gdańsk, Poland5.7 km
- Śródmieściethe central district of Gdańsk, Poland5.4 km