Gdynia
Gdynia is a city in northern Poland and a seaport on the Baltic Sea coast.
Gdynia is a city in northern Poland and a seaport on the Baltic Sea coast. With a population of c. 239,000, it is the 12th-largest city in Poland and the second-largest in the Pomeranian Voivodeship after Gdańsk. Gdynia is part of a conurbation with the spa town of Sopot, the city of Gdańsk, and suburban communities, which together form a metropolitan area called the Tricity (Trójmiasto) with around one million inhabitants. Gdynia is the largest city in Poland not to be a voivodeship capital.
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Worth seeing in and around Gdynia
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.
- 01Krzywy Domek
Krzywy Domek is an unusually shaped building in Sopot, Poland. Krzywy Domek was built in 2004.
8.3 km · building in Sopot, Poland · Wikipedia - 02Stadion Miejski
Stadion Miejski, also known as Stadion GOSiR, is a football stadium in Gdynia, Poland. It is the home ground of Arka, but has also hosted several international games, including those of the Poland youth national team.
2.8 km · football stadium in Gdynia, Poland · Wikipedia - 03Forest Opera
The Forest Opera is an open-air amphitheatre located in Sopot, Poland, with a capacity of 5047 seats, the orchestra pit can contain up to 110 musicians.
8.1 km · open-air theatre in Sopot, Poland · Wikipedia - 04Sea Towers
The two-tower skyscraper Sea Towers is a mixed-use complex on the Gdynia waterfront, Poland, 50 metres from the main port of Gdynia developed by Invest Komfort SA. Tourist attractions such as the beach, boardwalk and retired Polish WWII naval ship ORP Błyskawica are all within walking distance. Construction commenced on 10 May 2006 and was completed on 28 February 2009.
700 m · skyscraper in Gdynia, Poland · Wikipedia - 05Donas
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.
8.5 km · mountain in Poland · Wikipedia - 06Pier in Sopot
The Sopot Pier is the pier in the city of Sopot, Poland on the Gdańsk Bay, built as a pleasure pier and as a mooring point for cruise boats. It first opened in 1827, and at 511.5 metres, the pier is the longest wooden pier in Europe.
8.1 km · the pier in the city of Sopot · Wikipedia - 07Gdynia Maritime University
The Gdynia Maritime University is one of two colleges in Poland which specialises in educating highly qualified officers for the maritime industry, especially for the merchant navy.
2.1 km · Polish maritime university · Wikipedia - 08Emigration Museum
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.
1.8 km · museum in Gdynia, Poland · Wikipedia - 09Lighthouse in Sopot
The Sopot Lighthouse is a navigation facility on the Polish Baltic coast, located in Sopot. It was built in 1903–04 as a part of the Balneological Institute.
8.3 km · lighthouse in Poland · Wikipedia - 10Polish Naval Academy
The "Heroes of Westerplatte" Polish Naval Academy is a naval university supervised by the Ministry of National Defence of the Republic of Poland, with a history, uninterrupted by World War II, dating back to 1922. The Polish Naval Academy educates officer-cadets, commissioned officers, and civilian undergraduate and graduate students, as well as doctoral students.
2.9 km · public university in Gdynia, Poland (est. 1922) · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
Gdynia is a relatively modern city and one will not find many historical buildings. The oldest building in Gdynia is the 13th-century St. Michael Archangel's Church in Oksywie. There is also a 17th-century neo-Gothic manor house located in the Folwarczna Street in Orłowo. However, what most tourists look for Gdynia deals with its recent past.
- 01Gdynia Aquarium
Jana Pawła II 1 (last building on south side of main wharf), akwarium@mir.gdynia.pl.
- 02Muzeum Marynarki Wojennej
Zawiszy Czarnego 1B (west off city beach), rezerwacja@muzeummw.pl.
- 03ORP Błyskawica
Jana Pawła II 1 (first ship on northern side of main wharf), rezerwacja@muzeummw.pl.
- 04Dar Pomorza
Jana Pawła II 1 (second ship on northern side of main wharf), zwiedzanie.dar.pomorza@nmm.pl.
- 05Emigration Museum in Poland
- 06Experyment Science Center
A hands-on technology/science center for the young ones.
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Things to do
Football: Arka Gdynia were relegated in 2026 and now play soccer in
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Where to eat
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- 01PIEROŻEK
- 02Gdyńska Zapiekanka
Świętojańska 18.
- 03Trio
Starowiejska 29/35.
- 04Mąka i Kawa
Świętojańska 65.
- 05Świętojańska 97
Świętojańska 97.
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Getting to Gdynia
- Airports
- Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa (GDN), 16 km · Khrabrovo (KGD), 139 km · Palanga (PLQ), 229 km
- Stations
- Gdynia-Kosakowo Airport, 7.1 km · Gdynia Główna railway station, 800 m · Sopot railway station, 8.7 km · Gdynia Wzgórze św. Maksymiliana railway station, 1.1 km · Gdynia Wielki Kack railway station, 6.3 km
- Szczecin(Glewice) → Gdynia258 km · quickest by road, 4h 25m · zł70–90
- Poznań → Gdynia258 km · quickest by road, 4h 35m · zł70–95
- Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki → Gdynia273 km · quickest by air, 4h 5m · zł220–340
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Gdynia
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 Gdynia. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inDay trip for a passenger with bike costs around 240 zł.
- Get inAdditionally, Żegluga Gdańska runs a once-weekly ferry from the small port city of Baltiysk, in the Kaliningrad enclave.
- Go nextFerry goes two times a day - in the day and in the night.
- Go nextThe day trip is cheaper (for a passenger with bike costs around 240 zł) and less popular (may not have to be booked in advance, but please confirm with the operator), so ideal for cyclists.
From Wikivoyage: Gdynia, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Gdynia
Gdynia is 20 km from Gdańsk, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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