Sopot
Sopot is a seaside resort city in the Pomeranian Voivodeship on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea in northern Poland, with a population of around 30,000.

Sopot is a seaside resort city in the Pomeranian Voivodeship on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea in northern Poland, with a population of around 30,000. It has the status of county – the smallest city in Poland to have that status. Sopot lies between the larger cities of Gdańsk to the southeast and Gdynia to the northwest. The three cities together form the Tricity metropolitan area.
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Worth seeing in and around Sopot
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.
7.6 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.
4 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.
8.2 km · University in Gdańsk, Poland · Wikipedia - 04Ergo 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.
2.1 km · arena · Wikipedia - 05Krzywy Domek
Krzywy Domek is an unusually shaped building in Sopot, Poland. Krzywy Domek was built in 2004.
1.6 km · building in Sopot, Poland · Wikipedia - 06Oliwa 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.
2.5 km · cathedral · Wikipedia - 07Wisłoujście Fortress
Wisłoujście Fortress is a historic fortress located in Gdańsk by the Martwa Wisła river, by an old estuary of the river Vistula, flowing into the Bay of Gdańsk. The fortress is located close to the Wisłoujście borough, Westerplatte and the Port Północny.
9.3 km · lighthouse in Poland · Wikipedia - 08Hala Olivia
Hala Olivia is an arena and hotel located in Oliwa, Gdańsk, located close to the Olivia Centre and main campus of the University of Gdańsk. It is owned by Stoczniowiec Gdańsk, which is its main tenant.
3.8 km · arena in Gdańsk, Poland · Wikipedia - 09Stadion 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.
6.8 km · football stadium in Gdynia, Poland · Wikipedia - 10MOSiR Stadium
The Stadion Gdańskiego Ośrodka Sportu, sometimes officially called the Lechia Gdańsk Stadion or simply the Lechia Stadion is a multi-purpose stadium in Gdańsk, Poland. The stadium has a capacity of about 12,000 people, however it held 40,000 spectators during a match between Lechia Gdańsk and Italian side Juventus.
8.6 km · multi-purpose stadium in Gdańsk, Poland · Wikipedia
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Things to do
- 01Forest Opera
An open-air venue in the nearby forest for various musical events.
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Where to eat
Meta Restaurant, ul. Wybickiego 48-50 (at the sports stadium),. Italian cuisine, reasonably cheap, cosy and quiet Bar Przystań - a fish bar situated by the sea, 1km east from the pier. The best fried fish in town. Cafe Ferber, ul. Bohaterów Monte Cassino,. Chic, modern lounge/bar. Some of the better food in town, nice atmosphere, great drinks.
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Getting to Sopot
- Airports
- Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa (GDN), 8 km · Khrabrovo (KGD), 141 km · Palanga (PLQ), 235 km
- Stations
- Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport, 8.2 km · Westerplatte, 8.4 km · Gdynia Główna railway station, 9.9 km · Gdańsk Wrzeszcz railway station, 6.7 km · Sopot railway station, 1.1 km
- Poznań → Sopot251 km · quickest by road, 4h 33m · zł70–90
- Szczecin(Glewice) → Sopot257 km · quickest by road, 4h 25m · zł70–90
- Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki → Sopot265 km · quickest by air, 3h 46m · zł200–310
- 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 Sopot
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 Sopot. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inSopot has no port, but you can use the ferry connections from Gdańsk and Gdynia to other Baltic sea ports.
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Next door to Sopot
Sopot is 11 km from Gdańsk, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Gdyniacity in Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland9.4 km
- Free City of Danzigsemi-autonomous city-state that existed between 1920 and 19398 km
- Oliwacity district of Gdańsk, Poland2.6 km
- Chwaszczynovillage in Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland8.5 km
- Nowy Portcity district of Gdańsk, Poland8.1 km
- WrzeszczDistrict in Gdańsk, Poland7 km