Gdańsk — Churches, museums and theatres

Places documented in Gdańsk

• Abbot's Palace (Oliwa) — A refined rococo palace in Gdańsk's Oliwa district, once the residence of Cistercian abbots and now home to the National Museum's modern art
• European Solidarity Centre — A museum and library in Gdańsk devoted to Solidarity, the Polish trade union and civil resistance movement, and opposition movements across
• Gdańsk Główny railway station — Poland's principal railway gateway, opened in 1900, Gdańsk Główny connects the Baltic port city to Warsaw and broader European networks via
• Gdańsk Shakespeare Theatre — A contemporary Shakespearean theatre opened in 2014 on the site of a 17th-century venue where English Renaissance drama flourished in Gdańsk
• Instytut Kultury Miejskiej: the Urban Culture Institute that explores Gdańsk through art, literature and its own neighbourhoods — The Urban Culture Institute (Instytut Kultury Miejskiej) creates festivals, urban walks, research and publications in Gdansk, from the Water
• Oliwa Cathedral (1186): a Baroque organ whose carved angels really ring bells and blow trumpets during every concert — Nel 1186 il duca Sambor I fondò a Oliwa, oggi quartiere di Danzica, un'abbazia cistercense affidata a monaci giunti da Kołbacz sotto la guid
• Polish Baltic Philharmonic — Poland's premier concert hall, the Polish Baltic Philharmonic honours Frédéric Chopin and anchors the cultural life of Gdańsk's Ołowianka di
• St Mary's Basilica: 159 years to build the world's largest brick church, the 'Crown of Gdańsk' — The foundation stone of the new brick church was laid on 25 March 1343, the feast of the Annunciation; it took 159 years, until 1502, to com