15 best — viewpoints in Gdańsk

Pomerania's newest tourist attraction — a small sandy spit heaped up by waves and sea currents not quite a kilometre east of the Mewia Łacha nature reserve. It is this very proximity...

The Long Embankment — a favourite walking spot for Gdańsk locals and a must on every visitor's itinerary. It grew out of the jetties that once stood in front of each water gate...

The Torture House and Tower — built back in the Middle Ages — served as a barbican, but after the fortifications were expanded they lost their defensive role. Their function then changed — they became a place for the court...

Gdańsk Nowy Port Lighthouse — considered by experts one of the most beautiful on the Baltic Sea. Tourists seem to agree, visiting it eagerly (there is a lighthouse museum here) and photographing it...

Hel Lighthouse — 41 m tall, with a gallery open to visitors (after climbing 197 steps) and a light visible from about 33 km away. It is a great viewpoint over the Gulf of Gdańsk...

Rozewie Lighthouse — named after Stefan Żeromski. The name commemorates the writer's stay here. As legend has it, while writing the novel 'The Wind from the Sea' Żeromski lodged in one of the lighthouse's small rooms...

Collectors of Poland's 'most' attractions should visit the Lowest Point in Poland — Marzęcino, in the Nowy Dwór Gdański commune. This tiny place on the Panieński Canal, at -2.2 m below sea level...

Have you been to the famous bridge in Rutki in autumn? The mysterious sheet of the floodwater, the intriguing sight of trees mirrored in the water, a blaze of countless colours and that fairy-tale railway bridge leading as if from nowhere...

The project carried out on the Vistula Spit became, thanks to a nationwide debate, one of the newest and most talked-about tourist attractions not only in Pomerania but across Poland...

Kościuszko Square and its extension — the South Pier — is the main spot for fun and relaxation for the people of Gdynia and tourists wanting to stroll and take in the many maritime attractions in the form...

The Olivia Star observation deck is a standout on the list of top attractions in the Tri-City — located in Gdańsk Oliwa. It is on the 32nd floor of the Olivia Star office building, at a height of 130 metres...

Camel's Hump — Krynica Morska — a wooded, stationary dune over 48 metres above sea level. One of three places on the Vistula Spit from which you can see both the Gulf of Gdańsk and the Vistula Lagoon at once. Ah...

Pirate's Hill — a spot especially popular with ornithologists watching the many birds that appear in the area. The newly built observation tower serves above all those scientists, who have...

Welcome to Pachołek Hill and Kościuszko Hill! The most popular viewpoint in Gdańsk Oliwa has recently undergone thorough revitalisation and modernisation works. As part of the work...

The observation tower in Sobowidz was built in 2014 on a slight rise. The steel structure is freely accessible all year round. Sobowidz itself is a small place with a very...