PORT CITIES SEA OF ATTRACTIONS A re you heading to a p or t ab out which you know nothing? We will try to help you.As the old saying goes, 'It is not just work that makes you live'. How can you make the most of your free time when you are in port? Each of them is different, has its own specificities and climate. They have one thing in common - each one is beautiful in his own way and is worth spending some time on. Especially, when you have a lot of time, waiting for unloading or going out to sea. We are starting a new series of articles in which we will tell you how to spend
time in Europe's most famous port cities. We start with the Tri-City - the ports closest to MAEM headquarters in Krakow. The Tri-City - Gdansk, Gdynia and Sopot - are still three separate cities, but as they developed, the borders naturally began to blur and as a result, one of the largest Polish agglomerations was created, with about 750,000 inhabitants. Each of the cities that make up it has its own specificity, each one deserves to be known more closely. We will focus on the most important information, and it will take a maximum of two days to see the attractions we will tell you about.
◀ Gdynia, Port
Gdynia is the youngest part of the TriCity. Originally, it was a fishing village, later a holiday resort, which was granted city rights in 1926. It owes its dynamic development to the sea port. The decision to establish it was due to the hostile attitude of the authorities of the Free City of Gdansk to Poland. Construction began in 1921, and in 1923 the port of Gdynia accepted the first ship under a foreign flag - SS ‘Kentucky’. Further history of the city and the port is its dynamic development - in 1930 the first regular passenger line GdyniaNew York was launched. In 1934, Gdynia became the largest port on the Baltic Sea in terms of volume of transhipments, and at the same time the most modern in Europe. As a result of World War II, the port was largely destroyed, but the city itself managed to avoid significant losses. The post-war years were marked by further development of the city and the port. Today, Gdynia is a modern maritime centre, one of the fastest growing Baltic ports.
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