I visited the Free City of Danzig and Sopot, part of a tri-city coastal connection today on my first day free in a few weeks. It’s a little more than an hour from the golf course on the A7 highway that runs from Warsaw to Danzig. What a beautiful place, and in the coming years will only grow more so.
Having seen photos of the post war destruction, and the mess communism left Eastern Europe, what the Polish have accomplished here is tremendous. I wasn’t awaiting such a beautifully restored section of Old City. One of the locals tells me Krakow in south Poland, undisturbed from World War
II, is the prettiest in the country…that really must be something because I love the atmosphere in Danzig.The Old Crane towering in the background to the left originated in the 1300’s. This restoration is from the 1400’s. Powered by men walking inside large wheels, it was at one time one of the largest in Europe, up to the mid 1500’s.
For more info about Free City Danzig, how it got its name and other facts, click the following link:
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Tony Ristola
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