Planned and
bought tickets last Wednesday, flew three days after, the trip to Gdańsk was definitely my and Laszlo’s
most spontaneous one until now involving a flight.
Landed in Poland before 9 AM, got out of the ultra-modern terminal and
headed right into the city. Half an hour later we found ourselves in the
middle of the old town in a cozy café having a tasty breakfast. After a short
walk between the historic buildings we took a train to our Airbnb where Piotr asked us if we are interested to
got to Sopot where they are living at. We were like: “What on earth is Sopot? Let’s go!”.
That’s how 4 hours after getting to Poland we were standing on the
longest wooden pier in Europe, in the heart of the Tricity area, in Sopot. Imagine
how surreal we felt ourselves in the situation we were in while standing there!
The pier is amazing, including the food we got at the end of it in the
overpriced restaurant. Since Sopot doesn’t offer too much to its visitors in
wintertime, after a walk on the main street we took a train back to Gdańsk.
Saturday night in the city meant visiting some bars and clubs in the
search of the best beers, burgers and nightlife. With the help of Couchsurfing
we got to meet Jehad, a med student studying in Gdańsk, coming from Saudi
Arabia. He led us to Bunkier Club, which left us speechless, a 4 story tall
windowless concrete cube with different music on every floor. On top of all,
there were decorations left from World War II. Since we were in an adventurous
mood we went on to try out another one, called the Parlament. Needless to say,
nightlife in Poland doesn’t end as early as in Stockholm, contrary, it just
starts at that time!
After leaving our flat Sunday morning we went to see the World War II
museum as we were felt no power to be capable of doing anything else that day after spending
more than 24 hours on feet. As its name suggests, the museum raises tribute to
the happenings of WWII, as Gdańsk was the city which first suffered from the
wrong decisions of the evil leaders of the world. Unnecessary to say, the
exhibition is so saturated with emotions that one cannot exit it with dry eyes
after visiting every corner of it which takes around 3 hours.
Speechlessly, after getting out of the museum, we took a cab, later the
flight and less than 36 hours after our departure we were back in Stockholm,
but what a weekend we had behind us!
Here, have a look at the photos and see it yourself. Goal: visit Gdańsk
again in summer and enjoy the beaches of Sopot. I’ll be back!
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