Port of Gdynia
SEA TOWERS, 10 LUTEGO, JANEK WISNIEWSKI, ST MARY'S CHURCH, SWIETOJANSKA


Gdynia has a large seaport. The main avenue, 10 Lutego, leads from the city center to the seaport, where you find the new landmark of Gdynia, Sea Towers, that are also the tallest buildings in the Tricity area. You will also find an artifical peninsual, Southern Pier, that is an extension of 10 Lutego. At Kosciuzko Square, that was visited by the former pope in 1987, there are several fountains and monuments dedicated to seamen. The Polish Navy has their headquarters there. From the seaport there are regular car ferry services to Karlskrona, Sweden.



Sea Towers is a mixed-use skyscraper is the tallest building in Gdynia and the Tricity area and the second tallest residential building and 10th tallest skyscraper in Poland (2014). It has since its completion just next to the sea in 2009 became the foremost symbol of Gdynia. Sea Towers consist of two buildings connected with a 5-storey skybridge, the tallest one is 125.4m to the roof (143.6m to the antenna) and has 36 floors, the lower one has 28 floors. Even thought it looks much more modern then most other highrises of Gdynia, even this building is built in grey and white colours. More, lower highrises are built around it. The apartments have nice views over the Gdansk Bay.


Sea Towers, the tallest skyscraper in the Tricity area.

 

Construction company Porr is constructing more highrises at Sea Towers

The apartments at the top of Sea Towers has incredible sea views.


Gdynia Fountain in front of Sea Towers

 

Gdynia Fountain

Plac Kosciuszko with Gdynia Fountain


Gdynia Fountain is an impressive modernist fountain at Kosciuszko Square on 10 Lutego avenue, situated where the port begins.

 

Promenade in the middle of 10 Lutego towards the seaport

Restaurants and café around the promenade

Polish Sailors Monument at Kosciuszko Square in the middle of 10 Utlego where the avenue enters the seaport area. This square is the place where pope John Paul II met the citizens of Gdynia on 11th of June 1987.

 

St Mary's Church


9/11 memorial. Poland has a strong relationship with USA.


Blyskawica is an old torpedo warship that has been turned into a museum, sitauted in the dock along Southern Pier, an extension of 10 Lutego.

 

Blyskawica warship museum

Blyskawica and Sea Towers. Blyskawica is historical and was used during WWII.


Dar Pomorza is a sailship that has been transformed into a museum. It was built in 1908. Unfortunately it had just closed at the time of our visit.

 

Anchor monument

Dar Pomorza sailship museum


One of the two mock pirate ships, Dragon and Regina, that cruise the Gdansk Bay from Gdynia. They have a bar and a grill restaurant on-board. They sail in May-September and become floating restaurants other times of the year.

 


Gdynia pirate ship


Monument to the sailors who died at the sea. This tall monument resembles the Three Crosses Monument in Gdansk.

 

Memorial of writer and former captain Joseph Conrad, erected 1976

 


Sea Towers and the pirate ship at the Southern Pier, that was built in 1930.

 

Sea Towers

Sea Towers

 
Gdynia Aquarium (Akwarium Gdynskie)   Gdynia Aquarium    

 
Green hills surround Gdynia       Bar Pomorza in the ship Gdy 50

 
Diagonal building   Orlowo is one of many beaches around Gdynia   There are many beaches and green hills around Gdynia.