Solidarity and the Shipyard

The stops, in walking order

1. 1

   

   Stop 1: Europejskie Centrum Solidarności

   ~1 hr here

   Europejskie Centrum Solidarności is the museum and library before you, devoted to Solidarity and to opposition movements across Communist Eastern Europe.

2. 2

   

   Stop 2: Sala BHP

   ~1 hr here

   Sala BHP is a historic building within the Gdańsk Shipyard, and it is where the August Agreements were signed in nineteen eighty.

3. 3

   

   Stop 3: Historyczna brama nr 2 Stoczni Gdańskiej

   ~3 min here

   These gates are Historic Gate Number Two of the Gdańsk Shipyard, widely treated as the yard’s main entrance because management buildings lie close by and routes from the old city and main railway station converge here.

4. 4

   

   Stop 4: Pomnik Poległych Stoczniowców 1970

   ~3 min here

   These immense crosses with suspended anchors form the Monument to the Fallen Shipyard Workers of nineteen seventy, beside Gate Number Two of Gdańsk Shipyard.

5. 5

   

   Stop 5: Pomnik Ofiarom Stanu Wojennego

   ~3 min here

   Before you is Pomnik Ofiarom Stanu Wojennego, a memorial on Targ Rakowy shaped as a reclining figure.

6. 6

   

   Stop 6: Tym co za polskość Gdańska

   ~3 min here

   Tym co za polskość Gdańska is a memorial made from massive concrete blocks, shaped as an axe driven into the earth.

7. 7

   

   Stop 7: SS Sołdek

   ~1 hr here

   SS Sołdek is a museum ship: a Polish steam-powered freighter made to carry coal and ore.

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