Bazylika Świętego Mikołaja — iKrzysztof Rakowski (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Ready-made walk · Gdańsk

Brick Gothic Gdańsk

9 stops · ~3 hr 15 min · 4.5 km

Sacred Heritage

Discover the city’s distinctive northern church architecture, where brick, pointed forms, and immense medieval volumes define the skyline. This walk brings together parish churches, convent foundations, and the city’s most celebrated basilicas.

The stops, in walking order

iKrzysztof Rakowski (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Stop 1: Bazylika Świętego Mikołaja
~15 min here
Saint Nicholas Basilica is the Dominican church before you, a vast Brick Gothic building whose surviving fabric makes it exceptional in central Gdańsk.
iBrosen (CC BY 2.5)
Stop 2: Kościół pw. Świętej Katarzyny
~15 min here
St Catherine’s Church is the ancient parish church before you, dedicated to Catherine of Alexandria.
iPankrzysztoff (CC BY-SA 3.0 pl)
Stop 3: Bazylika Świętej Brygidy
~15 min here
Bazylika Świętej Brygidy is the church before you, dedicated to Saint Bridget of Sweden.
iStanislaw Kosiedowski (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Stop 4: Kościół pw. Świętego Jakuba
~15 min here
Saint James Church is a rectorial church attached to Saint Bridget’s parish in the Gdańsk archdiocese.
iJulian Nyča (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Stop 5: Kościół pw. Świętego Jana
~15 min here
Kościół pw. Świętego Jana is Saint John’s Church, a historic church in Gdańsk’s Main Town.
iDiego Delso (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Stop 6: Kaplica Królewska
~15 min here
Kaplica Królewska is a Roman Catholic chapel in Gdańsk’s Main City, attached to St Mary’s Church.
iJ.jazgarska (CC BY-SA 3.0 pl)
Stop 7: Kościół pw. Świętej Trójcy
~15 min here
The Church of the Holy Trinity is a Gothic church dedicated to the Trinity and part of a former Franciscan convent.
iSławomir Milejski (CC BY-SA 3.0 pl)
Stop 8: Kościół pw. Świętego Piotra i Pawła
~15 min here
Before you is Kościół pw. Świętego Piotra i Pawła, the historic parish church of Stare Przedmieście on Żabi Kruk.
iSławomir Milejski (CC BY-SA 3.0 pl)
Stop 9: Kościół pw. Świętej Barbary
~15 min here
Saint Barbara’s Church is the parish church before you, dedicated to Barbara of Nicomedia.