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Jantarowa, Gdańsk
The Gulf of Gdańsk is a broad body of water in the south-eastern part of the Baltic Sea, cutting into the coast of Poland and the Kaliningrad region. From the north it is shielded by the wooded Hel Peninsula, more than thirty kilometres long, which breaks the waves and the wind — the waters of the gulf are therefore calmer than the open sea and popular with novice sailors. The conventional boundary with the open sea runs between Cape Rozewie and Cape Taran on the Sambia Peninsula.
The shore of the gulf is densely lined with ports and harbours — in Gdańsk, Gdynia, Sopot, Puck and Hel. Marina Gdańska is a special case: it is reached along the Motława, passing the medieval Crane, the largest surviving port crane of old Europe. In Gdynia museum vessels lie at the quay — the destroyer ORP Błyskawica and the sailing ship Dar Pomorza.
The coastline is surprisingly varied: Gothic cities, the intimate resorts of the Hel Peninsula such as Jastarnia and Hel, wide sandy beaches and the pier in Sopot, the longest wooden one in Europe. A seaside cycling route links the individual stretches.
