All guides

The guides hub is a library of essential-reading articles built around the questions that trip up first-time visitors. A St Mary's Church guide covers the 405-step climb up the brick tower, the entry fee, and why the view over the Motława and the Tricity is worth the stair count. A Westerplatte guide is blunter still: this is the site where the Second World War began on 1 September 1939, so it is never presented as a casual seaside stroll. An Around the Region guide compares seeing Gdańsk, Sopot and Gdynia by SKM commuter train, by car, or on foot along the Motława.

A Long Market & Old Town Style guide covers the pedestrian Długi Targ, the merchant houses rebuilt after 1945, and the city's role as the historic capital of the Hanseatic Baltic. A Goldwasser guide explains the herb-and-gold-flake liqueur distilled in Gdańsk since the 16th century, so it is never presented as a generic Polish vodka. A currency and budgeting guide is direct about Poland using the złoty (PLN) rather than the euro, with displayed prices already including VAT. A weather guide corrects the common assumption that a sunny morning in Gdańsk means the Motława boat shuttles and the Hel ferry are running, rather than a Baltic wind that can cancel them within the same afternoon.