The thriving seaport on Gdańsk Bay boasts its own personality as one of the 3 cities included in the Baltic Tricity.
 

Local Culture and Flavor
With museums, an aquarium, a beach and marina, this former fishing village has formed its own unique personality compared to its southern neighbor of Gdańsk and the spa town of Sopot.

With a quarter of a million people, Gdynia has garnered praise for infrastructure, modern architecture, educational institutions and thriving tourist attractions—and now hosts a popular annual Polish film festival.

Past and Present
What began as a small farming and fishing village grew into a tourist town by the early 1900s, with guest houses, restaurants and cafes. After World War I, and the establishment of Gdańsk to the south, the Polish Government decided to make major investments to make Gdynia the area’s main seaport. By the late 1930s, it was the largest and most modern on the Baltic Sea, and the city grew up around the marina.

But during World War II, much of the port and shipyard were destroyed. Years later, the 1970s protests and solidarity labor movement in the port cities began a period of economic change that set Poland up for the post-Soviet era. Poland now has the eighth largest economy in the European Union

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