Gdańsk — Gdańsk Map Poster & Print

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Gdańsk Map Poster & Print

Gdańsk sits on the Bay of Gdańsk near the mouth of the Vistula, Poland's longest river. From above, water shapes the whole city. The Motława curls through the historic centre, the channels of the Dead Vistula run north to the sea, and docks and shipyards cut deep rectangles into the land. Beyond them, the city runs along the coast toward Sopot and Gdynia, which together with Gdańsk form the Tricity.

The Main Town is a compact grid of narrow streets leading down to the river. Its central axis, the Royal Route, runs along Long Street and Long Market to the waterfront. Granary Island sits between arms of the Motława, and the medieval harbour crane stands on the quay opposite. North of the centre, the shipyard where the Solidarity movement began in 1980 fills the riverbank with large industrial shapes.

A Gdańsk map poster shows the old town and the port on the same sheet. At the entrance to the harbour channel lies Westerplatte, where the first shots of the Second World War were fired on 1 September 1939. Farther west, the land rises into wooded moraine hills around Oliwa, where the street network softens into curves.