Gdańsk, Sopot and Gdynia sit on one long run of soft Baltic sand, so a beach day is never far away. The water stays shallow for a good stretch out, which suits small waders, and several spots have a pier or a cliff walk for when the kids are done digging. These are the family beaches we'd point a friend to, with what to expect at each.
A wooden pier, a beach and a steep cliff where the Kępa Redłowska forest reserve meets the Bay of Gdańsk in Gdynia. The 180-meter pier gives views back to the cliff and south to Sopot's pier.
The cliff rises up to 40 meters, with rust-colored iron streaks and brown coal in its face. By the pier entrance, a statue of marine painter Antoni Suchanek sits on a bench.
Stogi Beach is a stretch of Baltic Sea sand about 1.5 km long and up to 100 meters wide, north of the city center. It earned a Blue Flag for water quality and care for the environment in 2016.
In summer, lifeguards watch a marked swimming area, and the beach has toilets, showers, parking and equipment rental, so a full day by the water is easy to manage.
Sopot's town beach runs about 4km along Gdańsk Bay and is 20m to 200m wide, depending on the sea level. A strip of dunes planted with willow, hawthorn and beach grass sits between the sand and the town, with 39 entrances leading down from the coastal park.
Swimming is allowed along the whole beach. Dogs and alcohol are not allowed on the sand.
A sandy stretch of Baltic shore at a former fishing village between Sopot and Brzeźno, used for sea bathing since the 1890s. It is one of the calmer city beaches, popular with families and older visitors.
Jelitkowo Park backs onto the sand, with a small square at its center for drinks and food. The beach has toilets, showers and equipment rental.
A sandy Baltic Sea beach beside a 136-meter pier that kids can walk out along. In summer, lifeguards watch the water from four stations.
The pier buildings hold a year-round restaurant, a bar and public toilets, including accessible ones, and the beach has freshwater rinse showers and plenty of changing cabins. Next to the beach, a park laid out in the 1840s has paths, benches and chess tables.
Gdańsk, Sopot and Gdynia sit on one long run of soft Baltic sand, so a beach day is never far away. The water stays shallow for a good stretch out, which suits small waders, and several spots have a pier or a cliff walk for when the kids are done digging. These are the family beaches we'd point a friend to, with what to expect at each.
A wooden pier, a beach and a steep cliff where the Kępa Redłowska forest reserve meets the Bay of Gdańsk in Gdynia. The 180-meter pier gives views back to the cliff and south to Sopot's pier.
The cliff rises up to 40 meters, with rust-colored iron streaks and brown coal in its face. By the pier entrance, a statue of marine painter Antoni Suchanek sits on a bench.
Stogi Beach is a stretch of Baltic Sea sand about 1.5 km long and up to 100 meters wide, north of the city center. It earned a Blue Flag for water quality and care for the environment in 2016.
In summer, lifeguards watch a marked swimming area, and the beach has toilets, showers, parking and equipment rental, so a full day by the water is easy to manage.
Sopot's town beach runs about 4km along Gdańsk Bay and is 20m to 200m wide, depending on the sea level. A strip of dunes planted with willow, hawthorn and beach grass sits between the sand and the town, with 39 entrances leading down from the coastal park.
Swimming is allowed along the whole beach. Dogs and alcohol are not allowed on the sand.
A sandy stretch of Baltic shore at a former fishing village between Sopot and Brzeźno, used for sea bathing since the 1890s. It is one of the calmer city beaches, popular with families and older visitors.
Jelitkowo Park backs onto the sand, with a small square at its center for drinks and food. The beach has toilets, showers and equipment rental.
A sandy Baltic Sea beach beside a 136-meter pier that kids can walk out along. In summer, lifeguards watch the water from four stations.
The pier buildings hold a year-round restaurant, a bar and public toilets, including accessible ones, and the beach has freshwater rinse showers and plenty of changing cabins. Next to the beach, a park laid out in the 1840s has paths, benches and chess tables.
