Gdańsk and its neighbors Sopot and Gdynia pack a lot into one stretch of coast. These are the big outings kids remember, with animals to feed, a pier out over the sea and a long seafront walk. Here's what we checked, from Gdańsk Zoo to Sopot Pier. Most of it is outdoors, so check the weather first.
Gdańsk Zoo covers 124 hectares in Oliwa, with nearly 900 animals from 144 species, including elephants, giraffes, lions, cheetahs, orangutans and red pandas. Keepers feed the African penguins and gray seals in front of visitors most days.
At the Children's Zoo, kids pet and feed goats, rabbits and alpacas. The ZOOlandia rope park inside the grounds has 15 tree obstacles and a 26-meter zip line.
Sopot Pier is a wooden boardwalk 511 meters long, 458 of them over the Baltic Sea. Near the end, a 132-meter side arm called the Ostroga branches off, and lower decks let passenger boats and yachts moor.
On the land side, a square holds a historic fountain, a concert shell, a lighthouse with a viewing deck, and amber and souvenir stalls.
A promenade of more than 1.5 km along the Gulf of Gdańsk, squeezed between the slope of Kamienna Góra and the sea, from the city beach to Redłowo beach. It starts at the Gdynia Fish, a metal sculpture of three fish, and ends at a sculpture of two salmon, a gift from sister city Seattle. Steps lead down to the sand, and a small concrete pier juts into the bay.
Gdańsk and its neighbors Sopot and Gdynia pack a lot into one stretch of coast. These are the big outings kids remember, with animals to feed, a pier out over the sea and a long seafront walk. Here's what we checked, from Gdańsk Zoo to Sopot Pier. Most of it is outdoors, so check the weather first.
Gdańsk Zoo covers 124 hectares in Oliwa, with nearly 900 animals from 144 species, including elephants, giraffes, lions, cheetahs, orangutans and red pandas. Keepers feed the African penguins and gray seals in front of visitors most days.
At the Children's Zoo, kids pet and feed goats, rabbits and alpacas. The ZOOlandia rope park inside the grounds has 15 tree obstacles and a 26-meter zip line.
Sopot Pier is a wooden boardwalk 511 meters long, 458 of them over the Baltic Sea. Near the end, a 132-meter side arm called the Ostroga branches off, and lower decks let passenger boats and yachts moor.
On the land side, a square holds a historic fountain, a concert shell, a lighthouse with a viewing deck, and amber and souvenir stalls.
A promenade of more than 1.5 km along the Gulf of Gdańsk, squeezed between the slope of Kamienna Góra and the sea, from the city beach to Redłowo beach. It starts at the Gdynia Fish, a metal sculpture of three fish, and ends at a sculpture of two salmon, a gift from sister city Seattle. Steps lead down to the sand, and a small concrete pier juts into the bay.
