Which events suit young kids best?

The rescue ship shows and the parade are the most visual. The Mass, plaque unveilings and Abraham ceremonies are slower and more formal.

Where in Gdynia do things happen?

All over town. Past editions had a fishing-history evening on the Oksywie boulevard and a retro day in Orłowo, so check each day's spot on the city's festival page before you go.

How does the festival end?

With Navy Day and Shipbuilders' Day on the final Sunday.

Gdynia Sea Festival

Featured inShips, Sailors and the Sea in the Tricity

FestivalGdynia

Where

Various venues

Setting

Outdoors

What you need to know

Rescue ships up close, plus live demonstrations by professional rescue crews
Retro Sunday in Orłowo, with period costumes, vintage cars and a traveling cinema
Ceremonies mixed in: a Mass, plaque unveilings and Kashubian Abraham ceremonies suit older kids more than toddlers

About

Święto Morza is Gdynia's yearly sea festival, a run of events spread around the city. Kids can see rescue ships up close, watch professional rescue demonstrations, follow a colorful parade and hear sea shanties. Some neighborhoods add days of their own, from a fishing-history evening in Oksywie to a retro Sunday in Orłowo. A few events are formal ceremonies, so pick the lively ones with younger kids.

Free

Dates to be announced

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