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Highlights of the Baltic SeaGdynia on the Bay of Gdansk - home to a legend

Christian Tiedt

 · 17.05.2026

Highlights of the Baltic Sea: Gdynia on the Bay of Gdansk - home to a legendPhoto: Adobe Stock/Patryk Kosmider
Gdynia harbour with the museum ships "Dar Pomorza" (front) and "Błyskawica" (left). At the back right the jetties of the new Marina Yacht Park.
Highlights of the Baltic Sea: Gdynia on the Bay of Gdansk is not only one of Poland's largest cities, but also the home port of a true floating legend.
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With a quarter of a million inhabitants, the harbour city of Gdynia on the western shore of the Bay of Gdansk just north of Gdansk is one of Poland's largest cities. It has a long seafaring tradition; today, Gdynia is not only home to the High Command of the Polish Naval Forces, but also to the Naval Museum and numerous traditional ships.

  • Name: Gdynia, Poland
  • Location: Gulf of Gdansk, south-eastern Baltic Sea
  • Position: 54°31'02.4 "N 18°33'04.1 "E
  • Distance from Kiel lighthouse: 325 nautical miles

Highlight: Naval Museum

The Gdynia Naval Museum (Muzeum marynarki wojennej w gdyni) was opened in 2012 and tells the story of the Polish naval forces from the 16th century to the present day using models, uniforms, weapons and museum ships. The highlight of the exhibition is the destroyer "Błyskawica" at the pier of the Nabrzeże Pomorskie.

The ship, which was in service from 1937 to 1976, has an almost legendary status in Poland, partly because it fought alongside the British against German submarines in the Atlantic throughout the Second World War, while the home country of its crew was completely occupied. Today Kiel is a twin city.

For guest sailors: two marinas

Sightseeing is no problem, as there are two moorings for guests in the immediate vicinity, both equipped with full service and floating jetties: one is the new Marina Yacht Park and on the other - just one basin away - the large marina of the Marina Gdyniaright next to the main museum building. Boat refuelling station and good supply options are available.

Gdynia's beach, Plaża Miejska, is also located right by the harbour, where the terraces of restaurants and cafés such as the Contrast Cafe Gdynia and Restauracja Del Mar are ideal for a relaxing break after shore leave.

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Further discoveries in Gdynia

The Museum tall ship "Dar Pomorza"formerly launched in 1909 as the German training ship "Prinzeß Eitel Friedrich", opened in 2015. Gdynia Emigration Museumwhich depicts the long history of Polish emigration.

Christian Tiedt

Christian Tiedt

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Christian Tiedt was born in Hamburg in 1975, but grew up in the northern suburbs of the city - except for numerous visits to the harbor, North Sea and Baltic Sea, but without direct access to water sports for a long time. His first adventures then took place on dry land: With the classics from Chichester, Slocum and Co. After completing his vocational training, his studies finally gave him the opportunity (in terms of time) to get active on the water - and to obtain the relevant licenses. First with cruising and then, when he joined BOOTE in 2004, with motorboats of all kinds. In the meantime, Christian has been able to get to know almost all of Europe (and some more distant destinations) on his own keel and prefers to share his adventures and experiences as head of the travel department for YACHT and BOOTE in cruise reports.

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