Napoleon said Gdansk was "key to everything" and history has borne that out: the Solidarity trade union, whose opposition led to the end of Communist rule, started in the pretty coastal city. Napoleon ...

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The gateway to the beaches of the Polish Riviera and once a major seaport for northern Europe’s Hanseatic League merchants, Gdańsk is a city framed by water and defined by proud maritime traditions.

The first thing to remember when you start typing into a search engine, is that you should not only search for "Gdansk" hotels. The city is just one member of a tri-city conurbation (known locally as ...

Eastern Europe’s great port city takes you from medieval trading times to the anti-Soviet movement, and into a lively 21st-century revival. Those with good memories or a liking for recent history ...

John started his career as a trainee reporter on his local newspaper, more than 40 years ago. His longest roles have been for the Daily Express and more recently The Telegraph, where he became ...

Gdansk old town is a charming warren of cobbled streets and beautiful buildings. But all of it revolves around the Royal Route, considered to be among the longest such roads in Medieval Europe. The ro ...

Napoleon said Gdansk is "key to everything", something a 1,000-year history that has seen it regularly change hands attests to. The maritime city known until 1945 as Danzig has been under the rule of ...