then you can find out much more information at our website to be found a d w dot com. ah ah, ah, ah ah, i am on my way to poland to the city of gdansk. these days, most people vacationing in europe are avoiding eastern europe because of the war and ukraine. poland borders, ukraine, de la cruz, and the russian enclave of cleaning brit. meaning it's right next door to war in crisis. that scares tourists. but is it

justified? i want to check out a city that is usually overrun in summer, but visitors from germany and scandinavia with today, i want to discover a good dance with you. a port city on the baltic coast and the north of poland. well, and could bounce has a special meaning, not only for poland, but for the whole of europe. do you want to know more you can't tell by looking at scenic dance, that it's city mark by faith. what happened in the city changed europe? well, the whole world, but 1st things 1st if you love lost places, you have to check out the former guns shipyard will take you to a place of world history, vest up latin a day by the sea,

no problem, and then it has its own seaside resort spot ah ah, i took the city tour with sebastian and i blurt out the harsh reality. so if i said, if i take a look around, they are not that many tourist is, is poland is the tourism and poland effected by the war. and ukraine is that the reason you know, the 1st there is going to is because it's still not like the full season, but yes, you have to remember that we have the war next to our borders. so it had to effect from the tories, especially for the bigger groups from the states, from all the parts of the, of the world. the individual please, is a common guess. so the tories are here, but it's not the same. what was what was before? like, remember about the palm, they mean now we have the war. yes. so all the things they affected from our local

tourism. what do the people see when they're cancelling the tour? do they say the war is too close? it might come over to pull it if they can choose, they will choose another destination worries. no, any risk. so that's one of the point. the 2nd point, he said that the freight of the imagination there is plenty of the refugees on the streets because that's the number that we have. almost 4000000 people which came to poland from ukraine. the news tourism authorities reiterates at traveling and poland is just as safe as with in europe. but there are still 60 percent fewer for and tourist at 90 percent fewer group trips. that's hard because every tourist is needed here. and so the old part of the dance has quieted down. it's lined with good faith restaurants and normally buzzing with guests. in the middle ages, it may be danced the richest city in europe. ah,

dies it already was called in years old and the, the parents tried to create the settlements here. they did it because of the location next to the biggest police river we threw up. and of course the bought the coast. so that was the perfect location. ah, the port brought a lot of money into the city. you can see that here in this street who lives it will be our long lane. this is where will the citizens lift the? ah, but look what it says up here. 953. nothing is as old as it looks. the historic sense was destroyed by the germans during the 2nd world war. all these houses are new, reconstructed down to the last detail. only this house here, the open house is original. what to do with the

ruins in the city. some of the idea say that it's better to leave it as an open museum for the next generation to show them how the war with cool. and now the idea is to create the new city of the dice. for example, in let me thought newport district. but finally they decided about reconstructing the all the main town saint mary's church also miraculously survived the bombing. it's the largest brick church in europe. in front of it is muddy sca street normally tourists hotspot. but today it's deserted. i see ember basically everywhere here it's very important. right? dies is the copies of humber and it was also like of before even there was no guys the local stuff in try for trading with with the roman empire 3000 a year before the christ. so this is the very, very tradition and white humber because this is our body god. so for example,

from the swamps you had the black because of the a lot of organ or the organic fix. what, okay, we can go with it. we are walk you all the day, so it's time to eat somebody to get some finally finding that looks delicious. mark was popular during the comb with iraq. so the 1st me, the bulk was hoping crockery 1948 and this idea of tweet everywhere. important very fast. so that was the place to feed the people in bit like cheap, tasty food for everybody. you don't even understand what this with you can just point. i want this and there were preferred to play for you. okay. all right. we share yogi stuff, dumplings and national vision pulling up psycho once in

a goal. that's not much neg lesson i go, i love it. my favorite fun. i am ready for our last stop. the town hall tower. okay, so we are on the wall. you can see condensed from 70 meters high. it looks like a lego landscape below. meet everything small and interconnected to fascinating that with that yeah. but well, that's a crew ferry, a tire. it shifts a cast soft several times a day and had to west up a peninsula close to condense with the city is seamlessly connected to the port which has developed around to dance. over the centuries. it's the biggest port in poland with one of the largest repair

yards in the world. the trains are part of the gdansk skyline. this vote trip is perfect for a little break. my destination is in sight. now i am on the vest up, platter the place with a lot of history ah ah, before world gear one, this top letter was a seaside resort. this is where the people of gdansk went in summer, a popular destination. ah . but after the 1st world war, this was no longer such

a peaceful place. poland built a military depot and then on september 1st 1939, it happened the event that changed europe. indeed the entire world. this is where the 1st shots of world war 2 were fired. germany invaded poland. this is the form of god house. it has deliberately been preserved as a ruin. $182.00 polish soldiers resisted the german invasion for 7 days. i can hear their names are immortalized with best of luck. it isn't just a story to place. it's now also a memorial for the

people of poland. vista blanca is a symbol of resistance against nazi j. money. and this monument here was erected in honor of the heroes of vista blood war. never again, it says here. and yet in the middle of europe, there has been wars since russia tech ukraine. these audio service places, of course, connected to the 2nd world war. and now war is raging again in europe and right next door in ukraine. are you worried about vacationing? here in poland and gord, wilks', mom as i was was over. i thought let's just say we had originally planned to go a bit further east. but that got cancelled. so we're thankful to be able to visit a dance in the area on us. but of course the war worries i hold off on last night. we heard a plane flying over our hotel and you have the sense it's coming closer and closer jog and you can see what's happening online. it is all online, just monday to was public deposit. when,

what do you think we have to do for people to return in europe? now avita friedman, old but so i was a little minor issue to my lectures. yes. rely more on diplomacy. you're talking is like only thing that house weapons alone aren't a solution. is hayden talking is the only option with it. there's no other choice. good news on the it's either shooting or talking lid than better to toggle it better to talk to the clinic, i think is really sad. slag people are losing their, their family, their house in lake mit migrating to add a country. i hope you stopped soon. bad. yeah, thank leg. i never country like to you clean that also field trip. you know, because you never know what's going to happen. so we all just hold that's going to stop. so inane. yeah, i look at these photos and i know that a few 100 kilometers way. war is the reality. i hope we will find the strength to learn from the past. if you want to know more about the time between 939 and 45,

i recommend a visit to the museum of the 2nd world war ah, the futuristic building right near the moat. while the river is a real eye catcher, it was designed to encapsulate the cities past, present, and future, and immersed visitors in the history of world war 2. the exhibition details hitler's war of aggression. moreover, a documents the poles suffering the holocaust and the polish resistance. it serves as a warning for generations to come in 2015, the right wing law and justice party came to power. the party said a new course for the country and further emphasized to the heroic roll of polish soldiers. a film with video game graphics,

at the end of the exhibition shows the story. the current government prefers to tell me it's a delicate political topic. in the museum of this 2nd world war shows us. there are no easy answers. it's up to us as visitors to take a critical look. oh, there aren't many big european cities with beaches. good dance is one of the lucky ones with its own seaside resort support. i want to go bear with me. if i be great because a quicker vision and with a lot of time, i could ride along the baltic coast towards germany. well,

but not very ah, many of the tourists who vacation in poland are drawn to the sea. poland, fall to coast is 500 kilometers long. it's one seaside resort after another. supper is considered one of the most beautiful look the grand hotel it opened in 1926. prominent europeans met here from time to time. ah. ah! seaside resorts often have a nostalgic charm just like this place. check out these tree trunks. there are hundreds and just above me is

a top tourist attraction. take a look at that. this is the soap appear. it's over half a kilometer on what a nice wouldn't peer every one wants to take it in. i do too. nothing is for free. you have to pay 9 slutty to get on the pier. that's the equivalent of about 2 euros. worth it for me. what a beach and so close to town. really nice all along the from not there a small can face with a view of the sea. it's the perfect holiday atmosphere where you can be care free. i still want to try to find amber at least a very small piece for my wife. is

this amber? if you like water sports, then i have a recommendation for you. the help and insula a little further north. the beaches of the help and then for la are some of the most beautiful in poland, making it a hot spot for wind and kite surfers. luckily though, there we go. i don't know any other place like this is the vibe is incredible. we come back here every year, every season. we have friends here now to miami, and it, it's a great option for an active occasion. what areas beautiful me from their shoes. how past the central spot on the peninsula with daniel, me,

house. he has been surfing instructor here for many years and he's constantly asked the same question. how's the went to day? oh so you so thought like if i don't get the ball today, the conditions are perfect for practicing for there is a lie. re sell 2 or 3 on the boat for us. gail because the level so it's great for beginners to get out on the water descent and experience. surfers can practice their moves fulfilled. they bought a male unlike the atlantic, the helping and collab bus one major advantage. it's based extremely shallow. even if you walk a kilometer into it, you can still stand in the water making it perfect for learning to wind or kite sir . the potential here beginners, take one step and they're back on the board so they don't lose much strength and concern for 3 or 4 hours. you improve faster than in deeper water. he's not when booking with finance the help and insula entices visitors to experience nature and dance with the wind

blew. i'm back in gdansk in a historical place for poland and for europe, the famous gdansk shipyards over 40 years ago. there was a strike here by shipyard workers, and with that began the decline of socialism and poland. and the end of communism in europe. ah, the struggles for workers rights gained momentum here. millions of polls organized themselves in that solid dotted nash movement fighting for freedom and democracy under an authoritarian regime. the european solidarity center at the former shipyard tells the story right above the entrance, the ukrainian flag, ah, ah, didn't this,

how did it all start back then? what prompted the strike? oh, dear vista, good input, what really triggered the revolution? yvonne was when a woman named ana valentino bitch, got fired, got all my hot spine on it. and for the, she'd been working at the shipyard for a very long time, novel into knowledge. and then 2 months before going into retirement and she lost her job z o o. this prompted her co workers to go on strike her. these of talk about her case and support her the and it all resulted in a big explosive revolution will go on and on. this i. so she worked here, is this originals organized? yes, she worked here another and the knowledge was a crane operator and later the founding member of facility dot notched or solidarity trade union. he comes up with how

did that happen? why didn't millions of people join a local strike as jim come for? i hate when they were striving for freedom and justice. it is a good time and wanted to shape that world politically. skype comfort, they wanted independent unions and how the right to strike high freedom of speech height visible and freedom of the press is a person. when they put together a list of $21.00 to master list of i'm, it's part of our world cultural heritage even. and one of humanities most precious documents and documented the image height, sony dot of moisture. this worker activism turned into an anti communist opposition movement. it spread across the whole country. the authoritarian regime increased the pressure ah, is come through. i'm filmed if they introduced martial law, if they won't just 16 months up to saudi don, which it emerged even. but that didn't stop people from opposing the regime. no, it was it for them to vehicle they operated under ground to legally i'll find legal

advisor via to fulton, yelled when to and in 1989 and who death mill. the round table talks took place if and i'm home dentist. so that was a major symbolic moments of a peaceful transition amid tense political time, autism in eastern and central europe on in also on from, with little they reached their goals with the principle of non violence left. but when so a trained electrician and trade union leader left poland to independence. in 1990, he became president and remain. so for 5 years these activists created change in a hopeless situation. this is what the silly dad much movement still stands for to day young. do you think such a movement is possible? again, a local movement that millions of people joint current could that happen again,

new york, the munchkin can also help us. you believe 9 at the time hood was live in a digital world and us meaning we aren't too skilled at interacting with each other, relieving nina exclaimed, and we live in an extremely individualistic society of few on the co and we've lost our readiness to cooperate uh huh. and mutually trust each other. i english vic. death, but for when state hoyt, the biggest challenge we now face alcohol together is to establish a new form of solidarity. no co existence, a foot and mutual trust. sir susan zines on death gig. inside the gin for pounds her cows tall by so maybe that would be a good wish for the wall of wishes. inch of and oh yeah, absolutely. i'll you know, leave your impressions here in the building. you're boyd up, you can guess what i wish for hucks piece.

to date ships are no longer being built in the guidance shipyard. the area still occasionally used by companies. most of the production halls are empty. it's a lost place for the time b. but there are plans to create a new chic urban district here based on the model of london stock. lance for a hamburger, hoffen city, with apartments shops and offices. the old shipyard area is like a huge at venture playground because the investor has left the empty. ready spaces to artist, and now you can find galleries. rehearsal rooms, in studios here. ah. this character, he looks a bit like me. we have the same,

those the gallery, mid, keep your through. an artist collective has found a temporary home here. the building was a factory for 170 years where the people of gdansk, pat no axis. now visitors are always welcomed. grayed out a, it's a magnifying glass for for tools. yeah, but this is, you know, this is from the car. okay. ah, it about a lamp? this is lamp in the car. it there are more spots in the shipyard that people and dance could have taken over and filled with the new life. the storage area is a container, settlement with lots going on with

peer. you can be loud in party until the early morning. this was a tip from sebastian, my city guy. we meet up for a drink on the very spot where the democracy movement and poland again more than 40 years ago. life and freedom are now being celebrated. guidance gives us hope that history can change for the better. at any time with them. i really have to say it done is impressive. it's not just the big city by the sea, with a beach, a beautiful town, and well, this really cool shipyard and the city. you can also feel the history of europe around every corner. so good down to the place you should visit. she ah ah

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