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most people vacationing in europe are avoiding eastern europe because of the war and ukraine, poland, borders, ukraine. miller, bruce, 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 today, i want to discover get dance with you. a port city on the baltic coast in the north of poland. when a good dance 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 fate. what happened to the city change europe?

well, the whole world, the 1st things 1st ah, if you love last places, you have to check out the former good zones shipyard. i will take you to a place of world history a day by the sea, no problem, and then it has its own seaside resort support. ah ah, i spoke to city tour with sebastian and i blurt out the harsh reality. suggested if i take a look around, they are not that many tourists is, is poland, is the tourism and poland effected by the war and ukraine? is that the reason? yes, no, 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

for the tories, especially for this, like the bigger groups from the states film that all the parts of the, of the ward, 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 is 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 europe. but there are still 60 percent fewer foreign

tourists at 90 per cent fewer group trips. that's hard because every tourist is needed here. and so the all port of good dance has quite a down it's lined with could face at restaurants and normally buzzing with guests. in the middle ages, it made gdansk, the richest city in europe, dies with already 1000 years old. busy and the like the far thrice, which is create the forest settlements here. they did it because of the location. and next to the biggest post river vista and of course the boat to coast. so that was a perfect location with the port brought a lot of money into the city. he can see that here in this street who leads it will be or long lane. this is where wealthy citizens lift but look what it says up here. 1953. nothing is as old as it

looks. the historic center was destroyed 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 opener museum for the next generation to show them how the war was cruel. and now the idea was to create the new city of the guys. for example, in let me throw a new port district. but finally they decided about reconstructing the older main town saint mary's church also miraculously survived the bombing. it's the largest brick church in europe in front of it is maria sca street normally a tourist hotspot, but today it's deserted. i've

seen ember basically everywhere here it's very important. the right dies is the copies of humber and it was also like of before, even there was no guys the local stuff and tries are trading with, with roman empire, $3000.00 a year before the cries. so this is the very, very long tradition and white humber because this is our body. god. so for example, from the swamps you had the black number because of the, a lot of oregon or the organ. if you would. ok, we can do the, we are walk you all the time, so it's time for each subject to get something that looks delicious. mark was popular during the congress era for the 1st mean bulk was hoping crockery, $948.00. and this idea with everywhere important very fast. so that was the play to

feed the people in that like cheap, tasty food for everybody. you don't even understand what is within here. you can just point, i want this and they will prefer the play for you. ok, all right. we should be adobe stuff dumplings and national this unfolding. launch nickel that's much bigger. i am ready for our last stop. the town hall tower. ok, so we are on the towel. while the you can see dense from 70 meters high. it looks like a lego landscape below me. everything small and interconnected to fascinating with say yeah, well that's cool. very pirates ship a cast soft several times

a day and had to vista flattened a peninsula close to condense with the city is seamlessly connected to the port which has developed around good 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 dance could skyline this boat trip is perfect for a little break and my destination is in sight. now i am on the vest up left the place with a lot of history 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.

here their names are immortalized. best of luck, it isn't just a story cool place. it's now also a memorial for the people of poland. vista plucker is a symbol of resistance against nazi germany. 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 attacked ukraine. these are auto 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 now. 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. what is all online does monday to was public policy. it? 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 me. i'd like to see us 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 that there is no other choice. the good news on the it's either shooting or talking lid than better to toggle it better to talk . but i think it's really sad like people are losing their, their family, their house in lake mit migrating tool at a country. i hope you stopped soon. bad. yeah, thank like i never country like to you also feel tray, you know,

because we never know what's going to happen. so we all just hold that's going to stop. so and then yeah, i look at these photos and i know that a few 100 kilometers wait wars the reality. i hope you will find the strength to learn from the past. if you want to know more about the time between 1939 and 45, i recommend a visit to the museum of the 2nd world war the futuristic building right near the mote. 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, 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 set 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 the 2nd world war shows us. there are no easy answers. it's up to us as visitors to take a critical look. there aren't many big europeans these with beaches. gdansk is one of the lucky ones with

its own seaside resort support. i want to go there it might be a great physical condition, and with a lot of time, i could ride along the baltic coast towards germany. well, but not to day blue . 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

. seaside resorts often have a nostalgic charm just like this place. check out these tree trunks. they're a 100 and just above me is a top tourist attraction. take a look at that. this is the scope of peer. it's over half a kilometer on what a nice wooden peer every one wants to take it in. i do too. and nothing is for free. you have to pay 9, lottie, 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. but 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 insula are some of the most beautiful in poland, making it a hot spot for wind and kite surfers is not

a go that he's on. 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's a great option for an active vacation. what areas, beautiful new from their shoes. how has the central spot on the peninsula with daniel me, house. he has been asserting instructor here for many years and he's constantly asked the same question. house the when today, who says topic of our own people today the conditions are perfect for practicing for there's a lot of re sell 2 or 3 on the boat for a scale because the level so it's great for beginners to get out on the water. the salad and experience surf risk in practice there moves before they bought a male. unlike the atlantic, the help in club boasts 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. let me kick you out 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 gonna book him up by now. the help and insula entice us visitors to experience nature and dance with the wind. i'm back in gdansk in a historical place for poland and for europe, the famous gdansk shipyard over 40 years ago, there was a strike here by shipyard workers. and with that began the decline of socialism in poland and the end of communism in europe. ah, the struggle for worker's rights gained momentum here. millions of polls organized themselves in the solid dotted nash movement,

fighting for freedom and democracy under an authoritarian regime. the european solidarity center at the former shipyard tells this story right above the entrance, the ukrainian flag. ah, ah, didn't that, how did it all start back then? what prompted the strike? oh, dea vista, good input? what really triggered the revolution? vaughn was when a woman named ana valentino vege, got fired gama at hot spine wanted to for the she'd been working at the shipyard for a very long time, novel him to know. and then 2 months before going into retirement and she lost her job z 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. whoops. you on and stuff that i so she worked here is

liz, originals argona. yes. you know, she worked here another and the knowledge was a crane operator and later the founding member of the solid, dotted notched or solidarity trade union, he comes up to what, how did that happen? why didn't millions of people join a local strike? does income fly height when they were striving for freedom and justice for gifts time and wanted to shape the world politically? skype council, they wanted independent unions and how the right to strike high freedom of speech type as well and freedom of the press person. when they put together a list of $21.00 to master list of i, it's part of our world cultural heritage even. and one of humanity's most precious documents in the went to the men's high solid dotted moisture. this worker activism turned into an anti communist opposite movement. it spread across the whole country . the authoritarian regime increased the pressure ah,

is come through, i feel this. they introduced marshal law. the theme will just 16 months after sally don, which emerged even, but that didn't stop people from opposing the regime. no, it was a to known vehicle they operated under ground to legally, i'll find it. legal advisor via the fulton yelled when to and in 1989. and who does the round table talk? took place if question i'm wound and tooth. so that was a major symbolic moment of a peaceful transition amid tense political time. autism in eastern and central europe on in aust, intimately oil. they reached their goals with the principle of nonviolence late. but when so a trained electrician and trade union leader let 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 darkness movement still stands for to day. the only do you think such a movement is possible, again, a local movement that millions of people join caught it. would that happen again? new york. the munchkin can also map us yet believing that the time for it was live in a digital world on the us. meaning we aren't too skilled at interacting with each other, leading dinah exclaimed, and we live in an extremely individualistic society of few on the co and we've lost our readiness to cooperate and mutually trust each other. just i and leash vic duff, but fort win 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, the susan's eyes on death gig inside the gun for pounds her cows to all bye.

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 good dance shipyard. the area still occasionally use 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, poor hamburg hoffman, city with apartments shops offices. the old shipyard area is like a huge at venture playground because the investor has left the empty spaces to

artist. and now you can find yellow, reese, rehearsal rooms. in studios here, this character, he looks a bit like meat. we have the same, those the gallery mil keep your 3rd and artist collective has found a temporary home here. the building was a factory for 170 years where the people of gdansk, pat no axes. now visitors are always welcomed. grayed out a. it's a magnifying glass for, for tools ah

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