much more information at our website to be found at 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 grad 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 in the north of poland, when like a 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 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 1st up, latin a day by the sea,

no problem. and then it has its own seaside resorts support. 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 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 for the tories, especially for this, like the bigger groups from the states film, they're 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 that

they effect 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 does the number that we have almost 4000000 people which came to poland from ukraine. the news tourism authorities reiterates that traveling and poland is just as safe as with europe. but there are still 60 percent few afore 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 quite a 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, guys,

it already was called in years old. busy and the, i'd probably try to create the settlements here. they did it because of the location next to the biggest police river the through. 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 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 with cruel. 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 survive the bombing. it's the largest brick church in europe in front of it is money. ask a 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 price or trading with, with roman empire $3000.00 a year before the cries. so this is the very, very tradition. and why amber? because this is our body god. so for example,

from the swamps you had the black number because of the a lot of organ or the organic fix. what, okay, we can go with, we are walk you all the day. so it's time to eat something to get some finally finding that looks delicious. mark was popular during the comb with era. so the 1st me, the bulk was open crockery, 1948. and this idea of tweet everywhere important very fast. so that was the place to feed the people in that like, cheap, tasty food for everybody. you don't even understand what this with you can just point. i wanted it, and they were prepared to play for you. okay, all right. we share yogi stuff, dumplings a 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 that though. while 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 tape tire. it shifts 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 to dance. over the centuries, it's the biggest port and poland with one of the largest repair yards in the world

. ah, the trains are part of the gdansk skyline. this vote trip is perfect for a little break and my destination is in sight. now i'm on the vest up latin, 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. a. here 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 blocker is a symbol of resistance against to 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 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 born 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. what is all online last month? it was public policy. it when,

what do you think we have to do for people to return in europe? now avita friedman old but saw 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. but i think it's really sad like people are losing their, their family, their house in lake mit migrating to add a country. i help you stop soon. bad. yeah, thank leg ah, never country like to ukraine. i 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 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 4,

if off, i recommend a visit to the museum of the 2nd world war. 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. ah ah, 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 this 2nd world war shows us. there are no easy answers. it's up to us as visitors to take a critical look. there are many big european cities with beaches. gdansk is one of the lucky ones with its own seaside resort support. i want to go with if i be great for the 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 3 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 long. what a nice wouldn't pier. everyone 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 are smoke a face with a view of the see. 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 to help and then select 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. there's nothing to go that. mm hm. 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 something from miami to this. i don't, it's a great option for an active vacation. what areas beautiful there shewn. how close the central spot on the peninsula. daniel, me, husky has been

a surfing instructor here for many years and he's constantly asked the same question. how's the wind today with blue? so thought like of other people to day the conditions are perfect for practicing for there's a light breeze or 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 self and experience sir chris can practice their 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 of view improved faster than in deeper water is not. grumble came up by now. the help and insula entices visitors to experienced nature and dance with the wind.

ah, 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 and poland and the end of communism in europe. ah, the struggles for workers rights gained momentum here. millions of poles 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 the story right above the entrance, the ukrainian flag. ah, ah goodness,

how did it all start back then? what prompted the strike? oh, dear vista, good input, what really triggered the revolution? vaughn was when a woman named ana, valentino bitch, got fired gama, at hot time on at the, for the, she'd been working at the shipyard for a very long time. novel him tonight. 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. whoops, you on and on this i. so she worked here, is this originals organized? yes. you know, she worked here another and the knowledge was a crane operator and later a founding member of facility dot of 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 as a gustavo, 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 to master list of i, it's part of our world cultural heritage even. and one of humanity's most precious documents, undocumented image height, solid dotted 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 film disc, they introduced marshal law. the fame will adjust 16 months after sally don, which emerged even. but that didn't stop people from opposing the regina opposite to learn the vehicle they operated under ground to legally i'll find legal,

advisor, vida fulton yelled on to and in 1989. and who does the round table talks took place if clicking on the wound and tooth. so that was a major symbolic moment of a peaceful transition amid tense political time. autism in eastern and central europe in aust intimately. they reached their goals with the principle of non violence lakes 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 dad much movement still stands for to day young. do you think that your 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 yet believing that at the time it 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 a co and we've lost our readiness to cooperate. uh huh. and mutually trust each other. i can finish vic, death for when state hoyt. the biggest challenge we now face all through height 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 calm, thir cows, tall by it may be that would be a good wish for the wall which intervened a few. absolutely. oh, you don't leave your impressions here in the building. your boy you can guess what i wish for hucks piece.

to date ships are no longer being built and 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, for hamburg, south and city with apartments shops and offices. the old shipyard area is like a huge adventure 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 looks a bit like meat. we have the same,

those the gallery, mit keep you author. an artist, collective has found a temporary home here. the building was a factory for 170 years where the people of gdansk pet no axis. now visitors are always welcomed. great id. it's a magnifying glass for, for tools. yeah. what did you notice as it was 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 can have taken over and filled with new life. the storage area is a container settlement with lots going on with

the 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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