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Gdansk Shipyard
Historic maritime facility in northern Poland known for its pivotal role in the Solidarity movement and the birthplace of anti-communist protests.
- 15/20 Na Ostrowiu
- 58 769 16 00
- https://gdanskshipyard.pl/
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Where better to start your travels in Gdansk than in the industrial shipping quarter that’s credited with kick-starting the fall of Communism and the rise of modern Poland as a whole? Cue the erstwhile Lenin Shipyard. Back in the 1980s, nearly 20,000 workers led by Lech Walesa went on strike, setting in motion a chain of events that would loosen the grip of Russia all across Central-Eastern Europe. Learn about it at the Solidarity Museum, which chronicles the rise and successes of the trade union movement.
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