8 Kolobrzeska, Bydgoszcz, Poland
Solidarity Movement of the 80s and 90s was a true sensation on the world scale. It caused almost peaceful regime change in Poland and the consequences of its actions have been truly spectacular. Discover the history of this unusual trade union and social movement and find out how average people can make global change. Check also modern Emigration Museum in Gdynia showing history of emigration and giving invaluable lesson about tolerance and empathy, that is also so important in the current world. Take one day trip over the most modern and interactive Tri-City museums, learn the lesson from the history and change the future, thanks to the ideals promoted in both these fascinating facilities.
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Optional lunch on request
All year
2 cities
10-50
Calm
Up to 30 days*
Pick up from your hotel in Tri-City (Gdańsk, Sopot or Gdynia) by our coach and tour guide. Transfer to European Solidarity Centre. Sightseeing with audioguides. Optional lunch break. Transfer to Gdynia to Emigration Museum. Sightseeing with audioguides. Return to your hotel.
The exhibition and the newly built museum of European Solidarity Center (Polish: Europejskie Centrum Solidarności) are really impressive. The museum chambers are filled in with historic exhibits, modern multimedia equipment and artistic installations all about Polish aspirations to be a free country at the end of the 20th century. It is not a quiet place as while walking from exhibit to exhibit we can hear real historic recordings. The museum has seven main chambers at two floors of the new building. Sightseeing take...
The Museum of Emigration in Gdynia (Polish: Muzeum Emigracji w Gdynii) was just opened on 16.05.2015. It is located in the historic maritime station at 1 Polska Street. Since 1933 the building was used to serve the emigrant movement and it was the place from where hundreds of thousands people started their journey into the wide world. The museum exhibition tells the story of emigration from Polish lands since 19th century until current times. The modern, multimedia exhibition shows the scale of Polish emigration and ...
Tour guide, driver
European Solidarity Centre, Emigration Museum
Coach
Your hotel in Tri-City (Gdańsk, Sopot, Gdynia)
Your hotel in Tri-City (Gdańsk, Sopot, Gdynia)
English, German, Norwegian, French, Spanish, Italian and others on request
City break
It greatly depends on your own interests and how thoroughly you want to explore both museums. As you walk with audioguides you are welcome to choose which topics interest you and which do not. Both museums are very modern and were specially designed to promote personal discovery and not group sightseeing. We count the whole trip for 8 h but the visit can also be shorter if you wish so.
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