Long Market and Old Town, Gdańsk

Gdańsk's main street and square, the Long Market, is lined with tall, richly decorated merchants' houses from the city's days as a wealthy Hanseatic port, with the Neptune Fountain and the Town Hall tower. Along the river, the medieval wooden crane is a symbol of the city.

Visit the Museum of the Second World War, and the European Solidarity Centre at the shipyard where the Solidarity movement began. Also see St Mary's Church, one of the largest brick churches in the world; climb its tower. Gdańsk's amber shops line Mariacka Street.