The New York Times travel section seems to have discovered (rediscovered?) Gdansk in a big way. In January they included the northern Poland city in its “Where to Go in 2011.” Last Sunday, they plugged it again in response to a reader’s request for somewhere else to go after visiting Warsaw.
Gdansk has been on my list for the past two years since we hosted two students from there at our home here in Iowa – and my son visited them later that summer. The NYT also recommends Sopot, as “the Hamptons” of Poland. In 2012, Gdansk (formerly Danzig) will host the European soccer championship. Place to stay – new boutique-style Hilton (or Sofitel Grand in Sopot); Place to visit: Ergo arena (a symphony hall in a former power plant with a hip restaurant) and a beloved amphitheater in Sopot that’s reopening called the Forest Opera.
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