The 3-City urban area is beautifully located by the Bay of Gdańsk, in the southern part of the Baltic Sea. The unquestionable charm and attractiveness of the 3-City is mainly due to the enormous diversity of the area and the experiences offered by its individual parts: medieval Gdańsk, 19th century Sopot and 20th century Gdynia, which stretch between the seashore and the woody moraine hills.

       The specific unique character of Gdańsk's environment is formed by brick, for centuries the traditional building material, and the omnipresent water. The symbol of this brick city is St. Mary's Church, the largest brick structure in the world. Gdańsk is the most aquatic of the three cities. Besides the sea, it's got rivers, including the mouth of the Vistula,
the Queen of the Polish Rivers, canals, streams, creeks, ponds and lakes. It's also the world capital of amber, the Gold of the Baltic. Traditionally, Gdańsk has been a symbol of liberty, both economic and political.
The medieval Hanseatic League of Cities, a prototype for the European Union, in which Gdańsk played a leading role through the ages, guaranteed the city access to the free market in the Baltic and North Sea basins, from Russia to England. After World War I its official name was: the Free City of Gdańsk. The latter-day Gdańsk shipyard workers, in turn, under the banner of Solidarity, won liberty for this part of Europe, leading to the collapse of the Berlin Wall and ending a half-century of the Cold War.

        Sopot is distinguished by the small-town charm of its narrow streets and steepled houses with filigree, colorful
wooden verandas. It is also the 3-City recreation centre; a place of leisure for both residents and tourists, a seaside spa
and entertainment centre, complete with a hippodrome, aquapark and night-life attractions.

        Gdynia, in turn, is distinguished mainly by its modernism, in the flourish of its open public spaces; parks, squares and streets and its characteristic modern architecture in the colours of the sandy beach; as well as by the sea, ubiquitous
in this city; the beach in the centre, the Kashubian fishing boats by the high cliff, the headquarters of the Polish Navy, its seafaring tradition, as well as maritime administrative and educational centres and a broad maritime-based economy.

       Three grand, beautiful cities. Each of them different from the others and unique in the world. It is these differences that unite them, provide opportunities for partnership and for the joint achievement of a significant place in Europe.

Roman Sebastyański