Gdańsk (Polish: ˈɡdaɲsk; Kashubian: Gduńsk; German: Danzig) is a Polish city on the Baltic coast, the capital of the Pomeranian Voivodeship,
Poland's principal seaport and the center of the country's fourth-largest metropolitan area.
In its "golden age" the city enjoyed the specific status of a municipal republic. It was also a melting pot of cultures and ethnical groups. The air of tolerance and the wealth built on trade made culture, science, and art. flourish. Today, works by outstanding Gdańsk masters can be admired in museums, churches, and galleries. These collections, as well as the historic sites of enchanting beauty witness a thousand years of the city's continued existence. The break-through events of the most recent turbulent period are documented in the multi-medial exhibition: "Roads to Freedom" arranged in the shelter near to the National Commission of Solidarnosc. The exposition recalls the local struggle for freedom and justice, and the birth of the first Independent Trade Union, "Solidarity". These developments ,triggered the avalanche that toppled communism in Europe.
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