Sopot in Gdansk Bay
Saturday, 9 May 2015 - 01:00 pm (CET/MEZ) Berlin | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union General
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Sopot Pier © Diego Delso/cc-by-sa-3.0
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Sopot is a seaside town in
Eastern Pomerania on the southern coast of the
Baltic Sea in northern Poland, with a population of approximately 40,000. The name is thought to derive from an old
Slavic word
sopot meaning “stream” or “spring”.
Sopot is a city with powiat (county) status, in the Pomeranian Voivodeship . Until 1999 it was part of the Gdańsk Voivodeship . It lies between the larger cities of Gdańsk to the southeast and Gdynia to the northwest. The three cities together make up the metropolitan agglomeration of the Trójmiasto (Tri-City ).
Grand Hotel seen from Sopot Pier © Andreas Schuff/cc-by-sa-3.0
Sopot is a major health-spa and tourist resort destination. It has the longest wooden pier in Europe, at 515.5 metres, stretching out into the
Bay of Gdańsk . The city is also famous for its
Sopot International Song Festival , the largest such event in Europe after the
Eurovision Song Contest . Among its other attractions is a fountain of bromide spring water, known as the “inhalation mushroom”.
Sopot is currently undergoing a period of intense development, including the building of a number of five star hotels and spa resorts on the waterfront. The main pedestrianized street, Monte Cassino, has also been extended by diverting traffic underneath it, meaning the whole street is now pedestrianized. Sopot, aside from Warsaw boasts the highest property prices in Poland.
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