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Publisher:<br />
City Hall of Gdańsk<br />
Mayor’s Office for City Promotion<br />
ul. Nowe Ogrody 8/12, 80-803 Gdańsk<br />
tel. (+48 58) 323 71 00, fax (+48 58) 323 71 20<br />
e-mail: bppm@gdansk.gda.pl<br />
Text:<br />
Jarosław Kempa<br />
Editors:<br />
Przemysław Rot<br />
Remigiusz Kitliński<br />
Katarzyna Drozd-Wiśniewska<br />
Katarzyna Auksztol<br />
Aleks<strong>and</strong>ra Mokwa<br />
Maciej Szymański<br />
Graphic design <strong>and</strong> set-up:<br />
Art Design Maciej Blachowski<br />
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Atlas of the Gdańsk<br />
Metropolitan Area<br />
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TABLE OF CONTENT<br />
Gdańsk Metropolitan Area – A Gem of the North. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7<br />
Area <strong>and</strong> population . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8<br />
Solid foundations for development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10<br />
Metropolis Open to the World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13<br />
Transport accessibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14<br />
Sea gates to the world. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14<br />
Regular shipp<strong>in</strong>g services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15<br />
Air transport – closer <strong>and</strong> quicker than you might th<strong>in</strong>k . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17<br />
Road transport – on the good course . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19<br />
Railways – the circulatory system of the economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21<br />
Public transport <strong>in</strong> the Metropolitan Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22<br />
Metropolis Puts Stake on Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23<br />
Hotbed of staff <strong>and</strong> research. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24<br />
Metropolitan Labour Market . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27<br />
Young <strong>and</strong> qualified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28<br />
Economic Potential of the Metropolitan Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31<br />
Entrepreneurial <strong>and</strong> ambitious . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32<br />
Foreign <strong><strong>in</strong>vest</strong>ments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34<br />
Towards <strong>in</strong>novative economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36<br />
Green Light for Real Property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39<br />
Hous<strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong> commercial space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40<br />
Tourist Heaven. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41<br />
Welcome to the Metropolis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42<br />
Grow<strong>in</strong>g hotel base . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43<br />
Metropolis of sport <strong>and</strong> recreation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44<br />
Health <strong>and</strong> beauty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46<br />
Euro 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47<br />
Towards the European Capital of Culture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48<br />
Worth see<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area <strong>and</strong> the Pomeranian region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50<br />
Regional <strong>and</strong> International Cooperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53<br />
Effective metropolis: the global <strong>and</strong> local perspectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54<br />
Guide to the local governments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56<br />
Major <strong>in</strong>stitutions <strong>in</strong> the region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58<br />
Sources of <strong>in</strong>formation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59<br />
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Atlas of the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area
<strong>Ladies</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Gentlemen</strong>,<br />
The geographic location <strong>in</strong> Europe at a key po<strong>in</strong>t of <strong>in</strong>ternational contacts, two modern sea ports<br />
<strong>and</strong> an <strong>in</strong>ternational airport, <strong>in</strong>tensively developed road <strong>and</strong> railway <strong>in</strong>frastructure, over 1.2 million educated<br />
<strong>and</strong> entrepreneurial <strong>in</strong>habitants, nearly thirty establishments of higher education, more than three thous<strong>and</strong><br />
bus<strong>in</strong>esses with foreign equity participation, hundreds of bus<strong>in</strong>esses <strong>in</strong> the hi-tech sector, wide beaches, amber,<br />
<strong>and</strong> millions of tourists…<br />
This is the picture of the dynamically develop<strong>in</strong>g Gdańsk Metropolitan Area made up of a number of neighbour<strong>in</strong>g<br />
<strong>and</strong> closely cooperat<strong>in</strong>g local communities of the Pomeranian Voivodship. The Metropolitan Area stretches over eight<br />
poviats, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g a conurbation of three municipalities, each a poviat <strong>in</strong> itself, all work<strong>in</strong>g h<strong>and</strong> <strong>in</strong> h<strong>and</strong> <strong>in</strong> search<br />
for solutions conducive to swifter social <strong>and</strong> economic development at the local <strong>and</strong> regional levels.<br />
Perceiv<strong>in</strong>g the new opportunities open<strong>in</strong>g before the local authorities when they jo<strong>in</strong> forces to attract new <strong><strong>in</strong>vest</strong>ors<br />
<strong>and</strong> create new jobs, we have become one of the quickest develop<strong>in</strong>g agglomerations <strong>in</strong> Pol<strong>and</strong>. The sense of unity<br />
<strong>in</strong> the Area is not accidental. It is based on mutual l<strong>in</strong>ks <strong>in</strong> education, culture, transport <strong>and</strong> communication,<br />
hous<strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong> labour markets.<br />
The human capital, convenient location, focused effort on <strong>in</strong>frastructure development, <strong>and</strong> high quality of life,<br />
comb<strong>in</strong>ed with a base of efficient services available to the residents <strong>and</strong> bus<strong>in</strong>esses <strong>in</strong> large cities <strong>and</strong> rural areas<br />
alike, add up creat<strong>in</strong>g a background which fosters development <strong>and</strong> equips the metropolis with <strong>in</strong>struments, which<br />
enable it to compete successfully aga<strong>in</strong>st other similar centres <strong>in</strong> Pol<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> the Baltic Sea Region.<br />
The Gdańsk Metropolitan Area is worth a closer <strong>in</strong>terest not only due to its social <strong>and</strong> economic advantages, but also<br />
because of its rich history, highly diverse culture, its exceptionally attractive location <strong>and</strong> the values of the natural<br />
environment which <strong>in</strong> times immemorial attracted men so much as to settle <strong>in</strong> the area <strong>and</strong> today enhance<br />
the unquestioned tourist advantages of the Metropolitan Area.<br />
Our comb<strong>in</strong>ed potential is an asset which perta<strong>in</strong>s to <strong>and</strong> encourages new projects which will consolidate our own<br />
<strong>and</strong> our <strong><strong>in</strong>vest</strong>ors’ position on the economic map of Pol<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> the united Europe. Many success stories <strong>and</strong><br />
the satisfaction shared by our <strong>in</strong>ternational <strong><strong>in</strong>vest</strong>ors testify best to the fact that the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area<br />
is now <strong>and</strong> will cont<strong>in</strong>ue to support bold, new ventures.<br />
In realisation of the role <strong>and</strong> significance of the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area on the economic map of Pol<strong>and</strong><br />
<strong>and</strong> Europe we have once aga<strong>in</strong> decided to use our publication to give you a closer <strong>in</strong>sight <strong>in</strong>to its values.<br />
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Enjoy your read<strong>in</strong>g,<br />
Mayor of the City of Gdańsk
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Atlas of the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area
Gdańsk Metropolitan Area<br />
- A Gem of the North<br />
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AREA AND POPULATION<br />
The Bay of Gdańsk Metropolitan Area, with the population of over 1.24 million, occupies<br />
the area of 4858 square kilometres. 60% of the <strong>in</strong>habitants live <strong>in</strong> the kernel cities, where<br />
Gdańsk accounts for almost 37% of the number, Gdynia for 20%, <strong>and</strong> Sopot for slightly<br />
more than 3%. The average population density for the whole Metropolitan Area is 804<br />
people per square kilometre.<br />
The Gdańsk Metropolitan Area is the quickest develop<strong>in</strong>g sub-region of Northern<br />
Pol<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> a well-established centre of <strong>in</strong>tegration processes <strong>in</strong> the Baltic Sea region.<br />
The Gdańsk Metropolitan Area too, is a major l<strong>in</strong>k <strong>in</strong> the cha<strong>in</strong> of the transport routes<br />
connect<strong>in</strong>g Northern <strong>and</strong> Western Europe to the central <strong>and</strong> southern parts of the cont<strong>in</strong>ent.<br />
It is also a gate to the world for the countries of Central <strong>and</strong> Eastern Europe form<strong>in</strong>g<br />
the natural h<strong>in</strong>terl<strong>and</strong> for the two seaports of Gdańsk <strong>and</strong> Gdynia.<br />
Borderl<strong>in</strong>es of the Bay of Gdańsk<br />
Metropolitan Area<br />
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Table 1. Area, <strong>in</strong>habitants, <strong>and</strong> population density by poviats of the Metropolis.<br />
Sub-region Poviat Inhabitants Area (sq. km)<br />
Tri-City<br />
Gdańsk<br />
Population /<br />
sq. km<br />
Gdańsk 455 559 262 1739<br />
Gdynia 249 879 135 1851<br />
Sopot 39 061 17 2298<br />
pucki 75 876 577 132<br />
wejherowski 186 626 1280 146<br />
kartuski 112 574 1121 100<br />
gdański 89 598 794 113<br />
nowodworski 35 561 672 53<br />
Metropolis, <strong>in</strong> total 1 244 734 4858 804<br />
Source: Own study based on the CSO data, as at 31 March 2008.<br />
Atlas of the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area
Gdańsk Metropolitan Area – A Gem of the North<br />
The exceptional attractiveness of the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area, though stemm<strong>in</strong>g from<br />
its convenient location at an <strong>in</strong>tersection of important transport routes, is however the<br />
ultimate function of many other features, e.g. the well educated local labour market, the<br />
robust centres of academic life, science <strong>and</strong> research, the long list of tourist <strong>and</strong> cultural<br />
attractions, the unique natural environment, <strong>and</strong> the excellently organised bus<strong>in</strong>ess <strong>in</strong>frastructure.<br />
These factors perta<strong>in</strong> not only to cont<strong>in</strong>uity <strong>in</strong> the economic development<br />
of the metropolis, but most of all to the grow<strong>in</strong>g number of new <strong><strong>in</strong>vest</strong>ments.<br />
The Gdańsk Metropolitan Area comprises cities, towns, <strong>and</strong> communes of eight poviats,<br />
<strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g three poviat cities form<strong>in</strong>g the heart of the metropolis: Gdańsk, Gdynia,<br />
<strong>and</strong> Sopot. The degree of <strong>in</strong>tegration is highest between the cities <strong>and</strong> communes<br />
work<strong>in</strong>g h<strong>and</strong> <strong>in</strong> h<strong>and</strong> as members of the Metropolitan Council of the Bay of Gdańsk<br />
The Gdańsk Metropolitan Area is the quickest develop<strong>in</strong>g sub-region of Northern Pol<strong>and</strong>.<br />
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<strong>and</strong> the Metropolitan Transport Union of the Bay of Gdańsk. The two <strong>in</strong>stitutions are <strong>in</strong><br />
charge of <strong>in</strong>tegration of the transport, <strong><strong>in</strong>vest</strong>ments <strong>in</strong> the utilities, <strong>and</strong> many other projects<br />
which, once completed, will substantially improve the local liv<strong>in</strong>g st<strong>and</strong>ards <strong>and</strong><br />
add to the advantages of the area from the po<strong>in</strong>t of view of the visitors <strong>and</strong> <strong><strong>in</strong>vest</strong>ors.<br />
Cooperation between the cities <strong>and</strong> communes of the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area perta<strong>in</strong>s<br />
to their swift social <strong>and</strong> economic development <strong>and</strong> enhances the quality of the residents’<br />
liv<strong>in</strong>g conditions. The effects are largely due to the skilful economic policy which,<br />
alongside the <strong>in</strong>dustries traditional for the region, is geared towards the development<br />
of modern branches of economy <strong>and</strong> tourism, focus<strong>in</strong>g particularly on implementation<br />
of the susta<strong>in</strong>ed development pr<strong>in</strong>ciple.<br />
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SOLID FOUNDATIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT<br />
The most recent estimates of the Central Statistical Office (CSO) reveal that the central<br />
sub-region of the Metropolitan Area comes fifth country wide <strong>in</strong> terms of the size of GDP<br />
per capita (PLN 40 491 <strong>in</strong> 2006). This high position among other Polish metropolitan<br />
areas is primarily due to the grow<strong>in</strong>g share of the knowledge-based l<strong>in</strong>es of economy,<br />
generat<strong>in</strong>g products <strong>and</strong> services of high added value. The position also proves the high<br />
degree of professional activity <strong>and</strong> enterprise among the <strong>in</strong>habitants, <strong>and</strong> the grow<strong>in</strong>g<br />
significance of foreign <strong><strong>in</strong>vest</strong>ors who locate their advanced service centres <strong>in</strong> the metropolis.<br />
The <strong><strong>in</strong>vest</strong>or <strong>in</strong>flow process <strong>in</strong>tensified substantially <strong>in</strong> the years 2007-2008, which<br />
will certa<strong>in</strong>ly be reflected <strong>in</strong> the GDP per capita level <strong>in</strong> the com<strong>in</strong>g years.<br />
The structure of the generated gross added value implies that the structural processes<br />
tak<strong>in</strong>g place <strong>in</strong> the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area <strong>in</strong> the times of economic transformation<br />
follow the world trends. In terms of the sector composition, the economy is dom<strong>in</strong>ated<br />
by services which by far exceed <strong>in</strong>dustrial production <strong>and</strong> build<strong>in</strong>g. Agriculture, hunt<strong>in</strong>g,<br />
forestry <strong>and</strong> fishery are merely of symbolic significance.<br />
The high gross domestic product <strong>and</strong> gross added value translate to the sizes<br />
of the local budgets <strong>in</strong> the Metropolitan Area, as the funds at disposal of the local<br />
authorities have one of their prime sources <strong>in</strong> the governments’ share <strong>in</strong> the personal<br />
<strong>in</strong>come tax (PIT) <strong>and</strong> corporate <strong>in</strong>come tax (CIT). Moreover, the share of the revenue<br />
from those sources <strong>in</strong> the overall <strong>in</strong>come generated by the local governments<br />
is steadily on the rise. The higher the <strong>in</strong>come, the more flexible the implemented<br />
social <strong>and</strong> economic policy can be. Most importantly, though, higher <strong>in</strong>come translates<br />
to higher funds available for <strong><strong>in</strong>vest</strong>ments of key importance for improv<strong>in</strong>g the<br />
quality of life <strong>and</strong> the function<strong>in</strong>g of the economy. This applies especially to the<br />
size of contributions from the local authorities <strong>in</strong>to the projects co-f<strong>in</strong>anced from<br />
the EU funds available primarily under the regional operational programmes <strong>and</strong><br />
the programmes devoted to modernisation <strong>and</strong> activation of rural areas <strong>and</strong> the<br />
fishery.<br />
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Graph 1. 2006 GDP per capita by sub-regions (<strong>in</strong> PLN).<br />
Warsaw<br />
Poznań<br />
Kraków<br />
Legnica region<br />
Gdańsk-Gdynia-Sopot<br />
Wrocław<br />
Łódź<br />
Central Silesia<br />
Ciechanów-Plock region<br />
Warsaw region<br />
33 269<br />
32 205<br />
29 265<br />
27 965<br />
40 491<br />
40 457<br />
Source: own study based on the CSO data; GDP, Regional Accounts <strong>in</strong> 2006, Katowice, October 2008.<br />
EU funds are very important <strong>in</strong> modernisation of the region.<br />
44 529<br />
44 366<br />
56 081<br />
83 933<br />
30 000 60 000 90 000<br />
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Gdańsk Metropolitan Area – A Gem of the North<br />
Graph 2. Gross Added Value by sectors <strong>in</strong> the years 1995-2006 (data for the centre of the metropolis, i.e. Gdańsk-Gdynia-Sopot).<br />
Industry & build<strong>in</strong>g<br />
35,1%<br />
Agriculture, hunt<strong>in</strong>g, forestry, fishery<br />
0,5%<br />
Services<br />
64,4%<br />
PIndustry & build<strong>in</strong>g<br />
29,3%<br />
Source: Own study based on the CSO data, GDP, Regional Accounts <strong>in</strong> 2006, CSO Katowice, October 2008.<br />
Agriculture, hunt<strong>in</strong>g, forestry, fishery<br />
0,3%<br />
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Services<br />
70,4%<br />
Industry & build<strong>in</strong>g<br />
26,7%<br />
Agriculture, hunt<strong>in</strong>g, forestry, fishery<br />
0,1%<br />
1995 2000 2006<br />
Economic transformation of Gdańsk Metropolitan Area follows the world trends.<br />
Services<br />
73,1%<br />
Draw<strong>in</strong>g: www.artdesign.net.pl
Graph 3. Local budgets <strong>in</strong> the Metropolitan Area, 2007.<br />
POVIAT<br />
Gdańsk City<br />
Gdynia<br />
Sopot<br />
Puck<br />
Wejherowo<br />
Kartuzy<br />
Poviat of Gdańsk<br />
Nowy Dwór<br />
207 662 755<br />
254 198 866<br />
109 324 788<br />
114 456 607<br />
262 713 991<br />
261 475 892<br />
337 133 238<br />
344 160 104<br />
272 903 444<br />
303 778 145<br />
543 317 340<br />
565 727 521<br />
0 1 000 000 000<br />
Source: Own study based on the CSO data.<br />
923 708 674<br />
978 805 985<br />
1 642 070 967<br />
1 653 459 954<br />
Graph 4. Budget <strong>in</strong>come <strong>and</strong> expenditure per capita, by local governments<br />
<strong>in</strong> the Metropolitan Area, 2007.<br />
POVIAT<br />
Gdańsk City<br />
Gdynia<br />
Sopot<br />
Puck<br />
Wejherowo<br />
Kartuzy<br />
Poviat of Gdańsk<br />
Nowy Dwór<br />
2911<br />
3031<br />
2995<br />
3057<br />
3046<br />
3390<br />
3074<br />
3219<br />
3605<br />
3630<br />
3697<br />
3917<br />
3462<br />
3446<br />
total expenditure [zł]<br />
total <strong>in</strong>come [zł]<br />
2 000 000 000<br />
expenditure per capita [zł]<br />
<strong>in</strong>come per capita [zł]<br />
0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000<br />
Source: own study based on the CSO data.<br />
5316<br />
6508<br />
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Table 2. Budget <strong>in</strong>come per head <strong>in</strong> regional cities of Pol<strong>and</strong> (PLN).<br />
City Income per capita<br />
Sopot 5603<br />
Warsaw 4254.9<br />
Gdańsk 3167<br />
Gdynia 3052<br />
Wrocław 2965.59<br />
Opole 2108.27<br />
Katowice 2074.5<br />
Poznań 2060.58<br />
Kraków 2053<br />
Olsztyn 1725<br />
Łódź 1712.28<br />
Bydgoszcz 1628.4<br />
Szczec<strong>in</strong> 1616.9<br />
Zielona Góra 1569.37<br />
Toruń 1499.2<br />
Rzeszów 1473<br />
Kielce 1424<br />
Lubl<strong>in</strong> 1397.8<br />
Białystok 1379.67<br />
Gorzów Wielkopolski 1309.41<br />
Source: Own study based on the CSO data, as at 31 March 2008.<br />
The local authorities <strong>in</strong> the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area, particularly of its central part,<br />
i.e. the cities of Gdańsk, Gdynia, <strong>and</strong> Sopot, rank among the richest local governments<br />
<strong>in</strong> Pol<strong>and</strong>. They lead the list of large regional cities <strong>in</strong> terms of the generated level of own<br />
<strong>in</strong>come per capita. The size of the <strong>in</strong>come is the direct function of good f<strong>in</strong>ancial st<strong>and</strong><strong>in</strong>g<br />
of the bus<strong>in</strong>esses hav<strong>in</strong>g their registered seats <strong>in</strong> the cities, <strong>and</strong> the high earn<strong>in</strong>gs<br />
of their <strong>in</strong>habitants.<br />
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TRANSPORT ACCESSIBILITY<br />
The role of the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area <strong>in</strong> transport goes beyond its be<strong>in</strong>g the ma<strong>in</strong><br />
node <strong>in</strong> the region. It is one of the prime transport hubs <strong>in</strong> Central <strong>and</strong> Eastern Europe,<br />
its component elements <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g two modern <strong>and</strong> ice-free seaports of Gdańsk <strong>and</strong><br />
Gdynia. Both ports are l<strong>in</strong>ked to the railway system which forms an <strong>in</strong>terchange of three<br />
SEA GATES TO THE WORLD<br />
The seaports of the metropolis have undergone substantial transformation over the<br />
last two decades. They have become modern transport hubs adequately equipped<br />
to h<strong>and</strong>le almost any type of cargo <strong>in</strong> import, export, <strong>and</strong> <strong>in</strong>ternational transit. Huge-scale<br />
<strong><strong>in</strong>vest</strong>ments have changed the structure of the loads h<strong>and</strong>led. The share of traditional<br />
bulk cargo such as coal <strong>and</strong> coke, sulphur, or crude oil <strong>and</strong> its derivatives, has gone down<br />
giv<strong>in</strong>g way to gra<strong>in</strong>, gases, <strong>and</strong> chemical products. The volumes h<strong>and</strong>led are on the rise,<br />
particularly <strong>in</strong> the general cargo sector supply<strong>in</strong>g the retail market on the one h<strong>and</strong>,<br />
<strong>and</strong> manufacturers <strong>and</strong> traders operat<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> the domestic market on the other h<strong>and</strong>.<br />
The ports of Gdańsk <strong>and</strong> Gdynia are, for <strong>in</strong>stance, the prime Polish locations h<strong>and</strong>l<strong>in</strong>g<br />
<strong>and</strong> distribut<strong>in</strong>g imported <strong>and</strong> exported vehicles, <strong>and</strong> the ma<strong>in</strong> po<strong>in</strong>t receiv<strong>in</strong>g supplies<br />
of citrus fruit <strong>and</strong> bananas designated to the domestic market <strong>and</strong> Central Europe.<br />
Table 3. The volumes h<strong>and</strong>led at the metropolitan sea ports by selected cargo groups.<br />
Cargo (TH tonnes/<br />
year)<br />
2005 2006 2007<br />
TOTAL 36 478 38 412 36 851<br />
Coal <strong>and</strong> coke 7949 5161 2563<br />
Ores 36 24 31<br />
Corn 1675 1869 6445<br />
Timber 73 42 36<br />
Crude oil <strong>and</strong> oil products 12 242 14 818 12 864<br />
Other bulk cargo 4805 5390 6444<br />
General cargo 9698 11 108 12 687<br />
Source: COS data, www.stat.gov.pl/gdansk, Maritime Economy <strong>in</strong> the Pomeranian Voivodship, 2006,<br />
statistical data of the Gdańsk <strong>and</strong> Gdynia ports.<br />
Thanks to the <strong>in</strong>tensively developed, modern port <strong>in</strong>frastructure, Gdańsk <strong>and</strong> Gdynia today<br />
have four conta<strong>in</strong>er term<strong>in</strong>als whose h<strong>and</strong>l<strong>in</strong>g capacity st<strong>and</strong>s at 1.5 million TEU. These<br />
are complemented with two modern ro-ro term<strong>in</strong>als <strong>and</strong> three term<strong>in</strong>als tak<strong>in</strong>g mixed<br />
passenger/vehicle ferries. Ferry boats play an important role <strong>in</strong> h<strong>and</strong>l<strong>in</strong>g both the passen-<br />
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<strong>in</strong>ternational trunk l<strong>in</strong>es regulated under the <strong>in</strong>ternational AGC agreements. Here, too,<br />
three road routes of key importance for transit traffic converge. The air carriers served<br />
by the Lech Wałęsa International Airport <strong>in</strong> Gdańsk ensure swift <strong>and</strong> direct transport to<br />
several score cities <strong>in</strong> Europe.<br />
ger traffic <strong>and</strong> cargo transit between Pol<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> Sc<strong>and</strong><strong>in</strong>avia. Therefore, the ports of the<br />
Gdańsk Metropolis typically receive passengers, <strong>and</strong> h<strong>and</strong>le general cargo conta<strong>in</strong>ers <strong>and</strong><br />
truck loads.<br />
Table 4. Conta<strong>in</strong>ers reloaded at the ports of Gdańsk <strong>and</strong> Gdynia <strong>in</strong> the years 2000-2007 (TEU).<br />
Year/Port Gdańsk Gdynia Total<br />
2000 18 037 188 272 206 309<br />
2001 24 435 217 024 241 459<br />
2002 20 136 252 247 272 383<br />
2003 22 537 308 619 331 156<br />
2004 43 739 377 236 420 975<br />
2005 70 014 400 165 470 179<br />
2006 78 364 461 170 539 534<br />
2007 96 873 614 373 711 246<br />
Source: Own study based on data from: www.portgdansk.pl, www.portgydnia.pl.<br />
Port <strong>in</strong>frastructure <strong>in</strong> Gdańsk <strong>and</strong> Gdynia is <strong>in</strong>tensively developed.<br />
Photo: www.artdesign.net.pl.<br />
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In anticipation of the grow<strong>in</strong>g trend <strong>in</strong> the conta<strong>in</strong>er-based <strong>and</strong> ro-ro trad<strong>in</strong>g, both ports<br />
are undertak<strong>in</strong>g further <strong><strong>in</strong>vest</strong>ments to enable more efficient h<strong>and</strong>l<strong>in</strong>g of more vessels<br />
<strong>and</strong> higher cargo volumes. The largest projects planned, <strong>in</strong> preparation by the port authorities<br />
<strong>and</strong> <strong><strong>in</strong>vest</strong>ors, <strong>in</strong>clude construction of a new ferry term<strong>in</strong>al capable of h<strong>and</strong>l<strong>in</strong>g<br />
the ferry-carried cargo <strong>in</strong> Gdynia, expansion of the conta<strong>in</strong>er <strong>and</strong> ro-ro term<strong>in</strong>als <strong>in</strong> the<br />
port of Gdańsk, <strong>and</strong> erection of modern logistic centres to back the conta<strong>in</strong>er term<strong>in</strong>als<br />
<strong>in</strong> both ports.<br />
REGULAR SHIPPING SERVICES<br />
The network of the sea routes along which shipp<strong>in</strong>g services are regularly offered from<br />
the ports of the Gdańsk Metropolis is gett<strong>in</strong>g denser by the years. The dest<strong>in</strong>ations spread<br />
far beyond the ports of the Baltic Sea or Europe, embrac<strong>in</strong>g the whole world. Today,<br />
Regular sea transport from the ports of the Gdańsk<br />
Metropolis.<br />
Source: Port of Gdańsk Authority, Port of Gdynia Authority.<br />
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Due to the ports’ favourable location <strong><strong>in</strong>vest</strong>ors are will<strong>in</strong>g to engage <strong>in</strong> modernisation<br />
<strong>and</strong> expansion projects, <strong>in</strong> construction of br<strong>and</strong> new, specialised re-load<strong>in</strong>g term<strong>in</strong>als,<br />
or <strong>in</strong>itiatives connected with cargo h<strong>and</strong>l<strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong> process<strong>in</strong>g. Hence, the port areas abound<br />
<strong>in</strong> service providers, with manufacturers follow<strong>in</strong>g suit.<br />
the two ice-free seaports of Gdańsk <strong>and</strong> Gdynia offer convenient shipp<strong>in</strong>g services to<br />
numerous ports <strong>in</strong> 47 countries.
Conta<strong>in</strong>er shipp<strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong> ferry transport are of major importance <strong>in</strong> <strong>in</strong>ternational trade.<br />
Pol<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> the Gdańsk Metropolis have their substantial share <strong>in</strong> both forms of transport.<br />
Sea carriers <strong>and</strong> forwarders have long appreciated the modern h<strong>and</strong>l<strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong> storage<br />
<strong>in</strong>frastructure available at the ports of Gdańsk <strong>and</strong> Gdynia. Equipped so, today the<br />
ports take ships travell<strong>in</strong>g regularly to more than 20 ports <strong>in</strong> 12 European countries.<br />
The new conta<strong>in</strong>er term<strong>in</strong>al <strong>in</strong> Gdańsk.<br />
Photo: DCT Gdańsk SA.<br />
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Regular ferry l<strong>in</strong>es, conta<strong>in</strong>er <strong>and</strong> ro-ro transport<br />
from the ports of Gdańsk <strong>and</strong> Gdynia<br />
to the European ports.<br />
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AIR TRANSPORT – CLOSER AND QUICKER THAN YOU MIGHT THINK<br />
Pol<strong>and</strong>’s accession to the European Union <strong>and</strong> open<strong>in</strong>g the skies to low-cost carriers<br />
have triggered <strong>in</strong>crease <strong>in</strong> air transport. The number of regular flights, passenger traffic,<br />
<strong>and</strong> the volumes of the cargo h<strong>and</strong>led <strong>in</strong> Gdańsk are grow<strong>in</strong>g year by year. The Gdańsk<br />
Lech Wałęsa Airport services direct flights to almost 30 cities <strong>in</strong> Europe, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g major<br />
<strong>in</strong>ternational transit ports <strong>in</strong> Warsaw, Frankfurt on the Me<strong>in</strong>, Copenhagen, Munich,<br />
Table 5. Regular flights from the Gdańsk Airport, summer flight schedule 2008.<br />
City Country Airport Airl<strong>in</strong>e<br />
Barcelona-Girona Spa<strong>in</strong> Girona Costa Brava Airport Wizz Air<br />
Billund Denmark Billund Airport Sun-Air Of Sc<strong>and</strong><strong>in</strong>avia<br />
Birm<strong>in</strong>gham UK Birm<strong>in</strong>gham International Airport Ryanair<br />
Bristol UK Bristol International Airport Ryanair<br />
Brussels Charleroi Belgium Brussels South Charleroi Ryanair<br />
Cork Irel<strong>and</strong> Cork Airport Wizz Air<br />
Doncaster-Sheffield UK Rob<strong>in</strong> Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield Wizz Air<br />
Dortmund Germany Dortmund Airport Wizz Air<br />
Dubl<strong>in</strong> Irel<strong>and</strong> Dubl<strong>in</strong> Airport Ryanair<br />
Frankfurt Germany Frankfurt am Ma<strong>in</strong> International Airport Lufthansa, Pll Lot<br />
Frankfurt-Hahn Germany Frankfurt-Hahn Airport Ryanair<br />
Glasgow-Prestwick UK Glasgow-Prestwick Airport Wizz Air<br />
Goteborg Sweden Gothenburg City Airport Wizz Air<br />
Hamburg-Lübeck Germany Lubeck Airport Wizz Air<br />
Cologne-Bonn Germany Cologne/Bonn Airport Wizz Air<br />
Copenhagen Denmark Copenhagen Airport<br />
Sas – Sc<strong>and</strong><strong>in</strong>avian<br />
Airl<strong>in</strong>es<br />
Liverpool UK Liverpool John Lennon Airport Wizz Air<br />
London-Luton UK London-Luton Airport Wizz Air<br />
London-Stansted UK London-Stansted Airport Ryanair<br />
Malmo Sweden Malmo Sturup Airport Wizz Air<br />
Munich Germany Munich International Airport Lufthansa, Pll Lot<br />
Oslo Norway Oslo Airport, Gardermoen<br />
Norwegian Air As, Sas<br />
– Sc<strong>and</strong><strong>in</strong>avian<br />
Oslo-Torp Norway S<strong>and</strong>efjord Airport, Torp Wizz Air<br />
Rome Italy Leonardo da V<strong>in</strong>ci Fiumic<strong>in</strong>o Airport Wizz Air<br />
Shannon Irel<strong>and</strong> Shannon International Airport Ryanair<br />
Stockholm-Skavsta Sweden Stockholm Skavsta Airport Wizz Air<br />
Turku F<strong>in</strong>l<strong>and</strong> Turku Airport Wizz Air<br />
Warsaw Pol<strong>and</strong> Warsaw Frederic Chop<strong>in</strong> Airport Pll Lot<br />
Source: www.airport.gdansk.pl.<br />
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<strong>and</strong> the airports tak<strong>in</strong>g the prime European low-costs. The network of the available airway<br />
l<strong>in</strong>ks enables swift <strong>and</strong> efficient transfer of people <strong>and</strong> cargo from the Gdańsk Metropolitan<br />
Area to any location <strong>in</strong> the world.<br />
Graph 5. Passenger traffic at the Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport, 1999-2007.<br />
1 800 000<br />
1 600 000<br />
1 400 000<br />
1 200 000<br />
1 000 000<br />
800 000<br />
600 000<br />
400 000<br />
200 000<br />
0<br />
249 913<br />
269 960<br />
Source: www.airport.gdansk.pl.<br />
319 174<br />
318 033<br />
365 036<br />
466 691<br />
Simultaneously, the Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport is build<strong>in</strong>g its capacity to h<strong>and</strong>le air<br />
cargo. The volume of cargo transferred via the airport has more than tripled over the last<br />
eight years.<br />
The Gdańsk airport has grown to become a major transport junction <strong>in</strong> Europe.<br />
672 186<br />
1 256 014<br />
1 715 758<br />
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007<br />
Photo: Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport.
The Gdańsk airport has also grown to become an important cargo airport.<br />
Graph 6. Air cargo h<strong>and</strong>led at the Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport, 1999-2007 (kg).<br />
5 000 000<br />
4 000 000<br />
3 000 000<br />
2 000 000<br />
1 000 000<br />
0<br />
1 472 812 1 552 408<br />
1 953 539<br />
2 211 333<br />
2 686 028<br />
3 100 496<br />
3 458 725<br />
4 036 950<br />
4 757 358<br />
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007<br />
Source: www.airport.gdansk.pl<br />
The cont<strong>in</strong>uously grow<strong>in</strong>g passenger <strong>and</strong> cargo traffic, <strong>and</strong> the perspective of the UEFA<br />
2012 European Football Championships make it necessary to exp<strong>and</strong> the Gdańsk airport,<br />
especially by erection of a new passenger term<strong>in</strong>al. A modern <strong>and</strong> functionally<br />
efficient facility, comb<strong>in</strong>ed with an extended apron will <strong>in</strong>crease the airport’s capacity to<br />
5 million passengers as soon as <strong>in</strong> 2011.<br />
Accord<strong>in</strong>g to the projections, the passenger traffic will grow to 3.5 million <strong>in</strong> 2012, <strong>and</strong><br />
Photo: www.artdesign.net.pl<br />
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<strong>in</strong> 2016 will exceed 5 million. The airport <strong><strong>in</strong>vest</strong>ment will be complemented with comprehensive<br />
modernisation of the ma<strong>in</strong> access roads, <strong>and</strong> the build<strong>in</strong>g of a swift metropolitan<br />
tra<strong>in</strong> l<strong>in</strong>e.<br />
Alongside the expansion of the exist<strong>in</strong>g airport, another option is pondered, i.e. the potential<br />
build<strong>in</strong>g of another civilian airport <strong>in</strong> the metropolis (on the site of the ex-military<br />
airfield <strong>in</strong> Babie Doły, Commune of Kosakowo). The other facility would <strong>in</strong>crease the overall<br />
capacity by far more planes, passengers, <strong>and</strong> cargo, with<strong>in</strong> a radius extend<strong>in</strong>g far<br />
beyond the borders of the Pomeranian Voivodship.<br />
Graph 7. Projected passenger traffic at the Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport, 2008-2016 (<strong>in</strong> TH.<br />
passengers).<br />
6000<br />
5000<br />
4000<br />
3000<br />
2000<br />
1000<br />
0<br />
1955<br />
2008<br />
2500<br />
Source: www.airport.gdansk.pl<br />
2695<br />
2911<br />
3493<br />
3842<br />
4219<br />
4628<br />
5091<br />
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016<br />
The future passenger term<strong>in</strong>al at the Gdańsk airport.<br />
Draw<strong>in</strong>g: Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport.<br />
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ROAD TRANSPORT – ON THE GOOD COURSE<br />
The Metropolitan Area <strong>and</strong> the region lie exactly on the convergence of <strong>in</strong>ternational<br />
trunk transport corridors runn<strong>in</strong>g from Sc<strong>and</strong><strong>in</strong>avia <strong>and</strong> North-Eastern Europe<br />
to Southern Europe <strong>and</strong> the Mediterranean Sea <strong>in</strong> one direction, <strong>and</strong> from the northern<br />
part of Western Europe to Eastern Europe.<br />
The grid of the exist<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>ternational <strong>and</strong> national roads l<strong>in</strong>ks the region to:<br />
Southern Europe via the Czech Republic <strong>and</strong> Slovakia (E-75, E-77, <strong>and</strong> national roads<br />
Nos. 1 <strong>and</strong> 7), Eastern Europe via Kal<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>grad (E-22, national road No. 22), <strong>and</strong> Western<br />
Europe via Germany (E-28, national road No. 6). The network of regional <strong>and</strong> local roads<br />
serves transport with<strong>in</strong> the region <strong>and</strong> metropolitan area. The length of all roads<br />
with<strong>in</strong> the voivodship system adds up to nearly 19 thous<strong>and</strong> km.<br />
Support from the European Union has contributed substantially to a number of road<br />
projects recently completed <strong>in</strong> the metropolis. They all facilitate transit <strong>and</strong> the residents’<br />
err<strong>and</strong>s with<strong>in</strong> the agglomeration. The list of the projects <strong>in</strong>cludes, e.g.:<br />
• modernisation of road No. 7, section Gdańsk – Elbląg,<br />
• construction of the last stretch of the Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski Route <strong>and</strong> Janka<br />
Wiśniewskiego Street, which l<strong>in</strong>k the port <strong>and</strong> <strong>in</strong>dustrial estates of Gdynia with the<br />
express road S-6 (national road No. 6),<br />
• construction of the Różowa Road <strong>in</strong> Gdynia,<br />
• modernisation of Marynarki Polskiej Street to facilitate access to the <strong>in</strong>ner port area<br />
<strong>and</strong> the ferry term<strong>in</strong>al,<br />
• modernisation of the road system lead<strong>in</strong>g to the new DCT conta<strong>in</strong>er term<strong>in</strong>al <strong>and</strong><br />
the <strong>in</strong>dustrial estates <strong>in</strong> the eastern part of the Gdańsk port,<br />
• redevelopment of the cross<strong>in</strong>g of Słowackiego, Grunwaldzka, <strong>and</strong> Kościuszki Streets<br />
<strong>in</strong> Gdańsk,<br />
• modernisation of national road No. 1, section Pruszcz Gdański-Pszczółki,<br />
• modernisation of road No. 6 between Reda <strong>and</strong> Wejherowo.<br />
The A1 motorway <strong>in</strong> construction is of strategic importance for the development of<br />
the Metropolitan Area. L<strong>in</strong>k<strong>in</strong>g the region to southern Pol<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> Europe, the road<br />
will offer the shortest route from Sc<strong>and</strong><strong>in</strong>avia down south the cont<strong>in</strong>ent <strong>and</strong> onwards<br />
towards the East, along the VI European transport corridor. The motorway is already <strong>in</strong><br />
operation over an almost 100 km long section from the junction <strong>in</strong> Różyny, the Commune<br />
of Pruszcz Gdański, to the locality of Nowe Marzy near Grudziądz <strong>in</strong> the Kuyavian-Pomeranian<br />
Voivodship. The entire length of the motorway, which will cont<strong>in</strong>ue<br />
across Toruń, via Łódź, Częstochowa, <strong>and</strong> Katowice, up to the Polish-Czech border,<br />
is to be ready <strong>in</strong> 2011.<br />
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The A1 motorway has improved transport <strong>in</strong> the region.<br />
Photo: www.artdesign.net.pl
Alongside the A1 motorway, other road <strong><strong>in</strong>vest</strong>ments pursued outside the metropolis<br />
<strong>and</strong> region are also of fundamental importance. The projects <strong>in</strong>clude e.g. the staged<br />
<strong><strong>in</strong>vest</strong>ment <strong>in</strong> upgrad<strong>in</strong>g national road No. 7 to the st<strong>and</strong>ard of the express road S-7.<br />
Modernisation of national road No. 22 is <strong>in</strong>cluded <strong>in</strong> the plans. The road, once redeveloped,<br />
will be upgraded to the express road st<strong>and</strong>ard becom<strong>in</strong>g a section of the thoroughfare<br />
l<strong>in</strong>k<strong>in</strong>g the cities on the southern Baltic coast, from Hamburg to Tall<strong>in</strong> (Via<br />
Hanseatica <strong>and</strong> Via Baltica). A 50 km long section of the route (S-22), between Elbląg<br />
<strong>and</strong> the Grzechotki border cross<strong>in</strong>g, was opened to the traffic <strong>in</strong> 2008. The same project<br />
further <strong>in</strong>cludes staged modernisation of national road No. 6 <strong>in</strong> the voivodships<br />
of Pomerania <strong>and</strong> Western Pomerania.<br />
Map of transit roads from the Gdańsk Metropolis.<br />
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The residents <strong>and</strong> entrepreneurs of the Metropolitan Area can already use an almost 100 km long section of<br />
the A1 motorway.<br />
Photo: www.artdesign.net.pl<br />
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RAILWAYS – THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM OF THE ECONOMY<br />
Four <strong>in</strong>ternational railway trunk l<strong>in</strong>es cross the voivodship:<br />
• from Gdańsk via Szczec<strong>in</strong> to the German border,<br />
• from Gdynia via Warsaw <strong>and</strong> Cracow down to the Czech <strong>and</strong> Slovak border,<br />
• from Gdynia via Bydgoszcz, Łódź, <strong>and</strong> Katowice to the western <strong>and</strong> southern state<br />
borders,<br />
• from Gdynia via Olsztyn to Kal<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>grad, or via Białystok to Belarus.<br />
These l<strong>in</strong>es form sections of the pan-European transport corridors, <strong>and</strong> via secondary<br />
junctions are l<strong>in</strong>ked to the ma<strong>in</strong> <strong>in</strong>dustrial centres <strong>in</strong> the country.<br />
Pomerania has 1350 km of railway l<strong>in</strong>es <strong>in</strong> operation. The density of the railway network<br />
is one of the highest <strong>in</strong> the country. The ratio between the operated l<strong>in</strong>es <strong>and</strong> the size<br />
of the region is 7.4 (l<strong>in</strong>e length per 100 sq. km). The high status of the metropolis <strong>and</strong><br />
region on the railway map of Pol<strong>and</strong> stems from e.g. the fact that a large proportion<br />
of the cargo reach<strong>in</strong>g the seaports is delivered by rail.<br />
The Swift Commuter Tra<strong>in</strong> is but an <strong>in</strong>troduction to the modern,metropolitan railway system.<br />
Photo: Gdańsk City Hall/ Jerzy P<strong>in</strong>kas<br />
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Many trunk routes of strategic significance to the economy are undergo<strong>in</strong>g modernisation<br />
to improve the efficiency <strong>and</strong> speed up the railway traffic. In effect, however, not<br />
only the travell<strong>in</strong>g speed will <strong>in</strong>crease, but also safety <strong>and</strong> reliability of the railway <strong>in</strong>frastructure.<br />
Modernisation of the regional track network, on the other h<strong>and</strong>, will facilitate access<br />
to the metropolis for people liv<strong>in</strong>g outside the centre, i.e. improve their opportunities<br />
of tak<strong>in</strong>g up jobs <strong>in</strong> the centre. Scheduled for implementation too, is the project of<br />
exp<strong>and</strong><strong>in</strong>g the metropolitan railway system. Based on the exist<strong>in</strong>g track l<strong>in</strong>es of the swift<br />
commuter tra<strong>in</strong>s, extended to <strong>in</strong>clude newly laid l<strong>in</strong>es, the metropolitan railway will cover<br />
the western districts of Gdańsk <strong>and</strong> Gdynia, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g the Gdańsk airport <strong>and</strong> – ultimately<br />
– the airport <strong>in</strong> Babie Doły. The metropolitan railway will be a far quicker means<br />
of transport than a private car or bus.<br />
Map of transit railway l<strong>in</strong>es start<strong>in</strong>g from Gdańsk.
PUBLIC TRANSPORT IN THE METROPOLITAN AREA<br />
The economic potential of a metropolis is, among other factors, a function of well organised<br />
public transport which enables the residents to move smoothly from <strong>and</strong> to school,<br />
work, <strong>and</strong> places of leisure. The ma<strong>in</strong> organiser of the public transport <strong>in</strong> the Gdańsk<br />
Metropolis is the Metropolitan Transport Association of the Bay of Gdańsk formed <strong>in</strong><br />
2007 (www.mzkzg.org). The purpose of the Association is to <strong>in</strong>tegrate the exist<strong>in</strong>g bus,<br />
tram, trolley, <strong>and</strong> swift commuter tra<strong>in</strong> (overground equivalent of the subway) systems.<br />
Integration is <strong>in</strong>tended to embrace all sub-systems of the public transport operated<br />
by the municipal, state, <strong>and</strong> private carriers.<br />
For three years now the association has also been promot<strong>in</strong>g water transport <strong>in</strong> the summer<br />
season, i.e. the water tram shuttle between the harbours of Gdańsk, Gdynia, Sopot,<br />
<strong>and</strong> Hel. The local governments of the areas compris<strong>in</strong>g the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area<br />
aim at mak<strong>in</strong>g the public transport system an attractive alternative to the private car.<br />
The tram network <strong>in</strong> Gdańsk has recently been substantially extended <strong>and</strong> modernised<br />
The geographic expanse the Metropolitan Transport Association of the Bay of Gdańsk<br />
[MTABG] is <strong>in</strong> charge of.<br />
Source: website of the Metropolitan Transport Association of the Bay of Gdańsk.<br />
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(ga<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g e.g. the junction <strong>in</strong> the district of Chełm), just like the trolley network <strong>in</strong> Gdynia.<br />
The entire Gdańsk Metropolitan Area has <strong><strong>in</strong>vest</strong>ed <strong>in</strong> environmentally-friendly <strong>and</strong> reliable<br />
bus stock (e.g. hybrid buses).<br />
To further improve transport <strong>in</strong> the Area, an <strong>in</strong>telligent system of monitor<strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong> controll<strong>in</strong>g<br />
the road traffic is planned. Integration of the cycl<strong>in</strong>g routes will create another<br />
attractive alternative to the car or public transport.<br />
Water tram shuttles offer a popular means of seasonal transport from <strong>and</strong> to the shorel<strong>in</strong>e localities of the metropolis.<br />
The modern metropolitan transport is based on the stock of environmentally friendly buses, trolleys,<br />
trams, <strong>and</strong> swift commuter tra<strong>in</strong>.<br />
Photo: City Hall of Gdańsk<br />
Photo: City Hall of Gdańsk<br />
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HOTBED OF STAFF AND RESEARCH<br />
The Metropolis is home to many public <strong>and</strong> non-public schools of higher education which,<br />
together with academic <strong>and</strong> research <strong>in</strong>stitutes, form the hotbed for staff resources tapped<br />
by the entire northern Pol<strong>and</strong>.<br />
In terms of the number of graduates, public schools of higher education, especially the<br />
University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk University of Technology, Medical University, <strong>and</strong> Maritime<br />
University, contribute most to educat<strong>in</strong>g future staff <strong>in</strong> an array of special fields. The recent<br />
15 years have witnessed swift development of privately-owned schools of tertiary education.<br />
Focus<strong>in</strong>g ma<strong>in</strong>ly on the humanities, they offer studies <strong>in</strong> areas high <strong>in</strong> dem<strong>and</strong> <strong>in</strong> the<br />
market, related to law, adm<strong>in</strong>istration, management, f<strong>in</strong>ance, <strong>and</strong> account<strong>in</strong>g.<br />
The range of profiles of the offered courses, <strong>and</strong> the enrolment places available to the c<strong>and</strong>idates<br />
are grow<strong>in</strong>g year by year. In the academic year of 2005/2006 16.5 thous<strong>and</strong> graduates<br />
left higher schools. In the subsequent academic year their number rose to 17.4 thous<strong>and</strong>.<br />
The enrolments for the year 2007/2008 beat the record with more than 90.6 thous<strong>and</strong> freshmen.<br />
See<strong>in</strong>g to their education is the academic staff of 5.2 thous<strong>and</strong> teachers.<br />
The evolv<strong>in</strong>g structure of the educational opportunities will have its impact on the future of<br />
the Metropolitan Area, particularly on its economy. Year after year we are gett<strong>in</strong>g more students<br />
who opt for the specialisations sought for <strong>in</strong> the market, that is eng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong> technical<br />
studies, architectural <strong>and</strong> construction profiles, fields related to <strong>in</strong>formation technology<br />
<strong>and</strong> environment protection. Economics <strong>and</strong> adm<strong>in</strong>istration cont<strong>in</strong>ue to be <strong>in</strong> high <strong>in</strong>terest.<br />
The grow<strong>in</strong>g number of students <strong>and</strong> the ever new needs with which the economy challenges<br />
the schools require steady development of the academic <strong>and</strong> research base. Hence the<br />
efforts of both public <strong>and</strong> non-public schools to exp<strong>and</strong> their educational ‘hardware’. The<br />
effects can be evidenced most clearly on the example of three top universities of the Gdańsk<br />
Metropolitan Area. The Gdańsk University of Technology has acquired modern facilities now<br />
hous<strong>in</strong>g the Management <strong>and</strong> ETI departments. The University of Gdańsk is steadily cont<strong>in</strong>u<strong>in</strong>g<br />
its massive project of exp<strong>and</strong><strong>in</strong>g the university campus. In pursuance of a long-term<br />
<strong><strong>in</strong>vest</strong>ment programme the school has erected a new facility complex for the Faculty of Management<br />
<strong>in</strong> Sopot, the Ma<strong>in</strong> Library, the Faculty of Law <strong>and</strong> Adm<strong>in</strong>istration, the facilities<br />
hous<strong>in</strong>g the Faculty of Social Sciences (Psychology, Philosophy, Sociology, Journalism, Pedagogy,<br />
<strong>and</strong> Political Sciences), <strong>and</strong> the Institute of Geography <strong>in</strong> Gdańsk.<br />
The Metropolis is the important academic centre.<br />
Photo: City Hall of Gdańsk.<br />
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The exist<strong>in</strong>g facilities have been given a thorough revamp <strong>and</strong> modernisation.<br />
The educational <strong>in</strong>frastructure of the metropolis has further been enhanced with another<br />
major addition – the new Academic Centre of Invasive Medic<strong>in</strong>e, that is a cl<strong>in</strong>ical hospital<br />
which will not only treat patients, but also educate new specialists study<strong>in</strong>g at the Medical<br />
University of Gdańsk. The Academy of Music <strong>in</strong> Gdańsk, <strong>and</strong> the Academy of Physical Education<br />
<strong>and</strong> Sport have also enlarged their bases.<br />
Table 6. Students <strong>and</strong> graduates of higher schools <strong>in</strong> the metropolis.<br />
Schools of higher education<br />
No. of students,<br />
academic year<br />
2007/08<br />
No. of students,<br />
academic year<br />
2006/07<br />
In total 90 628 17 389<br />
Per 1000 <strong>in</strong>habitants 73 14<br />
University of Gdańsk 28 352 6245<br />
Gdańsk University of Technology 19 416 2487<br />
Higher School of Adm<strong>in</strong>istration <strong>and</strong> Bus<strong>in</strong>ess <strong>in</strong> Gdynia 2333 299<br />
Higher School of Tourism <strong>and</strong> Hotel Industry <strong>in</strong> Gdańsk 3829 908<br />
Higher School of Bank<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> Gdańsk 3196 571<br />
Medical University of Gdańsk 4827 973<br />
Gdynia Maritime University 6564 1397<br />
Academy of Physical Education <strong>and</strong> Sport <strong>in</strong> Gdańsk 4093 1084<br />
Academy of Music <strong>in</strong> Gdańsk 625 79<br />
Academy of F<strong>in</strong>e Arts <strong>in</strong> Gdańsk 826 206<br />
Higher School of International Economic <strong>and</strong> Political Relations<br />
<strong>in</strong> Gdynia<br />
422 21<br />
Gdańsk Higher School of Humanities 4339 1056<br />
Higher School of Management <strong>in</strong> Gdańsk 2352 332<br />
Higher School of F<strong>in</strong>ance <strong>and</strong> Accountancy <strong>in</strong> Sopot 1566 286<br />
Social-Economic Higher School <strong>in</strong> Gdańsk 433 130<br />
Higher School of F<strong>in</strong>ance <strong>and</strong> Adm<strong>in</strong>istration <strong>in</strong> Gdańsk 378 89<br />
Pomeranian Higher School of Humanities <strong>in</strong> Gdynia 1337 322<br />
European School of Hotel Management, Tourism, <strong>and</strong> Enterprise –<br />
School of Higher Education <strong>in</strong> Sopot<br />
968 216<br />
Gdańsk Higher School of Adm<strong>in</strong>istration 1052 249<br />
Higher School of Social Communication <strong>in</strong> Gdynia 427 88<br />
„ATENEUM” Higher School <strong>in</strong> Gdańsk 2499 264<br />
Kashubian-Pomeranian School of Higher Education <strong>in</strong><br />
Wejherowo*)<br />
794 87<br />
Source: Review of the Social <strong>and</strong> Economic Situation <strong>in</strong> Gdańsk, 2007, <strong>and</strong> the Regional Databank:<br />
Central Statistical Office, 2007.<br />
*) Regional Databank: Central Statistical Office, 2007.<br />
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Table 7. Students <strong>and</strong> graduates <strong>in</strong> the metropolis, by types of university-level schools.<br />
School of higher<br />
education<br />
Students,<br />
academic year<br />
2006/2007 (%)<br />
Graduates,<br />
academic year<br />
2005/2006 (%)<br />
Economics <strong>and</strong> adm<strong>in</strong>istration 22.59 22.83<br />
Social sciences 15.22 14.93<br />
Pedagogy 12.09 18.34<br />
Eng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong> technology 11.07 8.11<br />
Services 7.31 8.39<br />
Medic<strong>in</strong>e 5.75 5.75<br />
Humanities 5.60 6.02<br />
Information technology 4.42 3.41<br />
Architecture <strong>and</strong> construction 4.08 2.81<br />
Law 3.26 2.20<br />
Physics 1.86 1.23<br />
Transport services 1.55 1.43<br />
Biology 1.49 1.93<br />
Art 1.47 1.24<br />
Environment protection 1.25 0.66<br />
Manufactur<strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong> process<strong>in</strong>g 0.53 0.55<br />
Journalism <strong>and</strong> <strong>in</strong>formation 0.47 0.17<br />
Source: Regional Databank, Central Statistical Office, 2007.<br />
In anticipation of the needs of the students to come, university schools <strong><strong>in</strong>vest</strong> <strong>in</strong> the development of their<br />
educational base.<br />
Photo: Tomasz Hutel<br />
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New facilities hous<strong>in</strong>g of the Faculty of Social Sciences.<br />
Photo: Tomasz Hutel<br />
Photo: Tomasz Hutel
Numerous scientific <strong>and</strong> research <strong>in</strong>stitutes also contribute to the academic, scientific<br />
<strong>and</strong> developmental potential of the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area.<br />
The Metropolis is home to the follow<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>stitutes:<br />
• <strong>in</strong>stitutes of science <strong>and</strong> research of the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN),<br />
• Institute of Fluid-Flow Mach<strong>in</strong>ery,<br />
• Institute of Hydraulic Eng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>g Construction,<br />
• Institute of Mathematics,<br />
• Institute of Oceanology,<br />
• Other state <strong>in</strong>stitutes <strong>and</strong> R&D entities:<br />
– Sea Fish<strong>in</strong>g Institute <strong>in</strong> Gdynia,<br />
– Maritime Institute <strong>in</strong> Gdańsk,<br />
The number of students <strong>and</strong> graduates of tele<strong>in</strong>formation-related courses is grow<strong>in</strong>g by the years.<br />
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– Ship Design <strong>and</strong> Research Centre <strong>in</strong> Gdańsk,<br />
– Ship Design <strong>and</strong> Research Centre, Centre of Maritime Technologies <strong>in</strong> Gdynia,<br />
– State Institute of Geology – Sea Geology Department,<br />
– Institute of Power Eng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>g, Gdańsk Division,<br />
– Electro-technical Institute, Gdańsk Division,<br />
– Telecommunications Research Institute, Gdańsk Division,<br />
• Other units:<br />
– Laser Technology Centre,<br />
– European Centre for Technology Transfer <strong>and</strong> Innovation,<br />
– Ecobaltic Foundation,<br />
– Institute for Market Economics.<br />
Photo: Griszka Niewiadomski<br />
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Young <strong>and</strong> qualified<br />
The strength of the metropolitan labour market is largely due to the highly advantageous<br />
economic structure of the population. Nearly two thirds of the <strong>in</strong>habitants (about<br />
780 thous<strong>and</strong> people) are <strong>in</strong> their production age. Their knowledge <strong>and</strong> experience serve<br />
the employers already operat<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> the Metropolitan Area, <strong>and</strong> the new <strong><strong>in</strong>vest</strong>ors<br />
enter<strong>in</strong>g the market. The prospects for the future look good consider<strong>in</strong>g a high share<br />
of the pre-production population, especially <strong>in</strong> the poviats neighbour<strong>in</strong>g on the heart<br />
of the Metropolis.<br />
Graph 8. Economic structure of the population.<br />
POVIAT<br />
Gdańsk City<br />
Gdynia<br />
Sopot<br />
Puck<br />
Wejherowo<br />
Kartuzy<br />
Poviat of Gdańsk<br />
Nowy Dwór<br />
12,7<br />
11,8<br />
11,6<br />
11,2<br />
11,0<br />
13,2<br />
16,4<br />
18,0<br />
16,7<br />
18,3<br />
23,8<br />
24,1<br />
24,2<br />
23,2<br />
21,9<br />
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70<br />
pre-production age production age post-production age<br />
Source: Own study based on the CSO data, as at 31 March 2008.<br />
Many highly qualified specialists work <strong>in</strong> the region.<br />
27,4<br />
61,4<br />
65,6<br />
65,0<br />
63,5<br />
64,1<br />
64,2<br />
65,8<br />
64,9<br />
Photo: Elena Buetler<br />
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The metropolitan labour market offers many opportunities for professional development.<br />
Swift economic development translates to the low level of registered unemployment<br />
<strong>in</strong> the Metropolitan Area. This is particularly true of the most heavily <strong>in</strong>dustrialised centre<br />
<strong>and</strong> the adjacent poviats, the latter both the source of labour for large employers,<br />
<strong>and</strong> an ever more attractive location for new <strong><strong>in</strong>vest</strong>ments.<br />
Graph 9. Registered unemployment <strong>in</strong> 2008.<br />
POVIAT<br />
Gdańsk City<br />
Gdynia<br />
Sopot<br />
Puck<br />
Wejherowo<br />
Kartuzy<br />
Poviat of Gdańsk<br />
Nowy Dwór<br />
Metropolitan<br />
Area (total)<br />
1,8%<br />
1,6%<br />
2,5%<br />
4,0%<br />
6,7%<br />
8,4%<br />
8,7%<br />
10,9%<br />
0,00% 5,00% 10,00% 15,00% 20,00% 25,00%<br />
Source: Own study based on the data from the Statistical Office <strong>in</strong> Gdańsk, as at 30 June 2008.<br />
22,0%<br />
Photo: City Hall of Gdańsk / Przemysław Rot<br />
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Graph 10. Unemployment structure <strong>in</strong> the metropolitan area, by education, 2008.<br />
Junior high <strong>and</strong> lower<br />
27,85%<br />
Basic vocational<br />
24,99%<br />
Source: Own study based on the data from the Statistical Office <strong>in</strong> Gdańsk, 2008.<br />
The dem<strong>and</strong> for highly qualified specialists translates to the level of the average salaries<br />
<strong>in</strong> the metropolitan area. The pay earned <strong>in</strong> the centre of the metropolis is much above<br />
the national average. Thanks to convenient transport l<strong>in</strong>ks, employers can hire labour<br />
from those areas <strong>in</strong> the Metropolitan Area, where the average earn<strong>in</strong>gs are lower.<br />
Table 8. Average gross remuneration per month, 2007.<br />
Poviat Total<br />
Average gross remuneration per<br />
month vs. national average<br />
(Pol<strong>and</strong> = 100)<br />
Gdańsk City 3473.08 121.2<br />
Gdynia 3198.33 111.6<br />
Sopot 3286.43 114.7<br />
Puck 2403.82 83.9<br />
Wejherowo 2492.52 87.0<br />
Kartuzy 2295.23 80.1<br />
Poviat of Gdańsk 2612.77 91.2<br />
Nowy Dwór 2238.76 78.1<br />
Source: Own study based on the CSO data.<br />
Higher<br />
10,85%<br />
Secondary vocational<br />
24,27%<br />
Secondary general profile<br />
12,03%<br />
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The labour market of the Metropolitan Area reports a grow<strong>in</strong>g dem<strong>and</strong> for new technology staff.<br />
Photo: Gokhan Okur
Table 9. Average gross remuneration per month <strong>in</strong> 2007, by <strong>in</strong>dustries <strong>and</strong> largest cities <strong>in</strong> Pol<strong>and</strong> (PLN).<br />
Industry / City Warsaw Gdańsk Cracow Katowice Poznań Wrocław Łódź<br />
Manufactur<strong>in</strong>g 4035.39 3926.67 3415.72 4329.04 3729.24 3381.74 2540.51<br />
Construction <strong>in</strong>dustry 4641.06 3604.28 3017.74 3076.04 3377.21 3290.56 2849.91<br />
Trade <strong>and</strong> repairs 3879.62 3290.04 2399.57 2923.06 2885.11 2723.85 2605.32<br />
Hotels <strong>and</strong> restaurants 2573.18 2190.10 1968.58 1571.56 2224.80 2256.45 1807.20<br />
Transport, storage, communication 3426.83 3758.47 3258.35 2679.44 2820.74 3675.20 2642.83<br />
Source: Review of the Social <strong>and</strong> Economic Situation <strong>in</strong> Gdańsk, 2007.<br />
Alongside professional qualifications, employers, especially <strong><strong>in</strong>vest</strong>ors from abroad, pay<br />
much attention to the comm<strong>and</strong> of foreign languages among job c<strong>and</strong>idates. Under<br />
the Polish educational system compulsory English is <strong>in</strong>troduced as early as <strong>in</strong> grade one<br />
of primary school <strong>and</strong> typically cont<strong>in</strong>ues until university graduation. Many students<br />
of primary, secondary, <strong>and</strong> tertiary level schools, as well as university graduates attend<br />
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more than one foreign language course – the other language typically be<strong>in</strong>g German,<br />
Spanish, French, Italian, or Swedish. A network of privately owned language schools<br />
which offer courses start<strong>in</strong>g from the elementary level of general language, up to specialist<br />
courses <strong>in</strong> area-oriented term<strong>in</strong>ology, e.g. technical, legal, or bus<strong>in</strong>ess, makes access<br />
to language tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g easy.<br />
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ENTREPRENEURIAL AND AMBITIOUS<br />
Table 10. Entities of the national economy, entered <strong>in</strong> the REGON register, operat<strong>in</strong>g from<br />
the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area.<br />
Poviat<br />
Total,<br />
<strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g:<br />
Commercial<br />
companies<br />
Co-operatives Proprietary<br />
bus<strong>in</strong>esses<br />
Gdańsk City 59 076 7566 319 39 782<br />
Gdynia 32 104 4024 97 23 213<br />
Sopot 7599 1288 36 4334<br />
Poviat of Gdańsk 9271 723 43 7274<br />
Kartuzy 8910 506 30 7235<br />
Nowy Dwór 3611 115 19 2916<br />
Puck 7857 359 36 6336<br />
Wejherowo 16 532 903 56 13 462<br />
TOTAL 144 960 15484 636 104 552<br />
Source: Own study based on the CSO data.<br />
Almost 145 thous<strong>and</strong> entities of the national economy entered <strong>in</strong> the REGON system<br />
operate from the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area. A vast majority, that is more than 104 thous<strong>and</strong>,<br />
represent bus<strong>in</strong>esses owned by natural persons who have taken their chances<br />
start<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>dependent bus<strong>in</strong>esses. The metropolis has been chosen domicile by over<br />
15 thous<strong>and</strong> equity-based companies, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g listed jo<strong>in</strong>t stock companies.<br />
Here are the companies based <strong>in</strong> the Gdańsk Metropolis, quoted on the Warsaw Stock<br />
Exchange:<br />
• ATLANTA POLAND S.A.<br />
• BEST S.A.<br />
• PRZEDSIĘBIORSTWO PRODUKCYJNO-HANDLOWE BOMI S.A.<br />
• CENTROSTAL S.A.<br />
• EUROTEL S.A.<br />
• FOTA S.A.<br />
• GRAAL S.A.<br />
• GRUPA LOTOS S.A.<br />
• LPP S.A.<br />
• MERCOR S.A.<br />
• MULTIMEDIA POLSKA S.A.<br />
• NORDEA BANK POLSKA S.A.<br />
• PETROLINVEST S.A.<br />
• POLNORD S.A.<br />
• PROCAD S.A.<br />
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• TOWARZYSTWO FINANSOWE SPÓŁDZIELCZYCH KAS OSZCZĘDNOŚCIOWO-KREDY-<br />
TOWYCH S.A.<br />
• SWISSMED CENTRUM ZDROWIA S.A.<br />
• WILBO S.A.<br />
The several dozen top companies generat<strong>in</strong>g the highest <strong>in</strong>come on sales <strong>and</strong> profits,<br />
whose taxes feed e.g. the local governmental budgets, are of key importance to the economy<br />
of the region <strong>and</strong> metropolis. The same entities belong to the largest employers<br />
<strong>in</strong> the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area.<br />
Almost 145 thous<strong>and</strong>s bus<strong>in</strong>esses operate <strong>in</strong> the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area.<br />
Photo: Dynamic Graphics Inc.<br />
Atlas of the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area
Economic Potential of the Metropolitan Area<br />
Table 11. The top companies of the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area <strong>in</strong> terms of <strong>in</strong>come on sales, 2007 (PLN TH.)<br />
Company name Location Income Description<br />
Lotos S.A. Capital Group Gdańsk 13 125 123 Fuel concern, second <strong>in</strong> Pol<strong>and</strong><br />
Energa Power Generation Concern S.A. Gdańsk 7 224 000 Largest power distributor <strong>in</strong> Pol<strong>and</strong><br />
Elnord Capital Group S.A. Gdańsk 3 682 022 Intermediary <strong>in</strong> power trade, active on domestic <strong>and</strong> <strong>in</strong>ternational market<br />
Gdańsk Ship Repair Yard Capital Group S.A. Gdańsk 1 794 941 Largest Polish repair yard, one of five largest <strong>in</strong> the world<br />
GE Money Bank S.A. Gdańsk 1 639 200 One of the largest banks <strong>in</strong> Pol<strong>and</strong><br />
LPP S.A. Gdańsk 1 274 322 One of the largest firms of light <strong>in</strong>dustry <strong>in</strong> Pol<strong>and</strong><br />
Gdynia Shipyard S.A. Gdynia 1 040 987 Largest European ship-build<strong>in</strong>g yard <strong>in</strong> terms of production volume<br />
Fota S.A. Gdynia 595 405 Distributor of spare parts for cars <strong>and</strong> trucks. Company runs cha<strong>in</strong> of <strong>in</strong>dependent service outlets Leader Service <strong>and</strong> Leader Service Truck<br />
Orlen Morena sp. z o.o. Gdańsk 595 303 Regional market operator for the largest polish fuel concern -PKN Orlen SA<br />
PPH Bomi S.A. Gdynia 488 858 Delicatessen cha<strong>in</strong>s operat<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> Pol<strong>and</strong><br />
Jysk sp. z o.o. Gdańsk 479 554 Distributor of furniture <strong>and</strong> home appliances<br />
Centrostal Gdańsk Capital Group S.A. Gdańsk 444 990 Distributor of steel products, largest <strong>in</strong> Pomeranian region<br />
Balex Metal Capital Group sp. z o.o. Bolszewo 443 860 Producer of steel build<strong>in</strong>g materials <strong>in</strong> Pol<strong>and</strong><br />
Wybrzeże Power <strong>and</strong> Heat Generators S.A. Gdańsk 423 185 Electricity <strong>and</strong> heat generator<br />
Multimedia Polska Capital Group S.A. Gdynia 419 497 Telecommunication operator<br />
Rabat Pomorze Capital Group S.A. Pruszcz Gdański 358 884 Company support<strong>in</strong>g local, <strong>in</strong>dependent traditional shops<br />
Porta KMI Pol<strong>and</strong> sp. z o.o. Bolszewo 348 160 Door-manufactur<strong>in</strong>g company<br />
Analda Żywiec Trade sp. z o.o. Gdynia 337 917 Distributor of beer <strong>and</strong> beverages<br />
Graal Capital Group S.A. Wejherowo 336 271 Largest national producer of fish <strong>and</strong> meat preserves<br />
Port of Gdynia Authorities Capital Group S.A. Gdynia 322 509 Public company manag<strong>in</strong>g the port <strong>in</strong> Gdynia<br />
Fosfory GZNF Capital Group sp. z o.o. Gdańsk 312 596 Products <strong>and</strong> services for the agricultural <strong>and</strong> chemical sector<br />
Petrobaltic S.A. Gdańsk 310 024 Exploration <strong>and</strong> m<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g of petroleum <strong>and</strong> gas deposits<br />
Gdańsk Shipyard S.A. Gdańsk 308 823 Ship-build<strong>in</strong>g yard<br />
NDI Capital Group S.A. Sopot 294 417 Real estate <strong><strong>in</strong>vest</strong>ments<br />
Mercor Capital Group S.A. Gdańsk 293 379 Passive fire-safety systems<br />
Polbruk S.A. Gdańsk 283 279 Producer of build<strong>in</strong>g materials<br />
Source: Own study based on the ‘Top 500’ rank<strong>in</strong>g of the Rzeczpospolita Daily of 29 April 2008, <strong>and</strong> the respective corporate websites.<br />
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FOREIGN INVESTMENTS<br />
The metropolis, characterised by swift social <strong>and</strong> economic development, is ga<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> attractiveness<br />
<strong>in</strong> the eyes of foreign <strong><strong>in</strong>vest</strong>ors who perceive it as an advantageous location<br />
for various k<strong>in</strong>ds of bus<strong>in</strong>ess ventures. The <strong>in</strong>flow of foreign <strong><strong>in</strong>vest</strong>ments has accelerated<br />
ever s<strong>in</strong>ce Pol<strong>and</strong> jo<strong>in</strong>ed the European Union.<br />
The improv<strong>in</strong>g transport, rapidly develop<strong>in</strong>g home build<strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong> the commercial property<br />
market, qualified human resources, attractive l<strong>and</strong> available for <strong><strong>in</strong>vest</strong>ments, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g<br />
estates subject to the regulations on special economic zones, proximity of higher schools<br />
<strong>and</strong> the research base – these are but the ma<strong>in</strong> factors which <strong>in</strong>duce <strong><strong>in</strong>vest</strong>ors to engage<br />
their capital <strong>in</strong> this part of the world.<br />
The Metropolitan Area <strong>and</strong> the entire Pomeranian region rank among the top five locations<br />
<strong>in</strong> Pol<strong>and</strong> <strong>in</strong> terms of popularity among foreign <strong><strong>in</strong>vest</strong>ors. The Pomeranian voivodship<br />
is home to nearly 3.8 thous<strong>and</strong> bus<strong>in</strong>esses with foreign equity participation. The share<br />
of the region <strong>in</strong> the volume of direct foreign <strong><strong>in</strong>vest</strong>ments <strong>in</strong> Pol<strong>and</strong> st<strong>and</strong>s at about 13%.<br />
Table 12. Key foreign <strong><strong>in</strong>vest</strong>ments <strong>in</strong> the Metropolis <strong>and</strong> the Pomeranian region <strong>in</strong> selected<br />
economy sectors.<br />
Company name Location Parent company,<br />
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND THE ELECTROTECHNICAL INDUSTRY<br />
PHILIPS CEI SP. Z O.O. KWIDZYN* PHILIPS, THE NETHERLANDS<br />
FLEXTRONICS INTERNATIONAL<br />
POLAND SP. Z O.O.<br />
TCZEW* FLEXTRONICS, USA<br />
JABIL CIRCUIT POLAND SP. Z O.O. KWIDZYN* JABIL CIRCUIT, USA<br />
INTEL TECHNOLOGY POLAND SP. Z O.O. GDAŃSK INTEL, USA<br />
LUFTHANSA SYSTEMS POLAND SP. Z O.O. GDAŃSK LUFTHANSA, GERMANY<br />
GEMPLUS POLOGNE SP. Z O.O. TCZEW* GEMPLUS, FRANCE<br />
MOELLER ELECTRIC SP. Z O.O. GDAŃSK MOELLER, GERMANY<br />
HUBNER+SUHNER SP. Z O.O. TCZEW* HUBNER+SUHNER, SWITZERLAND<br />
MOLEX PREMISE NETWORKS SP. Z O.O. ROKITKI* MOLEX PREMISE NETWORKS, USA<br />
ALL TECH SP. Z O.O. KARTOSZYNO ALL TECH, USA<br />
COMPUWARE SP. Z O.O. GDAŃSK COMPUWARE, USA<br />
JEPPESEN (BOEING) GDAŃSK JEPPESEN INC. (BOEING), USA<br />
YOUNG DIGITAL PLANET GDAŃSK WS OY, FINLAND<br />
MARITIME ECONOMY<br />
DAMEN SHIPYARDS GDYNIA S.A. GDYNIA DAMEN SHIPYARDS GROUP, HOLLAND<br />
ALUSHIP TECHNOLOGY SP. Z O.O. GDAŃSK GERMANY<br />
STOCZNIA GDAŃSKA S.A. GDAŃSK ISD, UKRAINE<br />
SUN REEF JACHTS/HTEP POLSKA GDAŃSK HTEP, FRANCE<br />
VIK-SANDVIK POLAND LTD. GDYNIA VIK-SANDVIK AS, NORWAY<br />
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FINANCE<br />
STU ERGO HESTIA S.A. SOPOT MUNICH RE, GERMANY<br />
GE MONEY BANK S.A. GDAŃSK GE, USA<br />
NORDEA BANK POLSKA S.A. GDYNIA NORDEA, SWEDEN<br />
EUROPÄISCHE REISEVERSICHERUNG AG,<br />
POLISH BRANCH<br />
GDAŃSK<br />
EUROPÄISCHE REISEVERSICHERUNG<br />
AG, GERMANY<br />
MASTERLEASE,<br />
PRIME CAR MANAGEMENT S.A.<br />
GDAŃSK GMAIC, USA<br />
REUTERS – MACROECONOMIC DATA<br />
CENTER<br />
GDYNIA/GDAŃSK REUTERS, USA<br />
INDUSTRY<br />
AMHIL EUROPA SP. Z O.O. KARTOSZYNO AMHIL ENTERPRISES, CANADA<br />
BALEX METAL BOLSZEWO PLAST METAL, BELGIUM<br />
BERENDSEN TEXTILE SERVICE SP. Z O.O. ŻUKOWO SOPHUS BERENDSEN, DENMARK<br />
MBT METAL-TECH STRASZYN BENDIRO AB, SWEDEN<br />
CEMEX POLSKA, GDYNIA PLANT GDYNIA CEMEX, MEXICO<br />
DELLNER COUPLERS SP. Z O.O. GDYNIA DELLNER COUPLERS, SWEDEN<br />
DELPHI MECHATRONICS SYSTEM GDAŃSK USA<br />
DANFOSS LPM TUCHOM DENMARK<br />
POMERANIA SP. Z O.O. PLASTIC FACTORY KWIDZYN* PLASTIVALOIRE, FRANCE<br />
FLÜGGER GDAŃSK FLÜGGER A/S, DENMARK<br />
ECOL-UNICON GDAŃSK UNICON A/S, DENMARK<br />
FEDERAL-MOGUL BIMET S.A. GDAŃSK FEDERAL-MOGUL, USA<br />
FRANKE GASTOPOL SP. Z O.O. GDYNIA<br />
FRANKE FOODSERVICE SYSTEMS,<br />
GERMANY<br />
GFM KLOSE SP. Z O.O. GOŚCICINO KLOSE KOLLEKTION, GERMANY<br />
INTERNATIONAL PAPER KWIDZYN S.A. KWIDZYN* INTERNATIONAL PAPER, USA<br />
JOHANN KRAUSE POLSKA SP. Z O.O. GDAŃSK THYSSENKRUPP, GERMANY<br />
SMURFIT KAPPA GDAŃSK SP. Z O.O. PRUSZCZ GDAŃSKI KAPPA PACKAGING, HOLLAND<br />
KNAUF PACK SP. Z O.O. KWIDZYN* KNAUF SNC, FRANCE<br />
LEMAHIEU POLSKA SP. Z O.O. KWIDZYN* LEMAHIEU, BELGIUM<br />
NEFAB PACKAGING SP. Z O.O. TCZEW* NEFAB, SWEDEN<br />
PIPELIFE SP. Z O.O. KARTOSZYNO WIENERBERGER, AUSTRIA<br />
POLAND PAPER MAJOV SP. Z O.O. GDYNIA OPTIOPAJA OY, FINLAND<br />
POLCOVA SP. Z O.O. WEJHEROWO SPAIN<br />
SURUGA POLSKA SP. Z O.O. GDAŃSK SURUGA SEIKI, JAPAN<br />
TAPFLO SP. Z O.O. TCZEW* TAPFLO, SWEDEN<br />
TEKOSOM POLAND SP. Z O.O. ŻUKOWO TEKOSOM SVENSKA, SWEDEN<br />
Atlas of the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area
Economic Potential of the Metropolitan Area<br />
FOOD PROCESSING<br />
FARM FRITES POLAND SP. Z O.O.<br />
UNILEVER POLSKA S.A., ICE CREAM<br />
LĘBORK* FARM FRITES, AVIKO, HOLLAND<br />
AND FROZEN FOOD BRANCH, BANINO<br />
PLANT<br />
BANINO UNILEVER POLSKA S.A., HOLLAND/ UK<br />
COCA COLA HBC POLSKA SP. Z O.O. GDYNIA COCA COLA COMPANY, USA<br />
DR. OETKER POLSKA SP. Z O.O. GDAŃSK DR. OETKER, GERMANY<br />
GLENCORE POLSKA SP. Z O.O. GDAŃSK<br />
GLENCORE INTERNATIONAL,<br />
SWITZELRLAND<br />
BALTIC MALT SP. Z O.O. GDAŃSK<br />
FRIEDRICH WEISSHEIMER<br />
MALZFABRIK, GERMANY<br />
RIEBER FOODS POLSKA S.A. GNIEWINO* RIEBER & SON, NORWAY<br />
TAN-VIET INTERNATIONAL LTD SP.<br />
Z O.O.<br />
GDAŃSK VIET-NAM<br />
GDAŃSK'S MILLS AND GRANARIES<br />
DR. CORDESMEYER SP. Z O.O.<br />
GDAŃSK HEMELTER MUHLE, GERMANY<br />
CAFÉ SATI POLSKA SP. Z O.O. KWIDZYN* CAFÉ SATI, FRANCE<br />
SOBIESKI DISTILLERY S.A. STAROGARD GDAŃSKI* BELVEDERE S.A.<br />
UTILITIES – POWER, WATER, HEAT<br />
SAUR NEPTUN GDAŃSK S.A. GDAŃSK SAUR, FRANCE<br />
WYBRZEŻE POWER AND HEAT<br />
GENERATORS S.A.<br />
GDAŃSK EDF, GDF, FRANCE<br />
GDAŃSK DISTRICT HEATING<br />
ENTERPRISE SP. Z O.O.<br />
GDAŃSK STADTWERKE LEIPZIG, GERMANY<br />
BAŁTYK-GAZ SP. Z O.O. RUMIA<br />
PROPAN RHEINGAS, WESTFALEN,<br />
GERMANY<br />
DALKIA SOPOT SP. Z O.O. SOPOT STADTWERKE LEIPZIG, GERMANY<br />
PORT SERVICE SP. Z O.O. GDAŃSK BLUM, GERMANY<br />
THERMINVEST SP. Z O.O.<br />
BUILDING INDUSTRY<br />
GDAŃSK<br />
E.ON RUHRGAS INTERNATIONAL,<br />
GERMANY<br />
CEMEX POLSKA, PREMIXED<br />
CONCRETE PLANT<br />
GDAŃSK/GDYNIA CEMEX, MEXICO<br />
HYDROBUDOWA S.A. GDAŃSK NCC, SWEDEN<br />
POL-TARMAC S.A. GDYNIA ANGLO AMERICAN, UK<br />
SAINT-GOBAIN WEBER TERRANOVA<br />
SP. Z O.O.<br />
GDYNIA SAINT-GOBAIN, FRANCE<br />
SEMMELROCK STEIN + DESIGN GDYNIA<br />
SEMMELROCK INTERNATIONAL GMBH,<br />
AUSTRIA<br />
BE&K EUROPE SP. Z O.O. KWIDZYN* BE&K, USA<br />
HEMPEL POLAND SP. Z O.O. GDAŃSK HEMPEL, DENMARK<br />
LEIER MALBORK SP. Z O.O. MALBORK* MICHAEL LEIER, AUSTRIA<br />
WIENERBERGER LĘBORK LĘBORK* WIENERBERGER, AUSTRIA<br />
POLBRUK S.A. GDAŃSK CRH, IRELAND<br />
LSMW SP. Z O.O., POLISH BRANCH GDAŃSK M+W ZANDER, GERMANY<br />
* <strong><strong>in</strong>vest</strong>ment outside the Metropolitan Area<br />
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BPO AND SSC SERVICES<br />
ZENSAR TECHNOLOGIES GDAŃSK ZENSAR, INDIA<br />
KAINOS GDAŃSK KAINOS, IRELAND<br />
FIRST DATA CORPORATION GDAŃSK FIRST DATA CORPORATION, USA<br />
ARLA FOODS GDAŃSK ARLA FOODS, DENMARK<br />
TRNASCOM GDAŃSK TRANSCOM, USA<br />
GEOBAN GDAŃSK SANTANDER BANK, SPAIN<br />
ACXIOM<br />
TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS<br />
GDAŃSK ACXIOM INC., USA<br />
PANATTONI POLSKA GDAŃSK<br />
PANATTONI DEVELOPMENT COMPANY,<br />
USA<br />
BALTIC CONTAINER TERMINAL SP. Z O.O. GDYNIA ICTS, PHILIPINES<br />
GDYNIA CONTAINER TERMINAL SP. Z O.O. GDYNIA<br />
HUTCHISON PORT HOLDINGS, HONG<br />
KONG<br />
DEEPWATER CONTAINER TERMINAL<br />
GDANSK S.A.<br />
GDAŃSK UK / AUSTRALIA<br />
BALTIC AUTO CENTER SP. Z O.O. GDYNIA JAPAN<br />
STENA LINE POLSKA SP. Z O.O. GDYNIA STENA LINE, SWEDEN<br />
KAPENA S.A. SŁUPSK CACCIAMALI SPA, ITALY<br />
PROLOGIS PARK GDAŃSK GDAŃSK PROLOGIS INC., USA<br />
SÜD-CHEMIE POLSKA GDAŃSK SÜD-CHEMIE AG, GERMANY<br />
NORD CAPE MINERALS POLSKA GDAŃSK NORD CAPE MINERALS, NORWAY<br />
GASPOL S.A. GDAŃSK SHVGas, HOLLAND<br />
SEA INVEST POLSKA GDAŃSK SEA INVEST, BELGIUM<br />
VEOLIA TRANSPORT POMORZE SP. Z O.O. GDYNIA VEOLIA ENVIRONMENT, FRANCE<br />
Source: Memor<strong>and</strong>um of the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area, Gdańsk Academy of Bank<strong>in</strong>g, Institute for Market<br />
Economics, Gdańsk 2007, plus other own <strong>in</strong>formation.
Operators of the lead<strong>in</strong>g European cha<strong>in</strong> stores also f<strong>in</strong>d the Metropolis attractive.<br />
In the heart of the Metropolitan Area alone there are over 40 large-floor-surface shopp<strong>in</strong>g<br />
centres <strong>and</strong> hypermarkets owned <strong>and</strong> managed by such operators <strong>and</strong> cha<strong>in</strong> traders as:<br />
APSYS (France), AUCHAN / LEROY MERLIN (Auchan Group, France), ECE Projektmanagement<br />
(Germany), E.Leclerc (France), Carrefour (France), Castorama (United K<strong>in</strong>gdom),<br />
TESCO (UK), REAL/Praktiker/Media Markt (Metro Group, Germany), Obi (Germany), <strong>and</strong><br />
IKEA (Sweden). The trad<strong>in</strong>g offer of the shopp<strong>in</strong>g centres is complemented by the supermarket<br />
cha<strong>in</strong> stores run by such operators as: Jeronimo Mart<strong>in</strong>s (Portugal, Biedronka<br />
cha<strong>in</strong> stores), Schwarz (Lidl cha<strong>in</strong> stores, Germany), Kaufl<strong>and</strong> (Kaufl<strong>and</strong>, Germany), <strong>and</strong><br />
Dansk Supermarked (Netto cha<strong>in</strong> stores, Denmark).<br />
Like a magnet, the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area attracts foreign <strong><strong>in</strong>vest</strong>ors who establish<br />
their ma<strong>in</strong> bus<strong>in</strong>ess offices <strong>and</strong> branches of their parent companies here. At the close<br />
of 2007 over 3 thous<strong>and</strong> equity-based companies with foreign equity participation had<br />
their operations based <strong>in</strong> the area.<br />
TOWARDS INNOVATIVE ECONOMY<br />
The Gdańsk Metropolitan Area <strong>and</strong> the whole voivodship are <strong>in</strong> the lead <strong>in</strong> Pol<strong>and</strong><br />
<strong>in</strong> terms of concentration of bus<strong>in</strong>esses represent<strong>in</strong>g the high technology sector. Their<br />
prevail<strong>in</strong>g l<strong>in</strong>es of bus<strong>in</strong>ess <strong>in</strong>clude the production of:<br />
• Electronic <strong>and</strong> telecommunication devices,<br />
• Industrial automation <strong>and</strong> mechanotronics,<br />
• Pharmaceuticals <strong>and</strong> derivative products,<br />
<strong>and</strong> services <strong>in</strong>:<br />
• Tele<strong>in</strong>formation,<br />
• System <strong>and</strong> database build<strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong> servic<strong>in</strong>g,<br />
• F<strong>in</strong>ance <strong>and</strong> account<strong>in</strong>g.<br />
The dynamic development of the high-tech sector is fed by the <strong>in</strong>flow of <strong><strong>in</strong>vest</strong>ments from<br />
<strong>in</strong>ternational concerns <strong>and</strong> Polish companies transferr<strong>in</strong>g their own know-how here. It is<br />
also the effect of the high level tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g offered by the schools of higher education which<br />
teach highly specialised <strong>and</strong> professional staff.<br />
Companies of the type <strong>in</strong>clude e.g.: Intel Technology Pol<strong>and</strong>, Flextronics International<br />
Pol<strong>and</strong>, Young Digital Planet, DGT, Gemplus, Polotne, or ZenSar technologies.<br />
The important elements perta<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g to the development of the knowledge-based economy<br />
<strong>in</strong>clude centres of excellence. The centres group academic <strong>and</strong> research units conduct<strong>in</strong>g<br />
research at the top world level, solv<strong>in</strong>g technical <strong>and</strong> technological problems <strong>in</strong>dicated<br />
by the <strong>in</strong>dustry, offer<strong>in</strong>g tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong> education. The Metropolitan Area is home to an<br />
odd dozen Centres of Excellence <strong>and</strong> Centres of Competence.<br />
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Graph 11. Equity-based companies operat<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area <strong>in</strong> 2007.<br />
Gdańsk City<br />
Gdynia<br />
Sopot<br />
Poviat of Gdańsk<br />
Kartuzy<br />
Nowy Dwór<br />
Puck<br />
Wejherowo<br />
79<br />
96<br />
115<br />
144<br />
185<br />
231<br />
0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400<br />
Source: Own study based on the CSO data, as at 31 March 2008.<br />
Centres of Excellence <strong>and</strong> Centres of Competence <strong>in</strong> the Metropolitan Area.<br />
BALTDER Centre of Excellence for Baltic Development, Education <strong>and</strong> Research –<br />
University of Gdańsk,<br />
BioMoBil Centre of Excellence <strong>in</strong> Bio-Safety <strong>and</strong> Molecular Biomedic<strong>in</strong>e – University<br />
of Gdańsk,<br />
RECOURSE Research <strong>and</strong> Education Centre for Urban Socio-Economic Development –<br />
University of Gdańsk,<br />
COCISA Centre of Competence <strong>in</strong> Internet Security Area – University of Gdańsk,<br />
CEEAM Centre of Excellence <strong>in</strong> Environmental Analysis <strong>and</strong> Monitor<strong>in</strong>g – Gdańsk<br />
University of Technology,<br />
CURE Centre for Urban Construction <strong>and</strong> Rehabilitation: Technology Transfer, Research<br />
<strong>and</strong> Education – Gdańsk University of Technology,<br />
CEMET Centre of Medical Technologies – Gdańsk University of Technology,<br />
CLEANERPAS Centre for Clean <strong>and</strong> Safe Technologies <strong>in</strong> Power Eng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>g – Institute of<br />
Fluid-Flow Mach<strong>in</strong>ery, PAS,<br />
CeSSS Centre for Shelf Seas Science – Institute of Oceanology, PAS – Sopot,<br />
CEM Centre for Environmental Eng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong> Mechanics<br />
– Institute of Hydroeng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>g, PAS – Gdańsk,<br />
CREM Centre of Research <strong>and</strong> Education <strong>in</strong> Medic<strong>in</strong>al Chemistry / Biotechnology<br />
– Gdańsk University of Technology – Gdańsk<br />
863<br />
1306<br />
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Economic Potential of the Metropolitan Area<br />
CEMTAR Competence Centre for Mar<strong>in</strong>e Technology Applied Research – Mar<strong>in</strong>e<br />
Technology Centre – Gdańsk,<br />
POLMARF Polish Mar<strong>in</strong>e Fishery Science Centre – Sea Fisheries Institute – Gdynia.<br />
Source: Memor<strong>and</strong>um of the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area, Gdańsk Academy of Bank<strong>in</strong>g, Institute for Market<br />
Economics, Gdańsk 2007.<br />
Pomeranian Special Economic Zone<br />
The Pomeranian Special Economic Zone (PSSE) is made up of seventeen <strong><strong>in</strong>vest</strong>ment<br />
sub-zones spread over three voivodships: Pomeranian (448.3 ha), Kuyavian-Pomeranian<br />
(463.93 ha), <strong>and</strong> West Pomeranian (150 ha). The manag<strong>in</strong>g company, Pomeranian Special<br />
Economic Zone sp. z o.o., has its head office <strong>in</strong> Sopot.<br />
The entrepreneurs operat<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> the zone under the permit licence, are eligible for <strong>in</strong>come tax<br />
exemption with respect to specific <strong><strong>in</strong>vest</strong>ment expenditure <strong>and</strong> the employment level.<br />
Pomeranian Special Economic Zone sp. z o.o.<br />
ul. Władysława IV 9, 81-703 Sopot<br />
tel.: (+48 58) 555 97 00, fax: (+48 58) 555 97 11, e-mail: market<strong>in</strong>g@strefa.gda.pl<br />
Alongside l<strong>and</strong> available for <strong><strong>in</strong>vest</strong>ments, the Pomeranian Special Economic Zone offers a modern park<br />
of science <strong>and</strong> technology.<br />
Photo: Gdańsk Science <strong>and</strong> Technology Park<br />
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The special economic zone plus two parks of science <strong>and</strong> technology, <strong>in</strong> Gdańsk <strong>and</strong><br />
Gdynia serve as a tool employed to support <strong>and</strong> develop bus<strong>in</strong>esses of the high-tech<br />
sector <strong>in</strong> the metropolis.<br />
Tabela 13. Locations of The Pomeranian Special Ecomomic Zone <strong>in</strong> 2008.<br />
Sub-Zone Location Aggregate area<br />
ŻARNOWIEC<br />
Kartoszyno, commune of Krokowa, poviat of Puck; commune<br />
of Gniew<strong>in</strong>o, poviat of Wejherowo<br />
105.33 ha<br />
CZATKOWY urban commune of Tczew, poviat of Tczew 63.70 ha<br />
ROKITKI<br />
urban commune of Tczew <strong>and</strong> rural commune of Tczew,<br />
poviat of Tczew<br />
38.96 ha<br />
KWIDZYN urban commune of Kwidzyn, poviat of Kwidzyn 65.79 ha<br />
STAROGARD GDAŃSKI<br />
urban commune of Starogard Gdański, poviat of Starogard<br />
Gdański<br />
urban commune of Malbork (post-<strong>in</strong>dustrial estates), poviat<br />
59.64 ha<br />
MALBORK<br />
of Malbork, neighbour<strong>in</strong>g on national road No. 55, possible<br />
use of the river harbour on the Nogat, <strong>and</strong> a railway sid<strong>in</strong>g)<br />
8.16 ha<br />
CZŁUCHÓW (RYCHNOWY)<br />
rural commune of Człuchów (5 km from Człuchów), poviat of<br />
Człuchów, on national road No. 22<br />
15 ha<br />
CHOJNICE<br />
rural commune of Chojnice, poviat of Chojnice, on national<br />
road No. 22<br />
15.31 ha<br />
SZTUM<br />
town <strong>and</strong> commune of Sztum, poviat of Sztum, on national<br />
road No. 55<br />
12.47 ha<br />
GDAŃSK KLUKOWO city of Gdańsk, near the Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport 12.44 ha<br />
REGIONAL PSEZ PARK IN<br />
GDAŃSK KOKOSZKI<br />
city of Gdańsk, near the Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport 46.12 ha<br />
GDAŃSK SCIENCE AND<br />
TECHNOLOGY PARK<br />
city of Gdańsk, <strong>in</strong> the vic<strong>in</strong>ity of the Gdańsk University of<br />
Technology, University of Gdańsk, <strong>and</strong> the Medical University<br />
of Gdańsk<br />
Source: Own study based on the data of the Pomeranian Special Economic Zone, 2008.<br />
2.60 ha<br />
ŁYSOMICE – CRYSTAL<br />
PARK<br />
Ostaszewo, commune of Łysomice, poviat of Toruń 177.61 ha<br />
BARCIN commune of Barc<strong>in</strong>, poviat of Żn<strong>in</strong> 100.00 ha<br />
ŚWIECIE town of Świecie 166 ha<br />
REGIONAL PSEZ PARK IN<br />
GRUDZIĄDZ<br />
town of Grudziądz, near the A1 motorway <strong>in</strong> construction 115.91 ha<br />
STARGARD SZCZECIŃSKI town of Stargard Szczeciński 100.00 ha<br />
REGIONAL PSEZ PARK IN<br />
STARGARD SZCZECIŃSKI<br />
town of Stargard Szczeciński 50.00 ha
Pomeranian Science <strong>and</strong> Technology Park<br />
The Pomeranian Science <strong>and</strong> Technology Park <strong>in</strong> Gdynia was first launched <strong>in</strong> 2001<br />
on jo<strong>in</strong>t <strong>in</strong>itiative of the Pomeranian Centre of Technology <strong>and</strong> the city authorities<br />
of Gdynia. The PSTP is currently under the management of the City of Gdynia’s budgetary<br />
unit – Gdynia Innovation Centre. S<strong>in</strong>ce 2004 the PSTP structure has <strong>in</strong>cluded the<br />
Pomeranian Innovation <strong>and</strong> Entrepreneurship Incubator cluster<strong>in</strong>g young bus<strong>in</strong>esses<br />
represent<strong>in</strong>g the high-tech sector. Today, the PSTP serves as the location of about<br />
70 <strong>in</strong>novative bus<strong>in</strong>esses. The purpose of the PSTP is to create conditions conducive<br />
to the pursuance of projects based on advanced technologies <strong>in</strong> the areas of:<br />
• biotechnology <strong>and</strong> environment protection, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g an implementation laboratory.<br />
• the <strong>in</strong>formation technology module,<br />
• <strong>in</strong>dustrial design,<br />
• conference <strong>and</strong> exhibition space.<br />
APLA<br />
Pomeranian Science <strong>and</strong> Technology Park<br />
Al. Zwycięstwa 96/98, 81-451 Gdynia<br />
tel.: (+48 58) 735 11 40/41, fax: (+48 58) 622 55 88<br />
e-mail: ppnt@ppnt.gdynia.pl, www.ppnt.gdynia.pl<br />
Gdańsk Science <strong>and</strong> Technology Park<br />
The Park is a jo<strong>in</strong>t project launched by the Pomeranian Special Economic Zone sp. z o.o.,<br />
the Local Government of the Pomeranian Voivodship, the City of Gdańsk, <strong>and</strong> the Gdańsk<br />
University of Technology. GSTP offers the best conditions for the location of R&D laboratories<br />
<strong>and</strong> high-tech bus<strong>in</strong>esses <strong>in</strong> such areas as:<br />
• <strong>in</strong>formation <strong>and</strong> telecommunication technologies,<br />
• functional materials <strong>and</strong> nanotechnologies,<br />
• environment protection,<br />
• biotechnology, food <strong>and</strong> medic<strong>in</strong>al chemistry.<br />
The area of the Gdańsk Science <strong>and</strong> Technology Park has been given the status of a special<br />
economic zone. Today, the office <strong>and</strong> production facility complex located <strong>in</strong> close<br />
vic<strong>in</strong>ity of the Gdańsk University of Technology <strong>and</strong> the Medical University of Gdańsk<br />
is home to several dozen bus<strong>in</strong>esses of the high-tech sector, the Gdańsk Construction<br />
Cluster, <strong>and</strong> an <strong>in</strong>cubator of technological bus<strong>in</strong>esses. Ultimately, after yet another stage<br />
<strong>in</strong> the development of the GSTP <strong>in</strong>frastructure, the Park will house the ma<strong>in</strong> offices<br />
of the Baltic Centre of Biotechnology <strong>and</strong> Innovative Diagnostics formed jo<strong>in</strong>tly by three<br />
largest universities <strong>in</strong> the region: the Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk University<br />
of Technology, <strong>and</strong> the University of Gdańsk, as well as the Baltic Eco-Energy Cluster.<br />
Gdańsk Science <strong>and</strong> Technology Park<br />
ul. Trzy Lipy 3, 80-172 Gdańsk<br />
tel.: (+48 58) 306 35 31<br />
email: office@gpnt.pl, www.strefa.gda.pl<br />
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The Metropolis puts stake on biotechnology.<br />
Photo: Jean Scheijen<br />
Atlas of the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area
Green Light<br />
for Real Property<br />
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HOUSING AND COMMERCIAL SPACE<br />
The Gdańsk Metropolitan Area is one of the most attractive places to live <strong>in</strong> Pol<strong>and</strong>.<br />
Proximity of the sea, varied terra<strong>in</strong>, the Tri-City L<strong>and</strong>scape Park on the verge of the very<br />
heart of the metropolis, the peace <strong>and</strong> charm of the Kashubian towns, the magnificent<br />
architecture represent<strong>in</strong>g a cross-section of the historic epochs – from Gdańsk with its<br />
Mediaeval orig<strong>in</strong>s, through the modernist Gdynia, to the F<strong>in</strong> de Siecle Sopot – all these<br />
factors <strong>in</strong>spire a grow<strong>in</strong>g number of ambitious hous<strong>in</strong>g projects <strong>in</strong> the metropolis.<br />
Engaged <strong>in</strong> the field are private <strong><strong>in</strong>vest</strong>ors, cooperatives, social build<strong>in</strong>g societies, <strong>and</strong><br />
a score-or-so domestic <strong>and</strong> foreign developers.<br />
The year 2007 beat the record with more than 8.8 thous<strong>and</strong> new homes h<strong>and</strong>ed over for<br />
use <strong>in</strong> the Metropolitan Area. Simultaneously, another several score <strong><strong>in</strong>vest</strong>ment projects<br />
were under way on detached family homes (primarily <strong>in</strong> the suburban <strong>and</strong> rural neighbourhoods),<br />
multi-family hous<strong>in</strong>g, <strong>and</strong> apartment estates.<br />
Several dozen further projects proposed by domestic <strong>and</strong> foreign developers are currently<br />
<strong>in</strong> preparation or at the stage of plann<strong>in</strong>g.<br />
The Gdańsk Metropolitan Area cont<strong>in</strong>ues to abound <strong>in</strong> l<strong>and</strong> (publicly <strong>and</strong> privately<br />
owned) available for subsequent <strong><strong>in</strong>vest</strong>ments <strong>in</strong> hous<strong>in</strong>g, commercial office <strong>and</strong> shopp<strong>in</strong>g<br />
space, recreational facilities, etc.<br />
Availability of office space fitted with modern telecommunication <strong>in</strong>frastructure is a major<br />
factor stimulat<strong>in</strong>g development of the economy, particularly the knowledge-based<br />
bus<strong>in</strong>ess. Availability of such space is particularly important <strong>in</strong> the central part of the metropolis,<br />
i.e. Gdańsk, Gdynia, <strong>and</strong> Sopot. The offer <strong>in</strong> the heart of the Metropolitan Area<br />
comprises over 30 sites provid<strong>in</strong>g office space classes A <strong>and</strong> B, all totall<strong>in</strong>g more than<br />
260 thous<strong>and</strong> sq. m. with the usable floor space of almost 150 thous<strong>and</strong> sq. m.<br />
Graph 12. Flats h<strong>and</strong>ed over for use <strong>in</strong> 2007.<br />
Gdańsk City<br />
Gdynia<br />
Sopot<br />
Poviat of Gdańsk<br />
Poviat of Kartuzy<br />
Poviat of Nowy Dwór<br />
Poviat of Puck<br />
Poviat of Wejherowo<br />
159<br />
220<br />
353<br />
737<br />
0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500<br />
Source: Own study based on the CSO data.<br />
1151<br />
1256<br />
1576<br />
3295<br />
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Investments <strong>in</strong> modern office space have <strong>in</strong>tensified substantially over the last two years.<br />
Well advanced are the construction works on two modern office compounds <strong>in</strong> Gdańsk<br />
<strong>and</strong> Gdynia, which together will offer the total of over 50 thous<strong>and</strong> sq. m. A dozen-or-so<br />
other projects of the same type, all add<strong>in</strong>g up to about 200 thous<strong>and</strong> sq. m., are at the<br />
stage of preparation for implementation.<br />
The metropolis, a major <strong>in</strong>dustrial centre <strong>and</strong> transport node, attracts <strong><strong>in</strong>vest</strong>ors <strong>in</strong>terested<br />
<strong>in</strong> build<strong>in</strong>g commercial facilities designated primarily to storage <strong>and</strong> production.<br />
Most modern sites of the k<strong>in</strong>d are located <strong>in</strong> the vic<strong>in</strong>ities of the seaports <strong>and</strong> along the<br />
ma<strong>in</strong> transit roads, especially the S6 express road. The largest logistic operators <strong>in</strong> the<br />
world have already marked their presence <strong>in</strong> the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area, with ProLogis<br />
<strong>and</strong> Panattoni enter<strong>in</strong>g the market.<br />
The Sea Towers <strong>in</strong> Gdynia belongs to the highest apartment blocks <strong>in</strong> Pol<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> on the southern coast<br />
of the Baltic Sea.<br />
Photo: City Hall of Gdańsk / Przemysław Rot<br />
Atlas of the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area
Tourist Heaven<br />
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WELCOME TO THE METROPOLIS<br />
Tourism ranks among the most important <strong>and</strong> best develop<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>dustries <strong>in</strong> the Metropolitan<br />
Area <strong>and</strong> Pomeranian region. Visitors are encouraged by the unmatched values<br />
of the natural environment <strong>and</strong> the multi-cultural heritage of the region – legacy of the<br />
local population <strong>and</strong> newcomers who settled <strong>and</strong> stayed here for generations. The tourist<br />
values translate to dynamic development of the tourist <strong>in</strong>frastructure. The Gdańsk<br />
Metropolitan Area takes pride <strong>in</strong> its exceptional offer available to both the visitors <strong>and</strong><br />
residents.<br />
The number of tourists visit<strong>in</strong>g the metropolis, especially <strong>in</strong> the summer, is the ultimate<br />
outcome of <strong>in</strong>terplay between more than just the weather conditions, or natural <strong>and</strong><br />
historic values. It is also the function of such factors as: availability of accommodation,<br />
the <strong>in</strong>terest<strong>in</strong>g recreational <strong>and</strong> cultural offer, accessibility of medical <strong>and</strong> spa services of<br />
the European st<strong>and</strong>ard, <strong>and</strong> the shopp<strong>in</strong>g offer. The Swedish <strong>and</strong> residents of the Kal<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>grad<br />
Circuit, for example, f<strong>in</strong>d the Gdańsk metropolis an attractive <strong>and</strong> popular place<br />
to do the shopp<strong>in</strong>g. On the other h<strong>and</strong>, many Norwegians, Germans, <strong>and</strong> British enjoy the<br />
tourist offer <strong>and</strong> the varied enterta<strong>in</strong>ment, <strong>and</strong> complement their stay reach<strong>in</strong>g for medical<br />
services, e.g. ophthalmological <strong>and</strong> dentistry cl<strong>in</strong>ics, or specialists <strong>in</strong> plastic surgery.<br />
Table 14. Visitors us<strong>in</strong>g the accommodation base <strong>in</strong> the metropolitan area, 2007 (by poviats).<br />
Poviat<br />
Visitors us<strong>in</strong>g accommodation Beds sold<br />
In total Foreigners In total To foreigners<br />
Gdańsk City 394 650 146 516 1 025 903 379 065<br />
Gdynia 110 407 30 598 252 066 72 870<br />
Sopot 159 652 37 345 602 463 94 200<br />
Poviat of Gdańsk 50 085 4344 103 230 8701<br />
Poviat of Kartuzy 38 424 2140 113 895 5316<br />
Poviat of Nowy Dwór 84 150 2495 513 799 9570<br />
Poviat of Puck 203 960 6118 1 065 415 21 817<br />
Poviat of Wejherowo 63 425 11 253 126 135 21 628<br />
TOTAL 1 104 753 240 809 3 802 906 613 167<br />
Source: Own study based on the data of the Institute of Tourism.<br />
Tourist flow <strong>in</strong> the Metropolis is also generated by ports. Every year over 100 cruisers call<br />
at the ports of Gdańsk <strong>and</strong> Gdynia with about 100 thous<strong>and</strong>s tourists on board.<br />
Many foreign tourists are the passengers of ferries operat<strong>in</strong>g between metropolis<br />
<strong>and</strong> Swedish ports, come for one day shopp<strong>in</strong>g or they are <strong>in</strong> transit.<br />
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Consider<strong>in</strong>g the average daily spend<strong>in</strong>g of foreign tourists while <strong>in</strong> Pol<strong>and</strong>, which the<br />
Institute of Tourism <strong>in</strong> Warsaw estimates to oscillate around USD 92, one can deduce that<br />
the <strong>in</strong>come the metropolis earned on the visitors stay<strong>in</strong>g overnight st<strong>and</strong>s at about USD<br />
56.4 million. The ‘one-day’ visitors left another sum, at least comparable to the figure.<br />
Table 15. The accommodation base <strong>in</strong> the Metropolitan Area, 2007.<br />
Poviat<br />
No. of<br />
sites<br />
No. of all-season<br />
sites<br />
Source: Own study based on the data of the Institute of Tourism.<br />
No. of beds<br />
The cruisers moor<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> Gdańsk <strong>and</strong> Gdynia br<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> tourists <strong>in</strong> tens of thous<strong>and</strong>s.<br />
No. of all-season<br />
beds<br />
Municipality of<br />
Gdańsk<br />
84 60 10 242 5885<br />
Municipality of<br />
Gdynia<br />
24 20 2493 1790<br />
Municipality of Sopot 33 29 3866 2872<br />
Poviat of Gdańsk 16 11 1216 689<br />
Poviat of Kartuzy 35 15 2340 915<br />
Poviat of Nowy Dwór 81 14 9714 1223<br />
Poviat of Puck 169 57 16 995 5989<br />
Poviat of Wejherowo 20 15 1380 1139<br />
TOTAL 462 221 48 246 20 502<br />
Photo: Port of Gdańsk Authority<br />
Atlas of the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area
Tourist Heaven<br />
GROWING HOTEL BASE<br />
The position of the metropolitan area as an important centre of tourism <strong>and</strong> bus<strong>in</strong>ess<br />
is reflected <strong>in</strong> the development of the hotel base. In 2007, the visitors could choose from<br />
72 facilities represent<strong>in</strong>g a range of st<strong>and</strong>ards. Hotels had over 4.4 thous<strong>and</strong> rooms <strong>and</strong><br />
more than 8.8 thous<strong>and</strong> beds to offer. Most hotel facilities available were of the three<br />
<strong>and</strong> two-star st<strong>and</strong>ards.<br />
Table 16. The hotel base <strong>in</strong> the Metropolitan Area, 2007.<br />
Voivodship/<br />
poviat<br />
No. of sites<br />
Source: Own study based on the data of the Institute of Tourism.<br />
No. of hotel<br />
rooms<br />
No. of beds<br />
Gdańsk City 17 1334 2542<br />
Gdynia 10 651 1200<br />
Sopot 13 796 1668<br />
Poviat of Gdańsk 5 183 360<br />
Poviat of Nowy Dwór 3 97 196<br />
Poviat of Puck 15 891 1969<br />
Poviat of Wejherowo 9 455 915<br />
TOTAL 72 4407 8850<br />
The Hilton cha<strong>in</strong> hotels have selected Gdańsk as the location of one of their prestigious hotels.<br />
Draw<strong>in</strong>g by: Jan Wójcikiewicz Hotels / Stefan Kuryłowicz<br />
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The metropolis is ga<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g new hotels year by year. On the photo, the Sheraton Hotel <strong>in</strong> Sopot, opened <strong>in</strong> 2008.<br />
The steadily grow<strong>in</strong>g number of hotel guests <strong>and</strong> the pend<strong>in</strong>g UEFA EURO 2012 Football<br />
Championships enhance <strong>in</strong>terest <strong>in</strong> build<strong>in</strong>g new, higher class hotels with conference<br />
<strong>and</strong> spa facilities, as well as tourist-class accommodation among the domestic <strong>and</strong> foreign<br />
<strong><strong>in</strong>vest</strong>ors.<br />
The year 2008 marked the open<strong>in</strong>g of e.g. the Sheraton Hotel <strong>in</strong> Sopot (5*), <strong>and</strong> the<br />
Hotel Gdańsk <strong>in</strong> Gdańsk (4*). Further three hotels are <strong>in</strong> construction <strong>in</strong> the same city:<br />
the Radisson SAS, Hilton, <strong>and</strong> Qubus. The projects of the IBB cha<strong>in</strong> hotels, <strong>and</strong> the Ibis<br />
<strong>and</strong> Etap tourist-class facilities are <strong>in</strong> their <strong>in</strong>itial stages of construction. Several other<br />
hotel sites are at the <strong><strong>in</strong>vest</strong>ment plann<strong>in</strong>g stage. New <strong><strong>in</strong>vest</strong>ment opportunities arise on<br />
attractively located estates offered by the local governments, <strong>and</strong> on sites of multi-functional<br />
large-scale centres planned by the developers. Among the latter, let us mention<br />
but e.g. the project envisag<strong>in</strong>g the development of the ex-shipyard estate <strong>in</strong> Gdańsk, or<br />
the expanse separat<strong>in</strong>g the port of Gdynia from the city, or the neighbourhood of the<br />
railway station <strong>in</strong> Sopot. The overall number of beds <strong>in</strong> the hotels of the Metropolitan<br />
Area is anticipated to exceed 20 thous<strong>and</strong> by the year 2012.<br />
Photo: archives of the Sopot City Hall
METROPOLIS OF SPORT AND RECREATION<br />
Fans of sport <strong>and</strong> active leisure f<strong>in</strong>d the Bay of Gdańsk Metropolitan Area absolutely<br />
exceptional. The sports <strong>and</strong> recreational <strong>in</strong>frastructure <strong>in</strong> place enables them to <strong>in</strong>dulge<br />
<strong>in</strong> almost any discipl<strong>in</strong>e of <strong>in</strong>dividual sports <strong>and</strong> team games.<br />
The <strong>in</strong>frastructure base serv<strong>in</strong>g team games is steadily exp<strong>and</strong>ed. A Performance <strong>and</strong><br />
Sports Hall for 15 thous<strong>and</strong> spectators is now <strong>in</strong> construction on the border between<br />
Gdańsk <strong>and</strong> Sopot. Gdynia has already launched a Sports Hall tak<strong>in</strong>g an audience of<br />
4.5 thous<strong>and</strong> <strong>in</strong> (2008). Gdańsk, a host city of the EURO 2012 Championship football<br />
f<strong>in</strong>als, is build<strong>in</strong>g a football stadium capable of accommodat<strong>in</strong>g 44 thous<strong>and</strong> spectators.<br />
The two exist<strong>in</strong>g club football stadiums <strong>in</strong> Gdańsk <strong>and</strong> Gdynia have been thoroughly<br />
modernised <strong>in</strong> the recent years, several sports halls designated for tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong> enterta<strong>in</strong>ment<br />
purposes <strong>and</strong> offered for hire to the residents for sports <strong>and</strong> recreation have<br />
been erected <strong>and</strong>/or modernised. Similar projects are taken all across the Metropolitan<br />
Area where the exist<strong>in</strong>g sports facilities are be<strong>in</strong>g revamped or entirely new sports <strong>and</strong><br />
recreational sites erected for the <strong>in</strong>habitants <strong>and</strong> tourists.<br />
The Metropolitan Area offers several score sports facilities fit for such sports discipl<strong>in</strong>es<br />
as squash or tennis. Out of the latter, the most widely known are the courts of the Sopot<br />
Tennis Club, host to the ATP Series <strong>in</strong>ternational competitions. Many courts are also<br />
available <strong>in</strong> the w<strong>in</strong>ter season.<br />
The Metropolis is also known for its decades’ long horse-rid<strong>in</strong>g traditions. Ow<strong>in</strong>g<br />
to the EU funds, the Sopot hippodrome <strong>in</strong> the very heart of the Metropolitan Area, once<br />
The performance <strong>and</strong> sports hall <strong>in</strong> construction <strong>in</strong> the centre of the metropolis will enable organisation<br />
of mass events for as many as 15 thous<strong>and</strong> participants.<br />
Draw<strong>in</strong>g: archives of the City Hall of Gdańsk<br />
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famous for the horse races <strong>and</strong> horse-rid<strong>in</strong>g competitions it used to organise, will be<br />
modernised.<br />
Intense effort is taken all across the Metropolitan Area to develop <strong>and</strong> exp<strong>and</strong> the <strong>in</strong>frastructure<br />
for all k<strong>in</strong>ds of water sports. W<strong>in</strong>dsurf<strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong> kite surf<strong>in</strong>g clubs have located<br />
their campuses along the beach. The best known are the Sopot Sail<strong>in</strong>g Club <strong>and</strong> the National<br />
Sail<strong>in</strong>g Centre. The competitors tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g here have a record of victorious European<br />
<strong>and</strong> World Championships <strong>in</strong> sail<strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong> w<strong>in</strong>dsurf<strong>in</strong>g.<br />
In the summer, a number of sites right on the beach, <strong>and</strong> water sports centres offer light<br />
watercraft for hire: kayaks, water bicycles, row<strong>in</strong>g boats, motorboats, <strong>and</strong> sail<strong>in</strong>g boats.<br />
Sail<strong>in</strong>g clubs <strong>and</strong> the newly built mar<strong>in</strong>as take <strong>in</strong> seafar<strong>in</strong>g sail<strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong> motor yachts,<br />
<strong>and</strong> offer boats for hire. Expansion of network of the sailboat ports <strong>and</strong> harbours along<br />
the shores of the Bay of Gdańsk, the Vistula Delta, <strong>and</strong> the Vistula Lagoon, under the<br />
programme of revitalisation of <strong>in</strong>l<strong>and</strong> watercourses, st<strong>and</strong>s high on the priority lists<br />
of the local governments who aim at enhanc<strong>in</strong>g the attractiveness of the metropolis<br />
<strong>and</strong> region to tourists. In effect, excellent conditions for moor<strong>in</strong>g, garag<strong>in</strong>g, <strong>and</strong> repair<strong>in</strong>g<br />
boats have been created <strong>in</strong> the yacht<strong>in</strong>g ports <strong>and</strong> mar<strong>in</strong>as of Gdynia <strong>and</strong> Gdańsk.<br />
Sopot also <strong>in</strong>tends to jo<strong>in</strong> the exclusive group of the world’s sail<strong>in</strong>g ports plann<strong>in</strong>g<br />
to build a mar<strong>in</strong>a on the shoulder of the world’s longest wooden pier.<br />
The Metropolitan Area has an odd dozen swimm<strong>in</strong>g pools to choose from, headed by<br />
the Sopot aqua park complex of pools. Other sites of the k<strong>in</strong>d are planned e.g. <strong>in</strong> Gdańsk<br />
<strong>and</strong> Reda. There are three golf courses located <strong>in</strong> the immediate neighbourhood of the<br />
metropolis: the Sierra Golf Club <strong>in</strong> Piętkowice near Wejherowo, the Postołowo Golf Club<br />
<strong>in</strong> Postołowo, <strong>and</strong> the Tokary Golf Club <strong>in</strong> Tokary.<br />
The consequently developed sports <strong>in</strong>frastructure serves as the arena for professional<br />
team contests. The league games held on stadiums <strong>and</strong> <strong>in</strong> sports halls gather tens of<br />
thous<strong>and</strong>s of fans every year. The Metropolitan Area takes pride <strong>in</strong> its two teams play<strong>in</strong>g<br />
<strong>in</strong> the football Premier League: Lechia Gdańsk <strong>and</strong> Arka Gdynia. High <strong>in</strong> the men’s<br />
basketball tables is the Assecco Prokom Sopot team, <strong>and</strong> their women’s counterpart:<br />
Lotos PKO BP Gdynia. Fans of volleyball gather to watch matches played by the first<br />
<strong>and</strong> second league men’s teams of Trefl Gdańsk <strong>and</strong> GTS Gdańsk, <strong>and</strong> women’s teams<br />
of Energa Gedania II Gdańsk, <strong>and</strong> EC Wybrzeże TPS Rumia. H<strong>and</strong>ball is also well represented<br />
<strong>in</strong> the Area <strong>in</strong> terms of both the players, <strong>and</strong> match events held. Two women’s<br />
teams: KS Łączpol Gdynia <strong>and</strong> Dablex AZS AWFiS Gdańsk, <strong>and</strong> a men’s team of KS AZS-<br />
AWFiS Gdańsk are ranked <strong>in</strong> the h<strong>and</strong>ball prime league. The Metropolis is a strong national<br />
centre of rugby. The top positions <strong>in</strong> the national tables <strong>in</strong> the discipl<strong>in</strong>e belong to:<br />
Lechia Gdańsk, Arka Gdynia, <strong>and</strong> Ogniwa Sopot. High level of mastery can also be found<br />
<strong>in</strong> c<strong>in</strong>der-track motor rac<strong>in</strong>g represented by the club team of GKŻ Wybrzeże, <strong>and</strong> hockey<br />
with the prime league team of GKS Stoczniowiec Gdańsk.<br />
All <strong>in</strong> all, fans cheer<strong>in</strong>g their clubs on the way to the highest trophies cannot compla<strong>in</strong><br />
of shortage of excit<strong>in</strong>g sports events. The league teams <strong>and</strong> their players are sponsored<br />
by large regional companies which <strong>in</strong> this way turn the idea of corporate social responsibility<br />
<strong>in</strong>to flesh.<br />
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Table 17. Selected sports events <strong>in</strong> the Metropolitan Area.<br />
Gdańsk<br />
Gdynia<br />
Sopot<br />
Poviat of<br />
Gdańsk<br />
• International Youth <strong>and</strong> Junior H<strong>and</strong>ball Tournament<br />
• MTB Bike Tour Gdańsk 2008<br />
• <strong>Gdansk</strong>er Family Race<br />
• Gdańsk Roller Skat<strong>in</strong>g Rally<br />
• Great Bicycle Ride<br />
• ‘Stanislaw Przybylowski Memorial’ row<strong>in</strong>g regattas<br />
• ‘Amber Foil’ tournament<br />
• Hevelius regattas<br />
• Gdańsk Kayak Festival<br />
• St. Dom<strong>in</strong>ic Race<br />
• Polish Open Water Scooter Championships<br />
• Gdańsk Cup International C<strong>in</strong>der-Track Rac<strong>in</strong>g Competitions<br />
• Solidarity Marathon<br />
• Westerplatte Defenders Cup regattas<br />
• International Race Walk Competition for the Polish Post Defenders Cup <strong>in</strong> Gdańsk<br />
• Dragon Boats – Polish Long Distance Championships<br />
• Hanseatic City Cup Wrestl<strong>in</strong>g Tournament<br />
• W. Malak International Memorial<br />
• Baltic Cup International Figure Skat<strong>in</strong>g Competition<br />
• Baltic Games – Extreme Sports’ Festiwal<br />
• Baltic Sea International Judo Tournament<br />
• Tw<strong>in</strong> City Olympics<br />
• Polish Gdynia Cafe Cup Ballroom Danc<strong>in</strong>g Tournament<br />
• Gdynia table tennis championships<br />
• ‘INTERPLASTIC CUP Gdynia’ Unihockey Tournament for the Disabled<br />
• All-Polish Rally of Tuned Automobiles<br />
• Gdynia Festival of Cheerleader Teams<br />
• Greyhound race<br />
• BIG CITY JIVE All-Polish Popular Tournament <strong>in</strong> Ballroom Danc<strong>in</strong>g<br />
• Gdynia Water Rescue Championships<br />
• Leonid Teliga S<strong>in</strong>gle H<strong>and</strong>ed Memorial Regattas<br />
• Janusz Sidło Memorial<br />
• CSI International Show Jump<strong>in</strong>g Competition<br />
• Pole vault on the Pier<br />
• Amber Mile<br />
• Toyota Sopot Match Race<br />
• Polish Hill Climb Championship<br />
• ‘Round the Pier’ swimm<strong>in</strong>g competitions<br />
• Sopot Gr<strong>and</strong> Prix beach run races<br />
• Sopot Catamaran Cup<br />
• Horse rid<strong>in</strong>g competition <strong>in</strong> Przywidz<br />
• Hynek Cup (Bielkówko – Kolbudy – Przywidz – Nowa Karczma – Szymbark – Szatarpy)<br />
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Poviat of<br />
Kartuzy<br />
Poviat of<br />
Nowy Dwór<br />
Poviat of<br />
Puck<br />
Poviat of<br />
Wejherowo<br />
• All-Polish Cross-Country Żukowo Race <strong>in</strong> Żukowo<br />
• Copernicus Open Chess Tournament <strong>in</strong> Kartuzy<br />
• Kashubian Championship <strong>in</strong> the Local Horse Cart [szlupa] Driv<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> Ostrzyce<br />
• Hey-Ho, as the Kashubians say – the Ostrzyce Tournament for Cart Drivers <strong>and</strong> Breeders of Cold-<br />
Blooded Horses <strong>in</strong> Kashubia<br />
• Horseback Rally along Daniel Chodowiecki’s Route, Sierakowice<br />
• Sports Tournament of Towns <strong>and</strong> Communes <strong>in</strong> Kartuzy<br />
• Pomeranian Sport Festival, Żukowo<br />
• International Stolem Cup Chess Festival, Kartuzy<br />
• All-Polish Family Football Tournament, Żukowo<br />
• International Junior Football Tournament, Żukowo<br />
• All-Polish 4 Wheel Drive Rally, ‘Kashubia by Night’, Ostrzyce<br />
• Kayak marathons, lakes of the Radunia Circle<br />
• Autumn Gbur, or Rich Farmers’ Run Race, Nowy Dwór Gdański<br />
• Gr<strong>and</strong> Prix Polonia L<strong>and</strong>mark Cross Country Run Race, Sztutowo/ Stegna<br />
• All-Polish Chess Memorial of the ‘Stutthof Victims’, Sztutowo<br />
• ‘Amber Weight’, All-Polish Tournament <strong>in</strong> Weight Lift<strong>in</strong>g, Nowy Dwór Gdański<br />
• M. Sucharski Chess Memorial, Sztutowo<br />
• All-Polish Chess Tournament to commemorate the Heroes of Westerplatte, <strong>in</strong> Stegna<br />
• ‘Flame’ Sports Olympics <strong>in</strong> Krynica Morska<br />
• Sports All Souls Day <strong>in</strong> Puck<br />
• W<strong>in</strong>dsurf<strong>in</strong>g Polish Junior Championships, Władysławowo<br />
• Football Baltic Cup, Władysławowo<br />
• Kuźnica Championships <strong>in</strong> S<strong>and</strong> Castle Build<strong>in</strong>g<br />
• ‘Harpagan’ All of Extreme Rally, Wejherowo<br />
• Polish Firemen’s Race, under the formula of Jakub Wejher International Run Races <strong>in</strong> Wejherowo<br />
• All-Polish Tennis Classification Tournament, Reda<br />
• Season clos<strong>in</strong>g sail<strong>in</strong>g race for the Drift Cup of the Wejherowo Commune Head Officer,<br />
• Polish Open Championship, class F5-E<br />
The most modern sports facility <strong>in</strong> the Metropolitan Area today is the sports hall <strong>in</strong> Gdynia.<br />
Photo: www.artdesign.net.pl
HEALTH AND BEAUTY<br />
The health service system of both public <strong>and</strong> non-public status is well developed <strong>in</strong> the<br />
Bay of Gdańsk Metropolitan Area. Medical services <strong>in</strong> the metropolis can be obta<strong>in</strong>ed<br />
from over 250 various health care entities <strong>and</strong> almost 500 apothecaries.<br />
The health care system is based on a network of privately-owned health care centres<br />
provid<strong>in</strong>g basic medical services. These are complemented with a network of centres<br />
offer<strong>in</strong>g advanced medic<strong>in</strong>e (hospitals), owned mostly by the local governments.<br />
The major <strong>in</strong>stitutions provid<strong>in</strong>g medical services <strong>in</strong> the Metropolitan Area <strong>in</strong>clude:<br />
• St Adalbert Specialist Hospital <strong>in</strong> Gdańsk-Zaspa,<br />
• Pomeranian Centre of Infectious Diseases <strong>and</strong> Tuberculosis <strong>in</strong> Gdańsk,<br />
• Specialist Mother <strong>and</strong> Child Healthcare Complex <strong>in</strong> Gdańsk,<br />
• Prof. T. Bilikiewicz Voivodship Psychiatric Hospital <strong>in</strong> Gdańsk,<br />
• Pomeranian Centre of Traumatology at the N. Copernicus Voivodship Specialist<br />
Hospital <strong>in</strong> Gdańsk,<br />
• J. Titz-Kosko Voivodship Rheumatologic Complex <strong>in</strong> Sopot,<br />
• Polish Red Cross Maritime Hospital <strong>in</strong> Gdynia,<br />
• J. Brudziński Municipal Hospital <strong>in</strong> Gdynia,<br />
• F. Ceynowa Specialist Hospital <strong>in</strong> Wejherowo,<br />
• Voivodship Oncology Centre <strong>in</strong> Gdańsk.<br />
Alongside the above, the Metropolitan Area is home to highly specialised health care<br />
<strong>in</strong>stitutions, to name e.g. the Academic Cl<strong>in</strong>ical Centre <strong>in</strong> Gdańsk or the Mar<strong>in</strong>e <strong>and</strong><br />
Tropical Medic<strong>in</strong>e Institute. The hospital network <strong>in</strong> the metropolis further <strong>in</strong>cludes the<br />
Rheumatologic Hospital. Gdańsk was the first city <strong>in</strong> Pol<strong>and</strong> to have a private hospital,<br />
owned by the listed SWISSMED company, built.<br />
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Table 18. The population-to-hospital bed ratio <strong>in</strong> the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area.<br />
Poviat Population per hospital bed<br />
Poviat of Gdańsk -<br />
Poviat of Kartuzy 297<br />
Poviat of Nowy Dwór 234<br />
Poviat of Puck 553<br />
Poviat of Wejherowo 367<br />
Gdańsk City 166<br />
Gdynia 271<br />
Sopot 164<br />
Source: Own study based on the CSO data.<br />
The Metropolitan Area, particularly the city of Sopot, is also known for its unique heal<strong>in</strong>g<br />
values. SPA services are available from many specialist medical centres, however the best<br />
known are the SPA facilities of the Nadmorski hotel (Gdynia), Haffner hotel (Sopot), <strong>and</strong><br />
Sheraton hotel (Sopot).<br />
The first privately-owned hospital <strong>in</strong> Pol<strong>and</strong> was built <strong>in</strong> the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area<br />
by the listed SWISSMED company. The Metropolitan Area will soon ga<strong>in</strong> a modern Academic Centre of Invasive Medic<strong>in</strong>e.<br />
Photo: City Hall of Gdańsk / Przemysław Rot<br />
Draw<strong>in</strong>g: Medical University of Gdańsk<br />
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EURO 2012<br />
In the year 2012 the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area will host football teams participat<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> the<br />
European Football Championship, EURO 2012. The matches will be held at the modern football<br />
stadium capable of tak<strong>in</strong>g the audience of 44 thous<strong>and</strong>, currently <strong>in</strong> construction <strong>in</strong> the<br />
Letnica district of Gdańsk. While the responsibility for the erection of the stadium rests with<br />
the Gdańsk city authorities, organisation of a sports event of that scale requires engagement<br />
on the part of all local governments of the Metropolitan Area, especially as concerns transport,<br />
accommodation, cater<strong>in</strong>g, <strong>and</strong> public security. These needs call for <strong>in</strong>tensive development<br />
of the exist<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>frastructure which, once the EURO 2012 games are over, will serve the residents<br />
<strong>and</strong> the visitors to the metropolis.<br />
The most vital projects required to accompany the erection of the football stadium <strong>in</strong> connection<br />
with host<strong>in</strong>g the EURO 2012, <strong>in</strong>clude:<br />
• enlargement of the Lech Wałęsa airport,<br />
• redevelopment of the road lead<strong>in</strong>g from the airport to the stadium (Słowackiego Street),<br />
• build<strong>in</strong>g of the metropolitan railway l<strong>in</strong>e to l<strong>in</strong>k the airport with Gdańsk <strong>and</strong> Gdynia,<br />
• construction of the southern r<strong>in</strong>g road, <strong>and</strong> the Sucharski Route together with the tunnel<br />
under the Dead Vistula canal,<br />
• erection of a congress <strong>and</strong> exhibition centre <strong>in</strong> the neighbourhood of the new football<br />
stadium,<br />
• build<strong>in</strong>g of new accommodation facilities,<br />
• modernisation <strong>and</strong> expansion of the medical base.<br />
Most of the <strong><strong>in</strong>vest</strong>ment projects accompany<strong>in</strong>g the stadium erection <strong>and</strong> organisation of the<br />
EURO 2012 are already under way or well advanced <strong>in</strong> their preparation for implementation.<br />
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A view of the gr<strong>and</strong>st<strong>and</strong> of the Letnica football stadium.<br />
An artistic visualisation of the Letnica football stadium. A Congress <strong>and</strong> Exhibition Centre will be erected <strong>in</strong> the neighbourhood of the stadium.<br />
Draw<strong>in</strong>g: City Hall of Gdańsk / Rhode-Kellermann-Warowsky.<br />
Draw<strong>in</strong>g: City Hall of Gdańsk / Rhode-Kellermann-Warowsky.<br />
Draw<strong>in</strong>g: INW-EKO CONSULT.
TOWARDS THE EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF CULTURE<br />
The Bay of Gdańsk Metropolitan Area offers a broad range of cultural events <strong>and</strong> cyclical<br />
ventures to its residents <strong>and</strong> visitors. The popularity of the seashore agglomeration is<br />
largely due to its cultural calendar. Boredom <strong>in</strong> the Metropolis is unheard of, <strong>and</strong> the<br />
kaleidoscope of the liv<strong>in</strong>g styles <strong>and</strong> paths f<strong>in</strong>ds its way to the highly varied cultural offer<br />
which <strong>in</strong>cludes occasions of the world format.<br />
The list of top <strong>in</strong>stitutions, centres, <strong>and</strong> events of cultural nature certa<strong>in</strong>ly <strong>in</strong>cludes:<br />
Theatres<br />
• Wybrzeże Theatre <strong>in</strong> Gdańsk,<br />
• Danuta Baduszkowa Musical Theatre <strong>in</strong> Gdynia,<br />
• Witold Gombrowicz City Theatre <strong>in</strong> Gdynia,<br />
• Agnieszka Osiecka Atelier Theatre <strong>in</strong> Sopot,<br />
• Kameralna Stage <strong>in</strong> Sopot,<br />
• M<strong>in</strong>iatura Theatre <strong>in</strong> Gdańsk,<br />
• Sopot Off de Bicz Alternative Stage <strong>in</strong> Sopot.<br />
Breath<strong>in</strong>g the air of culture is taught from the cradle <strong>in</strong> the Metropolitan Area. In the photo: the Suzuki<br />
school students.<br />
Photo: City Hall of Gdańsk / Przemysław Rot<br />
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Philharmonic halls <strong>and</strong> musical stages<br />
• Frederick Chop<strong>in</strong> Polish Baltic Philharmonic <strong>in</strong> Gdańsk,<br />
• State Baltic Opera <strong>in</strong> Gdańsk,<br />
• Polish Chamber Philharmonic <strong>in</strong> Sopot.<br />
Museums<br />
• National Museum <strong>in</strong> Gdańsk,<br />
• Gdańsk History Museum,<br />
• Amber Museum <strong>in</strong> Gdańsk,<br />
• Archaeological Museum <strong>in</strong> Gdańsk,<br />
• Polish Maritime Museum <strong>in</strong> Gdańsk <strong>and</strong> Gdynia,<br />
• Polish Navy Museum <strong>in</strong> Gdynia,<br />
• Gdynia City Museum,<br />
• Sopot City Museum,<br />
• Aquarium <strong>in</strong> Gdynia,<br />
• City Zoological Garden <strong>in</strong> Gdańsk.<br />
Galleries <strong>and</strong> centres of culture<br />
• ‘Żak’ Club <strong>in</strong> Gdańsk,<br />
• ‘Łaźnia’ Centre of Contemporary Art <strong>in</strong> Gdańsk,<br />
• State Art Gallery <strong>in</strong> Sopot,<br />
• Wyspa’ Institute of Art,<br />
• Baltic Sea Culture Centre <strong>in</strong> Gdańsk,<br />
• ‘Triada’ Gallery of Contemporary Art <strong>in</strong> Sopot,<br />
• Sierakowski Family Manor <strong>in</strong> Sopot.<br />
There are four c<strong>in</strong>ema complexes (multiplexes) <strong>and</strong> several smaller c<strong>in</strong>ema halls <strong>in</strong> the<br />
Metropolitan Area.<br />
The rich cultural offer has always someth<strong>in</strong>g of <strong>in</strong>terest to the residents <strong>and</strong> visitors alike,<br />
irrespective of the season.<br />
Appreciat<strong>in</strong>g the role of culture <strong>in</strong> the lives of the <strong>in</strong>habitants <strong>and</strong> tourists, the local<br />
governments take numerous steps to modernise <strong>and</strong> exp<strong>and</strong> the exist<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>frastructure.<br />
The flagship projects <strong>in</strong> the field, both completed <strong>and</strong> planned, <strong>in</strong>clude:<br />
• HEVELIANUM Centre – adaptation of the historic military complex to accommodate<br />
a centre of education <strong>and</strong> recreation <strong>in</strong> Gdańsk,<br />
• amber route – reconstruction of a Roman trad<strong>in</strong>g post <strong>in</strong> Pruszcz Gdański;<br />
• extension to the National Museum <strong>in</strong> Gdańsk,<br />
• modernisation of the Forest Opera <strong>in</strong> Sopot,<br />
• erection of an early Mediaeval stronghold <strong>in</strong> Sopot,<br />
• construction of the Gdynia City Museum <strong>and</strong> the Polish Navy Museum <strong>in</strong> Gdynia,<br />
• construction of the World War Two Museum <strong>in</strong> Gdańsk,<br />
• construction of the ‘European Solidarity Centre’ <strong>in</strong> Gdańsk,<br />
• erection of the Shakespearean Theatre <strong>in</strong> Gdańsk.<br />
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Alongside family recreational events, the metropolis holds events of the world format featur<strong>in</strong>g<br />
music stars.<br />
Table 19. Selected cultural <strong>and</strong> recreational events held <strong>in</strong> the Metropolitan Area.<br />
Gdańsk<br />
Gdynia<br />
International Festivals of Organ <strong>and</strong> Chamber Music<br />
Gdańsk DocFilm Festival<br />
International Festivals of Organ Music <strong>in</strong> Oliwa<br />
‘FETA’ International Festival of Open-Air <strong>and</strong> Street Theatre<br />
Sounds of the North – Festival of Folklore-Inspired Music<br />
St Dom<strong>in</strong>ic Fair<br />
Gdańsk Press Photo<br />
Baltic Cartoon Festival<br />
Star Festival<br />
Yach Film Festival<br />
Johann Gottlieb Goldberg Festival<br />
Shakespearean Festival<br />
Gdańsk Carillon Festival<br />
Gdańsk Sense of Humour Festival<br />
All About Freedom<br />
JaZzGdyni<br />
<strong>Ladies</strong> Jazz Festival<br />
Gdynia Blues Festival<br />
Polish Feature Film Festival<br />
Summer stage of the City Theatre on the Orłowo beach<br />
Music concerts on the open-air stage at the Seashore Boulevard<br />
Tw<strong>in</strong> City Games<br />
He<strong>in</strong>eken Open’er Music Festival<br />
GLOBALTICA World Culture Festival<br />
Pomeranian Film Workshops<br />
Photo: City Hall of Sopot<br />
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Sopot<br />
Poviat of Wejherowo<br />
(Wejherowo, Rumia, Reda,<br />
Choczewo, Szemud, Łęczyce,<br />
L<strong>in</strong>ia, Gniew<strong>in</strong>o, Luz<strong>in</strong>o)<br />
Poviat of Gdańsk<br />
(Pruszcz Gdański, Cedry<br />
Wielkie, Suchy Dąb, Pszczółki,<br />
Trąbki Wielkie, Kolbudy,<br />
Przywidz)<br />
Poviat of Puck<br />
(Hel, Kosakowo, Puck,<br />
Krokowa, Jastarnia,<br />
Władysławowo)<br />
Poviat of Kartuzy<br />
(Kartuzy, Żukowo, Somon<strong>in</strong>o,<br />
Sulęczyno, Stężyca, Chmielno,<br />
Przodkowo, Sierakowice)<br />
Poviat of Nowy Dwór<br />
(Nowy Dwór Gdański, Stegna,<br />
Sztutowo, Ostaszewo, Krynica<br />
Morska)<br />
International Sopot Festival<br />
‘Two Theatres’ Festival of the Polish Radio Theatre <strong>and</strong> TV Theatre<br />
Sopot Hit Festival<br />
Midsummer Night – the Pier<br />
International Open Air Film Workshop for young artists<br />
Sopot Pier Festival<br />
Top Trendy Festival<br />
Sopot Jazz<br />
Rev. Ormiński International Festival of Religious Music<br />
A. Luterka Review of Small Theatrical Forms<br />
All-Polish Festival of Mar<strong>in</strong>e Songs <strong>and</strong> Wejherowo Songs<br />
Kashubian Fair<br />
VW Bug Rally<br />
Pomeranian Festival of Lent Song<br />
‘Kashubian Embroidery’ competition<br />
Beach picnic <strong>in</strong> Przywidz (7 Corners of the Poviat)<br />
Days of Pruszcz Gdański<br />
‘Fermata’ Piano Festival<br />
Trumpet <strong>in</strong> Trąbki<br />
Bees Days <strong>in</strong> Pszczółki<br />
Koźlaki Bielkowskie Amber, Beer <strong>and</strong> Food Festival<br />
Contemporary Music Festival <strong>in</strong> Pruszcz Gdański<br />
Stag<strong>in</strong>g of the defence battle for Kępa Oksywska<br />
Fishermen’s Sea Pilgrimage<br />
Baltic Snuff Championships<br />
‘Buchta’ Festival of Mar<strong>in</strong>e Art, Humour <strong>and</strong> Satire<br />
D-day Hell<br />
Life Sav<strong>in</strong>g Championships, Volunteer Water Rescue Teams<br />
Kashubian Small Literary Forms<br />
Festival of Kashubian Song<br />
Puck Artistic Salon<br />
Guitar Player Confrontations<br />
Kashubian Collector Meet<strong>in</strong>gs<br />
Amber Miss Pol<strong>and</strong><br />
Midsummer Night at the Jeziorak Lake<br />
European musical meet<strong>in</strong>gs<br />
All-Polish 4 Wheel Drive Rally, ‘Kashubia by Night’, Ostrzyce<br />
International Friendship Games<br />
Kashubian Festival of Religious <strong>and</strong> Patriotic Song<br />
‘Kaszëbskô Pipa’ International Kashubia Championship <strong>in</strong> Pipe Smok<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Strawberry Harvest<br />
Polish Championship <strong>in</strong> Snuff Tak<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Jazz <strong>in</strong> the Woods<br />
Blues at a Forest Warden’s<br />
Old Motorcycle Rally – Kashubian Starry Night<br />
Sulęczyno Accordion Meet<strong>in</strong>gs<br />
Farewell to the Summer<br />
Żuławy Cycl<strong>in</strong>g Rally<br />
International Organ Festival<br />
World Championship <strong>in</strong> Amber Fish<strong>in</strong>g<br />
All-Polish Peter <strong>and</strong> Paul’s Name Day<br />
Source: Own study based on the <strong>in</strong>formation materials of the local governments.
WORTH SEEING IN THE GDAŃSK METROPOLITAN AREA AND THE POMERANIAN REGION<br />
The Royal Route <strong>and</strong> the Historic<br />
Sites of the Ma<strong>in</strong> City <strong>in</strong> Gdańsk<br />
Rank<strong>in</strong>g among the largest <strong>and</strong> most<br />
beautiful architectural complexes of<br />
historic value <strong>in</strong> Pol<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> Northern<br />
Europe, it is a must for every tourist.<br />
The route runn<strong>in</strong>g the course of Long<br />
Street <strong>and</strong> Long Market, from the Golden<br />
Gate to the Green Gate, evokes<br />
awe <strong>and</strong> wonder with its facades of rich<br />
burger townhouses <strong>and</strong> build<strong>in</strong>gs of<br />
stature, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g the most impressive<br />
<strong>and</strong> most valuable Artus Court <strong>and</strong> the<br />
Town Hall of the Ma<strong>in</strong> City. All around<br />
the route stretch blocks <strong>and</strong> quarters of<br />
the historical architecture <strong>in</strong>terspersed<br />
with authentic gems <strong>in</strong>stantly associated<br />
with Gdańsk – St Mary’s Church, the<br />
world’s largest brick shr<strong>in</strong>e of the Gothic<br />
epoch, <strong>and</strong> the Crane – a Mediaeval<br />
port hoist<strong>in</strong>g structure.<br />
Kościuszko Square <strong>in</strong> Gdynia<br />
The Square is where Gdynia merges with<br />
the sea reveal<strong>in</strong>g the mar<strong>in</strong>e heritage of<br />
the place. It is also one of the favourite<br />
sites to take a leisurely stroll, appreciated<br />
by the visitors <strong>and</strong> locals alike, <strong>and</strong><br />
a popular open air stage for concerts,<br />
picnics, <strong>and</strong> other mass events. Here<br />
too, is the permanent moor<strong>in</strong>g site of<br />
the historic vessels: the ORP Błyskawica<br />
[Lightn<strong>in</strong>g Navy Vessel] <strong>and</strong> the Dar Pomorza<br />
tall ship [Gift of Pomerania]. Cruisers,<br />
visit<strong>in</strong>g naval fleets, <strong>and</strong> tall ships<br />
berth here. The <strong>in</strong>com<strong>in</strong>g water tram<br />
shuttles <strong>and</strong> white fleet vessels will stop<br />
here. Out of many sites of <strong>in</strong>terest <strong>in</strong> the<br />
neighbourhood one should mention<br />
the Gdynia Aquarium, popular especially<br />
among children <strong>and</strong> teenagers,<br />
a modern sail<strong>in</strong>g boat mar<strong>in</strong>a, <strong>and</strong> many<br />
gourmet’s nooks.<br />
Long Street <strong>in</strong> Gdańsk.<br />
Dar Pomorza tall ship on Kościuszko Square.<br />
Photo: www.artdesign.net.pl<br />
Photo: www.artdesign.net.pl<br />
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The Sopot Pier<br />
This longest European wooden pier<br />
(511.5 m) spann<strong>in</strong>g the Sopot beach is<br />
the place to take a recreational <strong>and</strong> therapeutic<br />
walk (the iod<strong>in</strong>e concentration<br />
at the outermost seaward tip is twice<br />
the level recorded on shore). The pier<br />
is the stage of numerous festivals <strong>and</strong><br />
a l<strong>and</strong><strong>in</strong>g place for the white fleet vessels<br />
<strong>and</strong> water taxis. The pier offers an<br />
excellent vantage po<strong>in</strong>t to watch the<br />
World Sail<strong>in</strong>g Championships, the Baltic<br />
Cup <strong>in</strong> W<strong>in</strong>dsurf<strong>in</strong>g, or the Sopot Triathlon<br />
on the bay waters.<br />
The Sopot pier is composed of two sections:<br />
the famous wooden promenade,<br />
<strong>and</strong> the Spa Square on l<strong>and</strong>, where<br />
concerts <strong>and</strong> festivities are held. Surround<strong>in</strong>g<br />
the place is the unique F<strong>in</strong> de<br />
Siecle spa architecture.<br />
St Mary’s Assumption Gothic<br />
Nunnery Church <strong>in</strong> Żukowo<br />
The orig<strong>in</strong>s of the shr<strong>in</strong>e go back to mid<br />
14. century. The first unquestionable<br />
mention of the already exist<strong>in</strong>g nunnery<br />
church is dated 1462. The church served<br />
the nuns <strong>and</strong> the Żukowo population<br />
for ages. The most precious element<br />
of its fixtures is the 16. century altar<br />
from Antwerp, now flank<strong>in</strong>g the ma<strong>in</strong><br />
altar on the right. The latter, depict<strong>in</strong>g<br />
St Mary’s Assumption, is dated to the<br />
17. century. Equally <strong>in</strong>terest<strong>in</strong>g are: the<br />
Baroque pulpit, choir balustrade, numerous<br />
pa<strong>in</strong>t<strong>in</strong>gs <strong>and</strong> ornamentation.<br />
Adjacent to the church is the Parish<br />
Museum with a collection of canonicals<br />
<strong>and</strong> liturgical accessories orig<strong>in</strong>at<strong>in</strong>g<br />
from the Żukowo nunnery on display.<br />
A separate exhibition is devoted to the<br />
Kashubians <strong>and</strong> the Kashubian embroidery<br />
of the Żukowo school.<br />
The Sopot Pier – the longest European wooden pier.<br />
Precious church <strong>in</strong> Żukowo – St Mary’s Assumption Church.<br />
Photo: www.artdesign.net.pl<br />
Photo: Commune Office <strong>in</strong> Żukowo<br />
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Tourist Heaven<br />
Build<strong>in</strong>gs <strong>and</strong> hydrotechnical<br />
<strong>in</strong>stallations of the early 20. century<br />
power plant <strong>in</strong> Rutki<br />
Rutki is the name of one of the oldest<br />
<strong>and</strong> still operated power plants <strong>in</strong> Pomerania.<br />
It was built <strong>in</strong> 1910 <strong>in</strong> the Radunia<br />
River Valley, below the breakthrough<br />
section of the river course. A low<br />
dam holds back the water which forms<br />
a small pond accumulat<strong>in</strong>g 4 million<br />
cubic metres of water. An artificial canal<br />
directs the water from the pond to the<br />
power station where it falls down to two<br />
Francis turb<strong>in</strong>es <strong>in</strong>stalled 12 metres below.<br />
Their aggregate capacity is 560 kW.<br />
Surviv<strong>in</strong>g too, are the nearby dwell<strong>in</strong>gs<br />
of the power station crew. The plant neighbours<br />
on a truss bridge rest<strong>in</strong>g on<br />
30 metre high columns, a popular meet<strong>in</strong>g<br />
place of dedicated wall climbers<br />
<strong>and</strong> bungee jumpers.<br />
Rais<strong>in</strong>g of the Cross Church <strong>in</strong> Pruszcz<br />
Gdański<br />
An authentic 14. century structure,<br />
with a beautiful Renaissance pulpit <strong>and</strong><br />
a Baroque organ prospectus.<br />
The church, erected on a slight elevation<br />
on the bank of the Radunia canal<br />
<strong>and</strong> sheltered by the surround<strong>in</strong>g old<br />
tree st<strong>and</strong>, is one of the earliest surviv<strong>in</strong>g<br />
rema<strong>in</strong>s of the town settlement<br />
of Pruszcz Gdański.<br />
Truss bridge <strong>in</strong> Rutki – ideal place for wall climb<strong>in</strong>g<br />
<strong>and</strong> bungee jump<strong>in</strong>g.<br />
The Cross Church <strong>in</strong> Pruszcz Gdański – the earliest<br />
surviv<strong>in</strong>g rema<strong>in</strong>s of the town settlement.<br />
Photo: City Hall of Gdańsk/ Przemysław Rot<br />
Photo: Town Hall of Pruszcz Gdański<br />
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The Tri-City L<strong>and</strong>scape Park<br />
The woodl<strong>and</strong>s stretch<strong>in</strong>g over more than 20 thous<strong>and</strong> hectares offer exquisite opportunities<br />
for foot walks, cycl<strong>in</strong>g, <strong>and</strong> classical ski<strong>in</strong>g. The park overgrows a range of mora<strong>in</strong>e<br />
hills carved deep by numerous crisscross<strong>in</strong>g brooks. This is where many tourist tracks<br />
beg<strong>in</strong>. The woodl<strong>and</strong>s of the park are the lungs of the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area.<br />
The Tri-City L<strong>and</strong>scape Park – the lungs of the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area.<br />
Hel Pen<strong>in</strong>sula<br />
This 35-kilometre long pen<strong>in</strong>sula is actually a s<strong>and</strong>y dune. Tucked along its shores are<br />
many fish<strong>in</strong>g towns <strong>and</strong> settlements of unique features. They are excellent locations for<br />
water sports. The pen<strong>in</strong>sula is strewn with surviv<strong>in</strong>g rema<strong>in</strong>s of authentic military structures,<br />
mostly from World War Two. To get to the pen<strong>in</strong>sula, you can travel by car, tra<strong>in</strong>,<br />
bike, or the water tram shuttle which travels between the pen<strong>in</strong>sula <strong>and</strong> the cities of the<br />
Bay of Gdańsk Metropolitan Area <strong>in</strong> the summer.<br />
Hel Pen<strong>in</strong>sula is an excellent location for water sports.<br />
Photo: www.artdesign.net.pl<br />
Photo: www.artdesign.net.pl
Puck Bay<br />
Nicknamed the ‘Little Sea’, the bay is a bas<strong>in</strong> known <strong>in</strong> Europe for the excellent conditions<br />
one can f<strong>in</strong>d here to <strong>in</strong>dulge <strong>in</strong> many water sports, such as w<strong>in</strong>dsurf<strong>in</strong>g, kite<br />
surf<strong>in</strong>g, or sail<strong>in</strong>g. In the w<strong>in</strong>ter, you can also try your skills on the ice. Boat ports <strong>and</strong><br />
harbours are <strong>in</strong> Puck, Chałupy, Kuźnica, Jastarnia, <strong>and</strong> Jurata. The bay is also an excellent<br />
angl<strong>in</strong>g spot.<br />
Puck Bay – heaven for water sports <strong>and</strong> angl<strong>in</strong>g.<br />
Slov<strong>in</strong>ian National Park<br />
The site is just one of the 23 national parks of Pol<strong>and</strong>, but its nature is unique. In 1977<br />
UNESCO listed it among the World Nature Reserves. W<strong>and</strong>er<strong>in</strong>g dunes which shape the<br />
l<strong>and</strong>scape turn<strong>in</strong>g it <strong>in</strong>to a desert of unmatched features are the key attraction of the<br />
park. The nearby village of Kluki is the location of the Slov<strong>in</strong>ian Village Museum.<br />
W<strong>and</strong>er<strong>in</strong>g dunes are the ma<strong>in</strong> attraction of Slov<strong>in</strong>ian National Park.<br />
Photo: City Hall of Gdańsk / Błażej Kucharski<br />
Photo: City Hall of Gdańsk/ Przemysław Rot<br />
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Kashubian Lake District<br />
The District stretches from the Baltic coast <strong>in</strong> the north to the southern borders of the<br />
Pomeranian region. The l<strong>and</strong> is a natural leisure base for the <strong>in</strong>habitants of the metropolis.<br />
The picturesque mora<strong>in</strong>e hills are dotted with long str<strong>in</strong>gs of ribbon lakes, which<br />
highlight the l<strong>and</strong>scape of unusual beauty. In the quiet <strong>and</strong> peace of this virtually undiscovered<br />
part of the country sail<strong>in</strong>g is ga<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> popularity. We recommend visit<strong>in</strong>g the<br />
Kashubian Ethnographic Park <strong>in</strong> Wdzydze Kiszewskie.<br />
Kashubian Lake District is the natural leisure base for locals <strong>and</strong> tourists.<br />
The Teutonic Castle <strong>in</strong> Malbork<br />
Centuries ago, Malbork used to be the capital of the state set up by the Teutonic Order.<br />
The castle is the largest brick fortress of Europe. Also recognised as one of the largest<br />
castle compounds <strong>in</strong> the world, <strong>in</strong> 1997 it was entered <strong>in</strong> the UNESCO World List of Cultural<br />
Heritage.<br />
Breathtak<strong>in</strong>g view of The Teutonic Castle <strong>in</strong> Malbork – the largest brick fortress <strong>in</strong> Europe.<br />
Photo: www.artdesign.net.pl<br />
Photo: Jacek Kita<br />
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EFFECTIVE METROPOLIS: THE GLOBAL AND LOCAL PERSPECTIVES<br />
To achieve the tasks ensur<strong>in</strong>g from the local <strong>and</strong> regional policies, it is necessary to undertake<br />
many ventures whose range stretches beyond the borders of any particular city<br />
or commune. This is particularly true of the <strong>in</strong>frastructural projects which frequently affect<br />
from several to ten or more towns <strong>and</strong> communes. Cooperation of that scale is well<br />
exemplified by the operations of the Metropolitan Transport Association of the Bay of<br />
Gdańsk. The purpose of the organisation is to put <strong>in</strong> place an <strong>in</strong>tegrated system of public<br />
transport. The current priority is the <strong>in</strong>troduction of the metropolitan ticket to enable<br />
the holders to use different types of transport <strong>in</strong> any of an odd dozen cities, towns, <strong>and</strong><br />
communes. The objectives adopted by the association further <strong>in</strong>clude coord<strong>in</strong>ation of<br />
various means of transport (buses, trams, trolleys, swift commuter tra<strong>in</strong>), comb<strong>in</strong>ed with<br />
establishment of a network of modern transport hubs to facilitate <strong>in</strong>terchanges, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g<br />
the change from the private car to public transport.<br />
The communal unions provide another metropolitan forum for solv<strong>in</strong>g issues connected<br />
with environment protection, water management, <strong>and</strong> waste utilisation. The ‘Reda<br />
<strong>and</strong> Chylonka Valleys’ Municipal Commune Union formed by five urban agglomerations<br />
(Gdynia, Sopot, Rumia, Reda, <strong>and</strong> Wejherowo) <strong>and</strong> two rural communes (Kosakowo, <strong>and</strong><br />
Wejherowo), has for years successfully performed the tasks taken over from the local governments,<br />
relat<strong>in</strong>g to the provision of water supply, sewage collection <strong>and</strong> treatment,<br />
heat supply, waste management, environment protection, <strong>and</strong> environmental education.<br />
Communal sewage management <strong>and</strong> treatment is also tackled jo<strong>in</strong>tly by the rural communes<br />
of Stegna <strong>and</strong> Sztutowo via their ‘MIERZEJA’ Municipal Union.<br />
Many countryside communes <strong>in</strong> the Metropolitan Area are members of the regional Pomeranian<br />
Association of Rural Communes. The aim of this organisation is to support the<br />
local governments <strong>in</strong> search for the means, tools, <strong>and</strong> sources of f<strong>in</strong>ance for projects<br />
related to environment conservation, education, <strong>and</strong> fire protection. The association is<br />
<strong>in</strong>volved <strong>in</strong> implement<strong>in</strong>g projects f<strong>in</strong>anced from the EU funds, geared towards improv<strong>in</strong>g<br />
the educational system <strong>and</strong> solv<strong>in</strong>g the environmental problems.<br />
Susta<strong>in</strong>ed development of maritime economy is another area which the local governments<br />
address h<strong>and</strong> <strong>in</strong> h<strong>and</strong>. The authorities of the coastal communities work towards<br />
exert<strong>in</strong>g a jo<strong>in</strong>t impact on various l<strong>in</strong>es of development of that particular economy sector<br />
via the forum of the Union of Sea Towns <strong>and</strong> Communes. The organisation groups<br />
32 local governments, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g about a dozen towns <strong>and</strong> communes of the metropolis.<br />
So far, the union has presented a common st<strong>and</strong><strong>in</strong>g of the local authorities <strong>in</strong> matter<br />
such as the development of sea tourism, amendments to the act on seaports, the issues<br />
of reviv<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>l<strong>and</strong> roads, or improv<strong>in</strong>g accessibility of ports from the l<strong>and</strong>.<br />
The communes of the Metropolis are also engaged <strong>in</strong> the works of the ‘Pomorskie <strong>in</strong> the<br />
European Union’ Association. The association aims at assist<strong>in</strong>g local governments <strong>in</strong> the<br />
process of apply<strong>in</strong>g for the EU funds available under various operational programmes.<br />
Rais<strong>in</strong>g the level of know-how <strong>and</strong> transferr<strong>in</strong>g good practices <strong>and</strong> experience <strong>in</strong>to the<br />
local reality are the areas where the local governments of the Metropolitan Area have<br />
been highly active at the <strong>in</strong>ternational level. Krynica Morska can serve us as a good<br />
example. The town, together with its peers, i.e. the towns of Łeba, Ner<strong>in</strong>ga (Lithuania),<br />
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Borgholm (Sweden), Morbylanga (Sweden), Hohnstorf (Germany), <strong>and</strong> Com<strong>in</strong>es (Belgium)<br />
participates <strong>in</strong> the EU Town Tw<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g partnership programme.<br />
One of the prime organisations formed to act to the benefit of the coastal regions is the<br />
Union of the Baltic Cities. The local governments of Gdańsk, Sopot, Gdynia, Reda, Pruszcz<br />
Gdański, <strong>and</strong> Krynica Morska hold membership <strong>in</strong> the Union.<br />
Another organisation of major importance <strong>in</strong> which Gdańsk is actively <strong>in</strong>volved, is the<br />
Union of Hanseatic Cities whose orig<strong>in</strong>s go back to the Middle Ages. The organisation<br />
focuses on tighten<strong>in</strong>g cooperation between the Hanseatic cities <strong>in</strong> a dozen or so countries<br />
of Europe, ma<strong>in</strong>ly <strong>in</strong> the spheres of cultural, economic, <strong>and</strong> youth exchange, <strong>and</strong><br />
tourism.<br />
The cities, towns, <strong>and</strong> communes of the Metropolitan Area have built a dense network<br />
of work<strong>in</strong>g relationships with their sister local governments abroad. In total figures, cooperation<br />
is ma<strong>in</strong>ta<strong>in</strong>ed with more than 100 local authorities on 3 cont<strong>in</strong>ents. The relationships<br />
<strong>in</strong>volve ma<strong>in</strong>ly cultural, <strong>and</strong> economic contacts, youth exchange, sport, <strong>and</strong><br />
promotion. Members of the local authorities also share their experience <strong>and</strong> know-how<br />
<strong>in</strong> management of units of territorial self-government.<br />
The local governments of the Metropolitan Area actively participate <strong>in</strong> <strong>in</strong>ternational cooperation between<br />
partner towns <strong>and</strong> communes.<br />
Photo: City Hall of Gdańsk / Jerzy P<strong>in</strong>kas<br />
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Table 20. Partner cities, towns, <strong>and</strong> communes of the selected local governments of the<br />
Metropolitan Area.<br />
Gdańsk<br />
Gdynia<br />
Sopot<br />
Bremen (Germany), Turku (F<strong>in</strong>l<strong>and</strong>), Clevel<strong>and</strong> (USA), Barcelona (Spa<strong>in</strong>), Kalmar<br />
(Sweden), Hels<strong>in</strong>gor (Denmark), Marseilles (France), Rouen (France), Kal<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>grad<br />
(Russia), Sefton (United K<strong>in</strong>gdom), Odessa (Ukra<strong>in</strong>e), Astana (Kasachstan), Sankt<br />
Petersburg (Russia), Rotterdam (Netherl<strong>and</strong>s), Vilnius (Lithuania), Niece (Frane),<br />
Shanghai (Ch<strong>in</strong>a), Palermo (Italy), Bytów (Pol<strong>and</strong>)<br />
Aalborg (Denmark), Baranowicze (Belarus), Brooklyn (USA), Haikou (Ch<strong>in</strong>a),<br />
Kal<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>grad (Russia), Karlskrona (Sweden), Kiel (Germany), Klaipeda (Lithuania),<br />
Kotka (F<strong>in</strong>l<strong>and</strong>), Kristians<strong>and</strong> (Norway), Kunda (Estonia), Lipava (Latvia), Plymouth<br />
(United K<strong>in</strong>gdom), Seattle (USA), the Opal Coast Union (France)<br />
Aszkelon (Israel), Frankenthal (Germany), Karlshamn (Sweden), Naestved<br />
(Denmark), Peterhof (Russia), Ratzenburg (Germany) Southend on Sea (United<br />
K<strong>in</strong>gdom), Zakopane (Pol<strong>and</strong>)<br />
Rumia Hultsfred (Sweden), Sventsyany (Lithuania), Dębl<strong>in</strong> (Pol<strong>and</strong>)<br />
Reda<br />
Wejherowo Town<br />
Wejherowo Commune<br />
Lubl<strong>in</strong>iec (Pol<strong>and</strong>), Waldbronn (Germany), Łowicz (Pol<strong>and</strong>), the Vilnius Region<br />
(Lithuania)<br />
Commission for International Exchanges <strong>and</strong> Twonn<strong>in</strong>g (France), Norm<strong>and</strong>y, Tyresö<br />
(Sweden), Sventsyany (Lithuania), Postawy (Belarus)<br />
Commission for International Exchanges <strong>and</strong> Twonn<strong>in</strong>g (France), Norm<strong>and</strong>y,<br />
Commune of Pogiry (Lithuania), Vilnius Region, Commune of Limanowa (Pol<strong>and</strong>)<br />
Pruszcz Gdański Town Situle (Lithuania), Nybro (Sweden), Wivenhoe (United K<strong>in</strong>gdom)<br />
Żukowo urban cum rural<br />
commune<br />
Kolbudy Uffenheim (Germany)<br />
Kosakowo<br />
Nowy Dwór Gdański<br />
Wendelste<strong>in</strong> (Germany), Sa<strong>in</strong>t-Junien (France)<br />
Local Government of the Vilnius Region (Lithuania), Krościenko nad Dunajcem<br />
(Pol<strong>and</strong>), Żerków (Pol<strong>and</strong>)<br />
Hennef (Germany), Swietlyj (Russia), Sarny (Ukra<strong>in</strong>e), Velka nad Velickou (Czech<br />
Republic)<br />
Puck Cieszyn (Pol<strong>and</strong>), Gueret (France), Konz (Germany), Ste<strong>in</strong> (Germany)<br />
Jastarnia Baabe (Germany), Elbe-Parey (Germany), Wałbrzych, Wisła (Pol<strong>and</strong>)<br />
Kartuzy Caissargues (France), Duderstadt (Germany)<br />
Source: Own study base on the websites of the town offices, plus www.wikipedia.pl.<br />
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Non-governmental organisations play a vital role <strong>in</strong> the work<strong>in</strong>gs of the metropolis, s<strong>in</strong>ce<br />
they are the actual implementers of many l<strong>in</strong>es <strong>in</strong> the social <strong>and</strong> economic policies. In<br />
a number of areas, the organisations either substitute, or complement the local authorities<br />
<strong>in</strong> their operations. The spheres <strong>in</strong> which the two meet <strong>in</strong>clude e.g.:<br />
• social aid,<br />
• counteract<strong>in</strong>g social pathologies <strong>and</strong> exclusion,<br />
• health protection,<br />
• research <strong>and</strong> educational actions,<br />
• cultural activities <strong>and</strong> <strong>in</strong>itiatives connected with cherish<strong>in</strong>g the cultural heritage,<br />
• environment protection,<br />
• human resources development,<br />
• <strong>in</strong>itiatives connected with rais<strong>in</strong>g the efficiency of the local <strong>in</strong>frastructure.<br />
Non-governmental organisations operate on support from donors (some enjoy the status<br />
of public benefit organisations), grants from the local authorities earmarked for the tasks<br />
rest<strong>in</strong>g with<strong>in</strong> the responsibility of public adm<strong>in</strong>istration, <strong>and</strong> subsidies from the European<br />
Union operational programmes. Across the Pomeranian region there are several thous<strong>and</strong><br />
non-governmental organisations. Their sheer number is the best evidence of the pro-active<br />
stance <strong>and</strong> sense of civic responsibility among the residents of the region.<br />
Information on a major group of non-governmental organisations operat<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> the Metropolitan<br />
Area <strong>and</strong> the region can be found <strong>in</strong> the non-governmental organisation database<br />
at: http://www.bazy.ngo.pl.<br />
The entity which coord<strong>in</strong>ates <strong>and</strong> supports civic <strong>in</strong>itiatives is the Regional Information<br />
<strong>and</strong> Support Centre for NGOs based <strong>in</strong> Gdańsk (for more <strong>in</strong>formation go to:<br />
http://www.rci.org.pl).<br />
Partnership cooperation between local governments, <strong>in</strong>stitutions, <strong>and</strong> bus<strong>in</strong>esses translates e.g. <strong>in</strong>to<br />
tangible effects <strong>in</strong> the areas of research, culture, <strong>and</strong> labour market.<br />
Photo: City Hall of Gdańsk / Przemysław Rot
GUIDE TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS<br />
Table 21. Guide to the Local Governments.<br />
Gdańsk Urban commune<br />
Gdynia Urban commune<br />
Sopot Urban commune<br />
Rumia Urban commune<br />
Reda Urban commune<br />
Wejherowo Urban commune<br />
Pruszcz<br />
Gdański<br />
Pruszcz<br />
Gdański<br />
Urban commune<br />
Rural commune<br />
Wejherowo Rural commune<br />
Żukowo<br />
Mixed urban <strong>and</strong><br />
rural commune<br />
Kolbudy Rural commune<br />
City Hall of Gdańsk<br />
ul. Nowe Ogrody 8/12<br />
80-803 Gdańsk<br />
Tel. (+48 58) 323 63 00<br />
Fax (+48 58) 302 01 34<br />
City Hall of Gdynia<br />
Al. Marszałka Piłsudskiego<br />
52/54<br />
81-382 Gdynia<br />
Tel. (+48 58) 668 80 00<br />
Fax (+48 58) 620 97 98<br />
City Hall of Sopot<br />
ul. Kościuszki 25/27<br />
81-704 Sopot<br />
Tel. (+48 58) 521 37 50<br />
Fax (+48 58) 551 01 33<br />
Town Hall of Rumia<br />
ul. Sobieskiego 7<br />
84-230 Rumia<br />
Tel. (+48 58) 679 65 00<br />
Fax (+48 58) 679 65 17<br />
Town Hall of Reda<br />
ul. Pucka 9<br />
81-240 Reda<br />
Tel. (+48 58) 678 80 23<br />
Fax (+48 58) 678 31 24<br />
Town Hall of Wejherowo<br />
pl. Jakuba Wejhera 8<br />
84-200 Wejherowo<br />
Tel. (+48 58) 677 70 00<br />
Fax (+48 58) 672 12 57<br />
Town Hall of Pruszcz Gdański<br />
ul. Grunwaldzka 20<br />
83-000 Pruszcz Gdański<br />
Tel. (+48 58) 775 99 21<br />
Fax (+48 58) 682 34 51<br />
Commune Office of Pruszcz<br />
Gdański<br />
ul. Wojska Polskiego 30<br />
83-000 Pruszcz Gdański<br />
Tel. (+48 58) 692 94 21<br />
Fax (+48 58) 682 27 14<br />
Commune Office of<br />
Wejherowo<br />
Os. Przyjaźni 6<br />
84-200 Wejherowo<br />
Tel. (+48 58) 677 97 01<br />
Fax (+48 58) 677 97 00<br />
Commune Office of Żukowo<br />
ul. Gdańska 52<br />
83-330 Żukowo<br />
Tel. (+48 58) 685 83 00<br />
Fax (+48 58) 685 83 18<br />
Commune Office of Kolbudy<br />
ul. Staromłyńska 1<br />
83-050 Kolbudy<br />
Tel. (+48 58) 691 05 21<br />
Fax (+48 58) 691 05 58<br />
Mayor<br />
Paweł Adamowicz<br />
Mayor<br />
Wojciech Szczurek<br />
Mayor<br />
Jacek Karnowski<br />
Mayor<br />
Elżbieta Rogala-<br />
Kończak<br />
Mayor<br />
Krzysztof Krzemiński<br />
www.gdansk.pl<br />
www.gdynia.pl<br />
www.sopot.pl<br />
www.um.rumia.pl<br />
www.reda.pl<br />
Mayor<br />
Krzysztof Hildebr<strong>and</strong>t www.wejherowo.pl<br />
Mayor<br />
Janusz Wróbel<br />
Head Officer<br />
Magdalena<br />
Kołodziejczak<br />
Head Officer<br />
Jerzy Kepka<br />
Mayor<br />
Alb<strong>in</strong> Bykowski<br />
Head Officer<br />
Leszek Grombala<br />
www.pruszcz-gdanski.pl<br />
www.pruszczgdanski.pl<br />
www.ug.wejher.pl<br />
www.zukowo.pl<br />
www.kolbudy.gd.pl<br />
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Kosakowo Rural commune<br />
Puck Urban commune<br />
Puck Rural commune<br />
Krokowa Rural commune<br />
Władysławowo Urban commune<br />
Jastarnia Urban commune<br />
Hel Urban commune<br />
Choczewo Rural commune<br />
Szemud Rural commune<br />
Łęczyce Rural commune<br />
L<strong>in</strong>ia Rural commune<br />
Luz<strong>in</strong>o Rural commune<br />
Commune Office of Kosakowo<br />
ul. Żeromskiego 69<br />
81-198 Kosakowo<br />
Tel. (+48 58) 660 43 00<br />
Fax (+48 58) 660 43 01<br />
Town Hall of Puck<br />
84-100 Puck, ul. 1 Maja 13<br />
Tel. (+48 58) 673 05 00<br />
Fax (+48 58) 673 05 33<br />
Commune Office of Puck<br />
ul. 10 lutego 29<br />
84-100 Puck<br />
Tel. (+48 58) 673 20 96<br />
Fax (+48 58) 673 27 37<br />
Commune Office of Krokowa<br />
ul. Szkolna 2<br />
84-110 Krokowa<br />
Tel. (+48 58) 675 41 00<br />
Fax (+48 58) 675 41 01<br />
Town Hall of Władysławowo<br />
ul. Hallera 19<br />
81-120 Władysławowo<br />
Tel. (+48 58) 674 54 00<br />
Fax (+48 58) 674 07 63<br />
Town Hall of Jastarnia<br />
ul. Portowa 24<br />
84-140 Jastarnia<br />
Tel. (+48 58) 675 19 99<br />
Fax (+48 58) 675 21 76<br />
Town Hall of Hel<br />
ul. Wiejska 50<br />
84-150 Hel<br />
Tel. (+48 58) 677 72 40<br />
Fax (+48 58) 677 72 77<br />
Commune Office of Choczewo<br />
ul. Pierwszych Osadników 17<br />
84-210 Choczewo<br />
Tel. (+48 58) 572 39 40<br />
Fax (+48 58) 676 30 12<br />
Commune Office of Szemud<br />
ul. Kartuska 13<br />
84-217 Szemud<br />
Tel. (+48 58) 676 11 85<br />
Fax (+48 58) 676 11 13<br />
Commune Office of Łęczyce<br />
ul. Długa 49<br />
84-218 Łęczyce<br />
Tel. (+48 58) 678 92 14<br />
Fax (+48 58) 678 91 25<br />
Commune Office of L<strong>in</strong>ia<br />
ul. Turystyczna 15<br />
84-223 L<strong>in</strong>ia<br />
Tel. (+48 58) 676 85 82<br />
Fax (+48 58) 676 85 88<br />
Commune Office of Luz<strong>in</strong>o<br />
ul. Ofiar Stutthofu 11<br />
84-242 Luz<strong>in</strong>o<br />
Tel. (+48 58) 678 20 68<br />
Fax (+48 58) 678 23 25<br />
Head Officer<br />
Jerzy Włudzik<br />
Mayor<br />
Marek R<strong>in</strong>tz<br />
www.kosakowo.pl<br />
www.miasto.puck.pl<br />
Head Officer<br />
Tadeusz Puszkarczuk www.gm<strong>in</strong>a.puck.pl<br />
Head Officer<br />
Henryk Doer<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Mayor<br />
Adam Drzeżdżon<br />
Mayor<br />
Tyberiusz Narkowicz<br />
www.krokowa.home.pl<br />
www.wladyslawowo.pl<br />
www.jastarnia.pl<br />
Mayor<br />
Mirosław Wądołowski www.hel.eu<br />
Head Officer<br />
Jacek Michałowski<br />
www.choczewo.com.pl<br />
Head Officer<br />
Zbigniew Engelbrecht www.szemud.pl<br />
Head Officer<br />
Bożena Chmielewska www.leczyce.pl<br />
Head Officer<br />
Łukasz Jabłoński<br />
Head Officer<br />
Jarosław Wejer<br />
www.bip.ug-l<strong>in</strong>ia.pl<br />
www.luz<strong>in</strong>o.pl<br />
Atlas of the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area
Regional <strong>and</strong> International Cooperation<br />
Gniew<strong>in</strong>o Rural commune<br />
Kartuzy<br />
Mixed urban <strong>and</strong><br />
rural commune<br />
Somon<strong>in</strong>o Rural commune<br />
Sulęczyno Rural commune<br />
Stężyca Rural commune<br />
Chmielno Rural commune<br />
Sierakowice Rural commune<br />
Przodkowo Rural commune<br />
Cedry Wielkie Rural commune<br />
Suchy Dąb Rural commune<br />
Pszczółiki Rural commune<br />
Trąbki Wielkie Rural commune<br />
Commune Office of Gniew<strong>in</strong>o<br />
ul. Pomorska 8<br />
84-250 Gniew<strong>in</strong>o<br />
Tel. (+48 58) 676 76 77<br />
Fax (+48 58) 676 72 26<br />
Commune Office of Kartuzy<br />
ul. Hallera 1<br />
83-300 Kartuzy<br />
Tel. (+48 58) 681 05 02<br />
Fax (+48 58) 681 09 73<br />
Commune Office of Somon<strong>in</strong>o<br />
ul. Ceynowy 21<br />
83-314 Somon<strong>in</strong>o<br />
Tel. (+48 58) 684 11 21<br />
Fax (+48 58) 684 11 44<br />
Commune Office of Sulęczyno<br />
ul. Kaszubska 26<br />
83-320 Sulęczyno<br />
Tel. (+48 58) 684 40 01<br />
Fax (+48 58) 684 40 01<br />
Commune Office of Stężyca<br />
ul. 9 Marca 7<br />
83-322 Stężyca<br />
Tel. (+48 58) 684 33 05<br />
Fax (+48 58) 684 33 44<br />
Commune Office of Chmielno<br />
ul. Gryfa Pomorskiego 22<br />
83-333 Chmielno<br />
Tel. (+48 58) 684 22 16<br />
Fax (+48 58) 684 22 16<br />
Commune Office of Sierakowice<br />
ul. Lęborska 30<br />
83-340 Sierakowice<br />
Tel. (+48 58) 681 61 20<br />
Fax (+48 58) 681 66 01<br />
Commune Office of Przodkowo<br />
ul. Kartuska 21<br />
83-304 Przodkowo<br />
Tel. (+48 58) 685 14 25<br />
Fax (+48 58) 685 13 61<br />
Commune Office of Cedry<br />
Wielkie<br />
ul. Krasickiego 16<br />
83-020 Cedry Wielkie<br />
Tel. (+48 58) 683 61 64<br />
Fax (+48 58) 683 61 66<br />
Commune Office of Suchy Dąb<br />
ul. Gdańska 17<br />
83-022 Suchy Dąb<br />
Tel. (+48 58) 682 86 85<br />
Fax (+48 58) 682 86 20<br />
Commune Office of Pszczółki<br />
ul. Pomorska 18<br />
83-032 Pszczółki<br />
Tel. (+48 58) 683 91 28<br />
Fax (+48 58) 682 91 95<br />
Commune Office of Trąbki<br />
Wielkie<br />
ul. Gdańska 12<br />
83-034 Trąbki Wielkie<br />
Tel. (+48 58) 682 83 23<br />
Fax (+48 58) 682 83 19<br />
Head Officer<br />
Zbigniew Walczak<br />
Mayor<br />
Mirosława Teresa<br />
Lehman<br />
Head Officer<br />
Mieczysław<br />
Flisikowski<br />
Head Officer<br />
Jan Kulas<br />
Head Officer<br />
Czesław Witkowski<br />
www.gniew<strong>in</strong>o.pl<br />
www.e-kartuzy.pl<br />
www.somon<strong>in</strong>o.pl<br />
www.suleczyno.pl<br />
www.gm<strong>in</strong>astezyca.pl<br />
Head Officer<br />
Zbigniew Roszkowski www.chmielno.pl<br />
Head Officer<br />
Tadeusz Kobiela<br />
www.sierakowice.pl<br />
Head Officer<br />
Andrzej Wyrzykowski www.przodkowo.pl<br />
Head Officer<br />
Janusz Goliński<br />
Head Officer<br />
Sławomir Kaźmierski<br />
Head Officer<br />
Hanna Brejwo<br />
Head Officer<br />
Błażej Konkol<br />
www.cedry-wielkie.pl<br />
www.suchy-dab.pl<br />
www.pszczolki.pl<br />
www. trabkiw.ug.gov.pl<br />
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Przywidz Rural commune<br />
Nowy Dwór<br />
Gdański<br />
Mixed urban <strong>and</strong><br />
rural commune<br />
Stegna Rural commune<br />
Sztutowo Rural commune<br />
Ostaszewo Rural commune<br />
Krynica<br />
Morska<br />
Poviat of<br />
Gdańsk<br />
Poviat of<br />
Kartuzy<br />
Poviat Nowy<br />
Dwór<br />
Urban commune<br />
Poviat<br />
Poviat<br />
Poviat<br />
Poviat of Puck Poviat<br />
Poviat<br />
Wejherowo<br />
Poviat<br />
Commune Office of Przywidz<br />
ul. Gdańska 7<br />
83-047 Przywidz<br />
Tel. (+48 58) 682 51 46<br />
Fax (+48 58) 682 52 25<br />
Town Hall of Nowy Dwór<br />
Gdański<br />
ul. Wejhera 3<br />
82-100 Nowy Dwór Gdański<br />
Tel. (+48 55) 247 24 01<br />
Fax (+48 55) 247 24 05<br />
Commune Office of Stegna<br />
ul. Gdańska 34<br />
82-103 Stegna<br />
Tel. (+48 55) 247 81 71<br />
Fax (+48 55) 247 83 95<br />
Commune Office of Sztutowo<br />
ul. Gdańska 55<br />
82-110 Sztutowo<br />
Tel. (+48 55) 247 81 51<br />
Fax (+48 55) 247 83 96<br />
Commune Office of<br />
Ostaszewo<br />
Ostaszewo 74<br />
82-112 Ostaszewo<br />
Tel. (+48 55) 247 13 28<br />
Fax (+48 55) 247 13 18<br />
Town Hall of Krynica Morska<br />
ul. Górników 15<br />
82-120 Krynica Morska<br />
Tel. (+48 55) 247 65 27<br />
Fax (+48 55) 247 65 66<br />
Poviat Starost Office <strong>in</strong><br />
Pruszcz<br />
ul. Wojska Polskiego 16<br />
83-000 Pruszcz Gdański<br />
Tel. (+48 58) 683 53 90<br />
Fax (+48 58) 683 48 99<br />
Poviat Starost Office <strong>in</strong><br />
Kartuzy<br />
ul. Dworcowa 1<br />
83-300 Kartuzy<br />
Tel. (+48 58) 685 33 43<br />
Fax (+48 58) 681 36 43<br />
Poviat Starost Office <strong>in</strong> Nowy<br />
Dwór Gdański<br />
ul. Sikorskiego 23<br />
82-100 Nowy Dwór Gdański<br />
Tel. (+48 55) 247 36 68<br />
Fax (+48 55) 247 36 70<br />
Poviat Starost Office <strong>in</strong> Puck<br />
ul. Orzeszkowej 5<br />
84-100 Puck<br />
Tel. (+48 58) 673 42 02<br />
Fax (+48 58) 673 41 91<br />
Poviat Starost Office <strong>in</strong><br />
Wejherowo<br />
ul. 3 Maja 4<br />
84-200 Wejherowo<br />
Tel. (+48 58) 572 94 00<br />
Fax (+48 58) 572 94 02<br />
Source: local governments’ <strong>in</strong>formation pages.<br />
Head Officer<br />
Bożena Mielewczyk<br />
Zawada<br />
Mayor<br />
Tadeusz Studziński<br />
Head Officer<br />
Eugeniusz<br />
Wyrzykowski<br />
Head Officer<br />
Stanisław<br />
Kochanowski<br />
Head Officer<br />
Kazimierz Stadnicki<br />
Burmistrz<br />
Adam Ostrowski<br />
Starost<br />
Cezary Bieszniac-<br />
Krzywiec<br />
Starost<br />
Jan<strong>in</strong>a Kwiecień<br />
Starost<br />
Zbigniew Piórkowski<br />
Starost<br />
Artur Jabłoński<br />
Starost<br />
Józef Reszke<br />
www.przywidz.pl<br />
www.miastonowydwor.pl<br />
www.stegna.ug.gov.pl<br />
www.sztutowo.ug.gov.pl<br />
www.ostaszewo.pl<br />
www.krynicamorska.pl<br />
www.powiat-gdanski.pl<br />
www.kartuskipowiat.pl<br />
www.nowydworgdanski.pl<br />
www.starostwo.puck.pl<br />
www.powiat.wejher.pl
MAJOR INSTITUTIONS IN THE REGION<br />
Pomeranian Marshal Office<br />
ul. Okopowa 21/27, 80-810 Gdańsk<br />
tel. (+48 58) 32 61 555<br />
fax (+48 58) 32 61 556<br />
marszalek@woj-pomorskie.pl<br />
www.woj-pomorskie.pl<br />
Pomeranian Voivodship Office <strong>in</strong> Gdańsk<br />
ul. Okopowa 21/27, 80-810 Gdańsk<br />
tel. (+48 58) 30 77 695<br />
zok@gdansk.uw.gov.pl<br />
www.uw.gda.pl<br />
Inl<strong>and</strong> Revenue Chamber <strong>in</strong> Gdańsk<br />
ul. Długa 75/76, 80-831 Gdańsk<br />
tel. (+48 58) 300 23 00<br />
fax: (+48 58) 301 43 18<br />
www.is.gdansk.pl<br />
isdn@pm.mofnet.gov.pl<br />
Voivodship Labour Office<br />
ul. Podwale Przedmiejskie 30, 80-824 Gdańsk<br />
tel. (+48 58) 32 61 801<br />
fax: (+48 58) 32 64 894<br />
wup@wup.gdansk.pl<br />
www.wup.gdansk.pl<br />
Pomerania Development Agency S.A.<br />
ul. Piwna 36/39, 80-831 Gdańsk<br />
tel. (+48 58) 32 33 100<br />
fax: (+48 58) 30 11 341<br />
sekretariat@arp.gda.pl<br />
www.arp.gda.pl<br />
Pomeranian Borrow<strong>in</strong>g Fund S.A.<br />
ul. Szara 332-33, 80-116 Gdańsk<br />
tel. (+48 58) 30 22 005<br />
fax (+48 58) 30 75 125<br />
biuro@pfp.gda.pl<br />
www.pfp.gda.pl<br />
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Pomeranian Regional Credit Guarantee Fund sp. z o.o.<br />
ul. Szara 32-33, 80-116 Gdańsk<br />
tel. (+48 58) 32 03 405/406, 30 17 747<br />
fax (+48 58) 32 03 637<br />
prfpk@prfpk.com.pl<br />
www.prfpk.com.pl<br />
Pomeranian Chamber of Skilled Crafts for Small <strong>and</strong> Medium Enterprises<br />
ul. Piwna 1/2, 80-831 Gdańsk<br />
tel. (+48 58) 30 18 441, 30 57 541<br />
fax (+48 58) 30 17 931<br />
biuro@pomorskaizba.com.pl<br />
www.pomorskaizba.com.pl<br />
Office for Competition <strong>and</strong> Consumer Protection <strong>in</strong> Gdańsk<br />
ul. Podwale Przedmiejskie 30, 80-824 Gdańsk<br />
tel. (+48 58) 30 15 175<br />
fax (+48 58) 34 62 932<br />
gdansk@uokik.gov.pl<br />
www.uokik.gov.pl<br />
Statistical Office <strong>in</strong> Gdańsk<br />
ul. Danusi 4, 80-434 Gdańsk<br />
tel. (+48 58) 76 83 100<br />
fax (+48 58) 76 83 270<br />
sekretariatUSGDK@stat.gov.pl<br />
www.stat.gov.pl/urzedy/gdansk<br />
Customs Chamber<br />
ul. Północna 9a, 81-029 Gdynia<br />
tel. (+48 58) 66 69 393, 66 69 088<br />
fax (+48 58) 62 10 554<br />
dyrektor@gdy.mofnet.gov.pl<br />
www.gdynia.uc.gov.pl<br />
Gdańsk Metropolitan Development Agency sp. z o.o. (GARG sp. z o.o.)<br />
ul. Kartuska 5, 80-103 Gdańsk<br />
tel. (+48 58) 323 63 23<br />
e-mail: cob@gdansk.gda.pl<br />
Atlas of the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area
Regional <strong>and</strong> International Cooperation<br />
SOURCES OF INFORMATION:<br />
1. Pomeranian Marshal Office: www.woj-pomorskie.pl<br />
2. Pomerania Development Agency S.A.: www.arpg.gda.pl<br />
3. Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport: www.airport.gdansk.pl<br />
4. Seaports of Gdańsk <strong>and</strong> Gdynia: www.portgdansk.pl, www.port.gdynia.pl<br />
5. Polish Information <strong>and</strong> Foreign Investment Agency: www.paiz.gov.pl<br />
6. Statistical Office <strong>in</strong> Gdańsk: www.stat.gov.pl/gdansk<br />
7. websites of the cities <strong>and</strong> communes of the Bay of Gdańsk Metropolitan Area: City of Gdańsk – www.gdansk.pl, City of Gdynia – www.gdynia.pl, City of Sopot – www.sopot.pl,<br />
Town of Rumia – www.um.rumia.pl. Town of Reda – www.reda.pl, Town of Pruszcz Gdański – www.pruszcz-gdanski.pl, Town of Wejherowo – www.wejherowo.pl, Commune of<br />
Pruszcz Gdański – www.pruszczg.ug.gov.pl, Town of Żukowo – www.zukowo.pl, Commune of Kolbudy – www.kolbudy.gd.pl, Commune of Kosakowo – www.kosakowo.pl<br />
8. websites of the Poviat Starost Offices <strong>in</strong> Wejherowo – www.powiat.wejherowo.pl, Pruszcz Gdański – www.powiat-gdanski.pl, <strong>and</strong> the Town of Kościerzyna<br />
– www.koscierzyna.gda.pl<br />
9. Studies: Memor<strong>and</strong>um of the Pomeranian Metropolitan Area, Gdańsk Academy of Bank<strong>in</strong>g, Gdańsk 2006<br />
10. Memor<strong>and</strong>um of the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area, Gdańsk Academy of Bank<strong>in</strong>g, Gdańsk Institue for Market Economics, Gdańsk 2007<br />
11. Pomeranian Special Economic Zone: www.strefa.gda.pl, Pomeranian Science <strong>and</strong> Technology Park: www.ppnt.gdynia.pl<br />
12. Pomeranian website of the Polish Tour<strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong> Sightsee<strong>in</strong>g Society [PTTK]: www.pomorskie.pttk.pl<br />
13. Rzeczpospolita Daily of 29 April 2008<br />
14. www.zatokapucka.pl<br />
15. Statistical Yearbook of the Pomeranian Voivodship, CSO 2007<br />
16. The Pomeranian Voivodship 2007. Sub-regions, Poviats, Communes, CSO 2007<br />
17. Gross Domestic Product, Regional Accounts <strong>in</strong> 2006, CSO, Katowice 2008<br />
18. Area <strong>and</strong> population by territories <strong>in</strong> 2007, CSO, Warsaw 2007<br />
19. Maritime Economy <strong>in</strong> the Pomeranian Voivodship, 2006<br />
20. Report – Office Property <strong>in</strong> the Tri-City, Spr<strong>in</strong>g 2008, Pomerania Development Agency S.A.<br />
21. Adecco: www.adecco.pl/channels/adecconewvi_pl/home/home1.asp<br />
22. Institute of Tourism: www.<strong>in</strong>tur.com.pl<br />
23. www.wikipedia.pl<br />
24. Statistical Bullet<strong>in</strong> of the Pomeranian Voivodship – 2Q 2008<br />
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