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TOWARDS THE EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF CULTURE The Bay of Gdańsk Metropolitan Area offers a broad range of cultural events and cyclical ventures to its residents and visitors. The popularity of the seashore agglomeration is largely due to its cultural calendar. Boredom in the Metropolis is unheard of, and the kaleidoscope of the living styles and paths finds its way to the highly varied cultural offer which includes occasions of the world format. The list of top institutions, centres, and events of cultural nature certainly includes: Theatres • Wybrzeże Theatre in Gdańsk, • Danuta Baduszkowa Musical Theatre in Gdynia, • Witold Gombrowicz City Theatre in Gdynia, • Agnieszka Osiecka Atelier Theatre in Sopot, • Kameralna Stage in Sopot, • Miniatura Theatre in Gdańsk, • Sopot Off de Bicz Alternative Stage in Sopot. Breathing the air of culture is taught from the cradle in the Metropolitan Area. In the photo: the Suzuki school students. Photo: City Hall of Gdańsk / Przemysław Rot - 48 - Philharmonic halls and musical stages • Frederick Chopin Polish Baltic Philharmonic in Gdańsk, • State Baltic Opera in Gdańsk, • Polish Chamber Philharmonic in Sopot. Museums • National Museum in Gdańsk, • Gdańsk History Museum, • Amber Museum in Gdańsk, • Archaeological Museum in Gdańsk, • Polish Maritime Museum in Gdańsk and Gdynia, • Polish Navy Museum in Gdynia, • Gdynia City Museum, • Sopot City Museum, • Aquarium in Gdynia, • City Zoological Garden in Gdańsk. Galleries and centres of culture • ‘Żak’ Club in Gdańsk, • ‘Łaźnia’ Centre of Contemporary Art in Gdańsk, • State Art Gallery in Sopot, • Wyspa’ Institute of Art, • Baltic Sea Culture Centre in Gdańsk, • ‘Triada’ Gallery of Contemporary Art in Sopot, • Sierakowski Family Manor in Sopot. There are four cinema complexes (multiplexes) and several smaller cinema halls in the Metropolitan Area. The rich cultural offer has always something of interest to the residents and visitors alike, irrespective of the season. Appreciating the role of culture in the lives of the inhabitants and tourists, the local governments take numerous steps to modernise and expand the existing infrastructure. The flagship projects in the field, both completed and planned, include: • HEVELIANUM Centre – adaptation of the historic military complex to accommodate a centre of education and recreation in Gdańsk, • amber route – reconstruction of a Roman trading post in Pruszcz Gdański; • extension to the National Museum in Gdańsk, • modernisation of the Forest Opera in Sopot, • erection of an early Mediaeval stronghold in Sopot, • construction of the Gdynia City Museum and the Polish Navy Museum in Gdynia, • construction of the World War Two Museum in Gdańsk, • construction of the ‘European Solidarity Centre’ in Gdańsk, • erection of the Shakespearean Theatre in Gdańsk. Atlas of the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area
Tourist Heaven Alongside family recreational events, the metropolis holds events of the world format featuring music stars. Table 19. Selected cultural and recreational events held in the Metropolitan Area. Gdańsk Gdynia International Festivals of Organ and Chamber Music Gdańsk DocFilm Festival International Festivals of Organ Music in Oliwa ‘FETA’ International Festival of Open-Air and Street Theatre Sounds of the North – Festival of Folklore-Inspired Music St Dominic Fair Gdańsk Press Photo Baltic Cartoon Festival Star Festival Yach Film Festival Johann Gottlieb Goldberg Festival Shakespearean Festival Gdańsk Carillon Festival Gdańsk Sense of Humour Festival All About Freedom JaZzGdyni Ladies Jazz Festival Gdynia Blues Festival Polish Feature Film Festival Summer stage of the City Theatre on the Orłowo beach Music concerts on the open-air stage at the Seashore Boulevard Twin City Games Heineken Open’er Music Festival GLOBALTICA World Culture Festival Pomeranian Film Workshops Photo: City Hall of Sopot - 49 - Sopot Poviat of Wejherowo (Wejherowo, Rumia, Reda, Choczewo, Szemud, Łęczyce, Linia, Gniewino, Luzino) Poviat of Gdańsk (Pruszcz Gdański, Cedry Wielkie, Suchy Dąb, Pszczółki, Trąbki Wielkie, Kolbudy, Przywidz) Poviat of Puck (Hel, Kosakowo, Puck, Krokowa, Jastarnia, Władysławowo) Poviat of Kartuzy (Kartuzy, Żukowo, Somonino, Sulęczyno, Stężyca, Chmielno, Przodkowo, Sierakowice) Poviat of Nowy Dwór (Nowy Dwór Gdański, Stegna, Sztutowo, Ostaszewo, Krynica Morska) International Sopot Festival ‘Two Theatres’ Festival of the Polish Radio Theatre and TV Theatre Sopot Hit Festival Midsummer Night – the Pier International Open Air Film Workshop for young artists Sopot Pier Festival Top Trendy Festival Sopot Jazz Rev. Ormiński International Festival of Religious Music A. Luterka Review of Small Theatrical Forms All-Polish Festival of Marine Songs and Wejherowo Songs Kashubian Fair VW Bug Rally Pomeranian Festival of Lent Song ‘Kashubian Embroidery’ competition Beach picnic in Przywidz (7 Corners of the Poviat) Days of Pruszcz Gdański ‘Fermata’ Piano Festival Trumpet in Trąbki Bees Days in Pszczółki Koźlaki Bielkowskie Amber, Beer and Food Festival Contemporary Music Festival in Pruszcz Gdański Staging of the defence battle for Kępa Oksywska Fishermen’s Sea Pilgrimage Baltic Snuff Championships ‘Buchta’ Festival of Marine Art, Humour and Satire D-day Hell Life Saving Championships, Volunteer Water Rescue Teams Kashubian Small Literary Forms Festival of Kashubian Song Puck Artistic Salon Guitar Player Confrontations Kashubian Collector Meetings Amber Miss Poland Midsummer Night at the Jeziorak Lake European musical meetings All-Polish 4 Wheel Drive Rally, ‘Kashubia by Night’, Ostrzyce International Friendship Games Kashubian Festival of Religious and Patriotic Song ‘Kaszëbskô Pipa’ International Kashubia Championship in Pipe Smoking Strawberry Harvest Polish Championship in Snuff Taking Jazz in the Woods Blues at a Forest Warden’s Old Motorcycle Rally – Kashubian Starry Night Sulęczyno Accordion Meetings Farewell to the Summer Żuławy Cycling Rally International Organ Festival World Championship in Amber Fishing All-Polish Peter and Paul’s Name Day Source: Own study based on the information materials of the local governments.
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