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Gdansk Private Communism Tour with Solidarity Center Museum

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Travel back to the 1980's Commonist Poland and discover the history of Solidarity, the Polish trade union and civil resistance movement. See the brilliant exhibitions at the European Solidarity Centre, visit the historic Sala BHP and Gdansk Shipyard. Choose one of our excellent tour options tailored to your needs and interests: Available in English or German or Polish or Russian/ Spanish or French or Italian/ Norwegian or Swedish Languages 2-hour: European Solidarity Center Visit the European Solidarity Center and learn about the history of the Solidarity movement. Includes skip-the-line tickets. 4-hour: European Solidarity Center & Gdansk Shipyard Choose this option to visit the European Solidarity Center (skip-the-line tickets), Sala BHP, Gdansk Shipyard and other sites connected to the events of August 1980. Do you know what happened on August 31, 1980? Learn about the greatest civic success in the modern history of Poland - the victorious Solidarity movement.
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  • History Expert Guide with Official Gdansk License who is fluent in chosen language
  • Free entry to Sala BHP and Gdansk Shipyard (in 4-hour option)
  • A shot of traditional Polish vodka (in 4-hour option)
  • Private Commonist-themed tour of Gdansk with a visit to the European Solidarity Center
  • Pickup from your accommodation in Gdansk Old Town
  • Skip-the-line tickets to the European Solidarity Center (in 2 and 4-hour options)
  • Pickup from accommodation located outside Gdansk Old Town
Departure Point

Plac Solidarności, 80-001 Gdańsk, Poland Meet your guide under the Monument to the Fallen Shipyard Workers of 1970, Plac Solidarności, 80-001 Gdańsk

Return Details

Doki 1, 80-863 Gdańsk, Poland The last stop will be Gdansk Shipyard (Stocznia Gdansk).

  • Plac Solidarności, 80-001 Gdańsk, Poland
    Meet your guide under the Monument to the Fallen Shipyard Workers of 1970, Plac Solidarności, 80-001 Gdańsk
    10 minutes
  • Aleja Grunwaldzka 59, 80-241 Gdańsk, Poland
    Learn about Lech Walesa, Anna Walentynowicz, and other heroes who led the revolution. Your Private Guide will help you to understand the exhibitions and the historical context behind the Solidarity strikes and their legacy on the rest of Eastern Europe.
    20 minutes
  • Sala BHP, Gdansk, Poland
    Even more about the Polish People’s Republic (commonly known as PRL) and communism. See the Solidarity Square and hear the tragic story behind the Monument to the Fallen Shipyard Workers of 1970. Visit the historic site where the “Gdańsk Agreement” of 31 August 1980 was signed - the Center of worker protection of Gdansk shipyard, also known as Sala BHP.
    60 minutes
  • Doki 1, 80-863 Gdańsk, Poland
    The last stop will be Gdansk Shipyard (Stocznia Gdansk), where 17,000 ship builders began the civil resistance against the communist regime in 1980. In the tradition of PRL, we will also invite you for a shot of Polish vodka.
    60 minutes
  • European Solidarity Centre, pI. Solidarności 1, 80-863 Gdańsk, Poland
    Learn in depth about the Communist-era Poland and the birth of democracy in the Eastern Bloc. Visit the European Solidarity Center (ESC) with skip-the-line tickets that let you beat the crowds. Inside this modern museum, you will walk step by step through the history of Solidarity. You will see the original Tables of 21 Postulates - the written demands that the strikers at the Lenin Shipyard (now Gdansk Shipyard) made against the authorities in 1980, as well as other documents and photographs that document the trade union’s fight for freedom - the strikes, the 1989 round table talks, and first pluralistic election in Poland since 1947.
    60 minutes
  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
  • All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Pickup service is available only in the area of Gdansk Old Town. It means that your Private Guide will meet you at your accommodation if it is located within 1,5 km from the meeting point. If your accommodation does not meet these criteria, the tour itinerary may be changed accordingly
  • If you provide your accommodation address when making a booking, we will arrange for the guide to pick you up from this Gdansk Old Town address. Otherwise, the guide will meet you at the specified meeting point
  • Please check your email the day before the tour to receive important information
  • Please note that Gdansk Shipyard is closed on Saturdays and Sundays
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
  • For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
  • If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
  • Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
  • Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
Fran R
06 Aug 2023
Well done Lots of explanations, facts, photos. Important topic, today possibly more than some years ago
garygU7500VU
22 May 2023
The Gdansk Shipyard (in 1980, called the "Lenin Shipyard") is where the brave Poles of the Solidarity movement first began to cut the chains by which their Soviet occupiers had bound them. Few know that Lech Walesa had previously been jailed for his labor activism in years before that strike. Fewer still know that it was getting the older shipyard workers to support the strike to really give it "legs". Their entire financial security lay in their state-promised pension! Can you imagine those guys going home to their wives and explaining that they were going to strike, and that they may not be in line to receive a pension afterward? It all came together in 1980, labor activism, a Polish Pope, and a persuasive union leadership, toward poking the Soviet bear, much to the benefit of us all!
henrikhoholtj
10 Oct 2022
Our guide Elwira was Very knowledgeable about the uprising at the Gdansk shipyard and Gdansk's history - and inspiring to visit the Solidarity Center Museum.
This tour in Poland is organized by Explore Gdansk.

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