Things to do in Sopot
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Rozmaryn
It may be the most pricey restaurant in town, but there’s a reason – the Italian food served here is excellent, as is the tasteful décor. In addition to the soups, pastas and salads, there are more exotic dishes such as curries. Service and presentation is top class, and there’s a way to enjoy it without breaking the budget: dine here between 1pm and 5pm on weekends, when all the dishes are discounted by 50%.
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Café Art Deco
Tucked away at the quiet western end of Monte Cassino in a small courtyard back from the street, the tiny Art Deco serves some alcoholic tipples, but it’s the coffee that makes it special. It’s an atmospheric update of the classic Polish kawiarnia (café) that defies the current onslaught of cookie-cutter café chains.
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Sopot Museum
At the southern end of the beachfront, the Sopot Museum showcases 19th-century furniture and fittings within a grand villa of that era, including some enormous, ornately carved wardrobes. There’s an English-language brochure detailing the history of the house, and its attractive architecture is worth a look in its own right.
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Rooster
Feast on burgers, shawarmas, salads and pastas at reasonable prices, though the proprietor has unfortunately issued the waitresses with shiny red shorts about six sizes too small. Sit outside and watch the tourist hordes go by, or stay within and marvel at the barn-like Texan diner interior, decorated with number plates and telephone poles.
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Hana
Japanese food has arrived in Poland, muscling aside the older Chinese and Vietnamese outlets. This restaurant presents a selection of quality sushi and sashimi in a compact space lined with rice-paper screens. The set menus (90zł to 150zł) include several courses and are better value than ordering à la carte.
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Coctailo
Bright little drinking space hidden from ul Bohaterów Monte Cassino at the back of the Crooked House, with a cosy light-filled interior and a peaceful outdoor seating area. The drinks list contains Italian wines by the glass (6zł to 15zł), along with good coffee, smoothies and ice cream sundaes.
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Mandarynka
This very cool confection of timber tables, scarlet lampshades and huge orange cushions is about as loungey as it gets. The bartenders seem to be on first-name terms with all the patrons, and are superbly nonchalant to boot. There’s a food menu, and a DJ in action upstairs most nights.
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Pub Kinski
The house and birthplace of legendary German actor and psychopath Klaus Kinski has been converted into an offbeat bar-restaurant, with film posters and decadent crimson tablecloths within a cosy, candle-lit setting. The man himself probably would have trashed the place, but in a loving way.
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Soho
This long-time hot spot still hasn’t lost it. Haunt of the cool people, including scenesters, celebs and fashionistas, Soho goes for a surprisingly rough-cut retro style: brown walls, pink and yellow stripes, and red lighting fixtures to set off the glamorous crowds.
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Molo
At the end of Monte Cassino, beyond Plac Zdrojowy, is the famous Molo, Europe’s longest wooden pier, built in 1928 and jutting 515m out into the Gulf of Gdańsk. Various attractions along its length come and go with the seasons.
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Grand Hotel
The landmark 1927 Grand Hotel, adjoins the long waterfront spa park that first popularised the town. The park backs directly onto the beach, arguably the finest in the Tri-City area and Sopot's raison d'être in the all-too-short summer season.
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Caipirinha
Another good bar set within the surreal façade of the Crooked House, it serves plenty of cocktails, including local creations like the Sopot Special Night, featuring peach liqueur. It also has a decent selection of nonalcoholic drinks and light meals.
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Papryka
This appealing timbered villa near the beach buzzes on all levels – the two floors, balcony and beer garden are set in an attractive park surrounding the club. Music includes house, dub and alternative sounds. You must be 21 or older to enter.
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Błękitny Pudel
A cosy place in the middle of the main drag, the Blue Poodle features a front room looking like an eccentric nanna’s house, decked out with a strange assortment of random objects. As an added plus it serves German Paulaner wheat beer.
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Kawiarnia U Hrabiego
The oldest family home in Sopot now houses a charming little café and art gallery, far from the madding summer crowds. The quaint interior is perfect for cake and conversation, and there’s seating in the garden terrace.
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Viva
The self-proclaimed ‘Number One in the Tri-City’ is still a top spot around for all-out spectacle, hosting vast beachfront dance nights with all the eye candy and hi-tech wizardry it can muster.
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Crooked House
The warped, modern Crooked House is a building well worth investigating. Concealed within its twin-level innards are a dozen bars and restaurants, and several shops, including a wine outlet.
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Opera Leśna
The Opera Leśna is an amphitheatre that seats 5000 people and it is where the prestigious International Sopot Festival has been held in late August for over 40 years.
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Daily Blues
Hidden away in a quiet residential street, this laid-back venue sings the blues daily, with jam sessions on Mondays, Wednesdays and Sundays. Join the happy crowd in its squeezy confines.
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Tourist Office
Sopot School of Polish for Foreigners ( M049B; x058 550 3284; www.ssp.edu.pl; Al Niepodłegości 763) Offers Polish language courses; can arrange accommodation.
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Green Way
Similar to its franchise siblings in Gdańsk and the rest of Poland, this is a simple green-hued eatery trading on its excellent budget vegetarian food.
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Villas
If you wander about Sopot's back streets, you'll find more fine Villas from Sopot's 19th-century heyday as the German resort town Zoppot.
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Aqua Park
The large Aqua Park has tubes, slides, spas and a wild river ride, guaranteed to keep the kids happy.
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