Modern Art Gallery

Gdańsk


Behind Oliwa Cathedral is an 18th-century abbots’ palace, now home to the Polish modern-art branch of the National Museum of Gdańsk.


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1. Oliwa Cathedral

0.06 MILES

The first surprise as you approach the cathedral is the facade, a striking composition of two slim octagonal Gothic towers with a central baroque portion…

2. Ethnographic Museum

0.14 MILES

Installed in an unusual granary, this small collection is really only interesting for those with a passion for 19th- and early-20th-century fishing and…

3. Sopot Museum

2.13 MILES

At the southern end of the beachfront in a grand old villa, the Sopot Museum showcases 19th-century furniture and fittings, including some enormous,…

4. Ulica Bohaterów Monte Cassino

2.27 MILES

Sopot’s unavoidable spine is 'Heroes of Monte Cassino' Street, an attractive and invariably crowded mall stretching from the railway line to the pier…

5. Tightrope Walker Statue

2.31 MILES

While ambling your way along ul Bohaterów Monte Cassino towards the sea, take a right into ul Bema to see one of the most unusual statues in the Tri-City…

6. Crooked House

2.31 MILES

The warped, modern Crooked House is a typical piece of postcommunist architectural experimentation and well worth investigating. Concealed within its twin…

7. Opera Leśna

2.42 MILES

In a wooded hilly area of the town stands the Opera Leśna, an amphitheatre that seats 5000 people and is host to the prestigious August International…

8. Dom Zdrojowy

2.42 MILES

Take the glazed lift to the 3rd floor of this spa house to enjoy a free sip of Sopot’s natural, mineral-rich spring water that comes from a tap in the…