Gdansk (Danzig) - the Polish maritime capital with the population nearing half a million. Lying on the Bay of Gdansk and the southern cost of the Baltic Sea the city is a thousand years old.

With its Hanseatic tradition, it has for ages played a major role in the commercial relationships between Northern and Western Europe on the one hand, and the countries of Central and Eastern Europe on the other hand.

Today, Gdansk is the capital of the Pomeranian province and an important administration centre.