Gdansk Private Communism Tour with Solidarity Center Museum
Overview
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.
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.
Inclusions
- Private Commonist-themed tour of Gdansk with a visit to the European Solidarity Center
- History Expert Guide with Official Gdansk License who is fluent in chosen language
- Skip-the-line tickets to the European Solidarity Center (in 2 and 4-hour options)
- Free entry to Sala BHP and Gdansk Shipyard (in 4-hour option)
- A shot of traditional Polish vodka (in 4-hour option)
- Pickup from your accommodation in Gdansk Old Town
- Entry/Admission - European Solidarity Centre
What to expect
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Monument to the Fallen Shipyard Workers of 1970, Plac Solidarności, 80-001 Gdańsk, Poland
Meet your guide under the Monument to the Fallen Shipyard Workers of 1970, Plac Solidarności, 80-001 Gdańsk
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Pomnik Anny Walentynowicz, 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.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Sala BHP, ul. Doki 1, Gdansk 80-863 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.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: グダンスク造船所, 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.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: 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.
Duration: 1 hour
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Monument to the Fallen Shipyard Workers of 1970, Plac Solidarności, 80-001 Gdańsk, Poland
Meet your guide under the Monument to the Fallen Shipyard Workers of 1970, Plac Solidarności, 80-001 Gdańsk
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Pomnik Anny Walentynowicz, 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.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Sala BHP, ul. Doki 1, Gdansk 80-863 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.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: グダンスク造船所, 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.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: 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.
Duration: 1 hour
Additional information
- Wheelchair accessible
- Stroller accessible
- Near public transportation
- Infants must sit on laps
- Transportation is wheelchair accessible
- Surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- 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
- Most travelers can participate
- This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Ticket delivery
You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.
Cancellation
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start time of the experience.
CLAUDE_H
June 2021
Tour incontournable lors d'une visite à Gdansk pour découvrir et comprendre la vie des chantiers navals et l'évolution et la fin du communisme. Aneta, notre guide sympathique et passionnée prend plaisir à partager l'histoire de son pays !
Tour incontournable lors d'une visite à Gdansk pour découvrir et comprendre la vie des chantiers navals et l'évolution et la fin du communisme. Aneta, notre guide sympathique et passionnée prend plaisir à partager l'histoire de son pays !lotdeleeuw
December 2019
We received a private tour from Elwira, it was an experience one should not miss. Elwira is a natural describing the history the communism history of Poland, details, the life under the control of communism in Gdansk. Grateful to Poland, Gdansk, the shipyard workers, Lech Walensa. Poland is a gr...
We received a private tour from Elwira, it was an experience one should not miss. Elwira is a natural describing the history the communism history of Poland, details, the life under the control of communism in Gdansk. Grateful to Poland, Gdansk, the shipyard workers, Lech Walensa. Poland is a great country, with great people. Elwira is one them. Thanks 🙏EasternEuropeHistory
December 2019
Elwira was a great guide. She had a personal connection to the communist times in Poland and it showed when a few times she needed a moment to herself as she started to well up! We knew so little in the West of what went on behind the 'Iron Curtain' and hearing and seeing about it first hand ma...
Elwira was a great guide. She had a personal connection to the communist times in Poland and it showed when a few times she needed a moment to herself as she started to well up! We knew so little in the West of what went on behind the 'Iron Curtain' and hearing and seeing about it first hand makes you realise how lucky we were. The ECS museum was so much better being guided as a lot to take in so were taken to the important parts and done in a more logical order. It was also nice to be shown where other parts of the shipyard was or would of been. The shot of vodka in the restaurant was nice afterwards too and also gave us time to have a general chat with Elwira. Highly recommend. The Poles are definitely fighters andK5700FDmaryp
June 2019
Jakub Zglinski gave us a fantastic private Solidarity tour on 19 June 2019. He made this tour exceeded our expectations as he was a fountain of information, and impressed us by not answering one question because he wasn't absolutely sure of the answer. We highly recommend Jakub to any one visiti...
Jakub Zglinski gave us a fantastic private Solidarity tour on 19 June 2019. He made this tour exceeded our expectations as he was a fountain of information, and impressed us by not answering one question because he wasn't absolutely sure of the answer. We highly recommend Jakub to any one visiting Gdansk.brianjM2699QJ
December 2021
Amazing guide, Elvira knowing he history and she have been translator for Lech Walesa ones. So if you will have a private tour guide there can tell you the history whit knowledge and passion then is Elvira you shall have for this tour
Amazing guide, Elvira knowing he history and she have been translator for Lech Walesa ones. So if you will have a private tour guide there can tell you the history whit knowledge and passion then is Elvira you shall have for this tourChristopher_Z
September 2020
The tour was very informative and the tour guide certainly knew so much on the subject. Excellent. Would recommend the tour to others.
The tour was very informative and the tour guide certainly knew so much on the subject. Excellent. Would recommend the tour to others.