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Gdańsk Gothic Brick Architecture

Gdańsk Gothic Brick Architecture

Gdansk · Poland

9 stops
  • 4 languages
  • Offline

Walk through Gdańsk with your eyes on the warm red brick, pointed forms, portals, and carefully shaped details that define its Gothic architecture. From grand churches to a historic gate, a bridge, and a civic building, each stop reveals a different way brick gave the city its character. Take your time comparing scale, texture, and ornament as the route moves through this remarkable architectural tradition.

The walk

Stops 1–6 of 9. The rest are in the app.

  1. St. Mary's Church, Gdańsk

    St. Mary's Church, Gdańsk

    A vast Brick Gothic church whose history runs from medieval builders to Lutheran Gdańsk and royal compromise.

  2. St. Mary's Gate

    St. Mary's Gate

    St. Mary's Gate is a tourism attraction in Gdansk, Poland.

  3. St. John's Church

    St. John's Church

    Saint John’s Church is a gallery and place of worship in Gdańsk, Poland.

  4. 3 more stops on this walk, in the app
  5. St. Bridget's Church

    St. Bridget's Church

    A Christian church in Gdańsk, Poland

  6. St. Catherine's Church

    St. Catherine's Church

    St. Catherine's Church, a Christian place of worship in Gdańsk, Poland

  7. Bread Bridge

    Bread Bridge

    Bread Bridge, also called Bridge of Love, is a tourism attraction in Gdańsk.

  8. Stop 7

  9. Stop 8

  10. Stop 9

  11. 3 more stops in the app

Data: OpenStreetMap contributors and Google Places

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How a walk works

3 more stops in the app

This page shows the first 6 of 9 stops. The rest of the walk, and the guide who narrates it, are in the app.

  1. Pick a walk

    Every stop is a real place, already in walking order.

  2. Pocket your phone

    Follow the line on the live map, or download the walk before you lose signal.

  3. Listen as you arrive

    On a narrated walk the story starts on its own at each stop, so your eyes stay on the place.

See the whole walk in the app

Free to install · Every city’s featured walk is free, start to finish.

  • The route, followed

    A live map with the turns called out, and a way back whenever you wander off it.

  • In four languages

    English, French, Spanish and Arabic — the words and the voice, not just the labels.

  • Or build your own

    Pick the places you actually want and the app works out the order to walk them in.

  • The unglamorous things

    Toilets, pharmacies, cash points and water, without leaving the walk.

  • No signal needed

    Download a walk before you go and it works under a souk roof or on a plane.

  • Picks up where you left off

    Stop for lunch, come back tomorrow, and the walk is exactly where you left it.