IU135. USTKA

LOCATION Ustka is a town in Pomeranian Voivodeship in the north part of Poland with 16.000 inhabitants. This charming place is a port city, a spa and a resort located on the Słowiński Coast, at the mouth of Słupia River to the Baltic Sea. GPS 54°57′N 16°86′E https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ustka_z_lotu_ptaka_IMG_6829.jpg#/media/File:Ustka_z_lotu_ptaka_IMG_6829.jpg SCENIC CHARACTER Ustka is located close to Słowiński […]

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IU134. STARGARD CASTLE

LOCATION Stargard Castle is located in a small town Stargard in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. 53°50′N 13°31′E. 1. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Burg_Stargard_Burg_2011-03-07_014_retouched.jpg#/media/File:Burg_Stargard_Burg_2011-03-07_014_retouched.jpg ATRACTION DESCRIPTION Stargard Castle is an extraordinary and unique building in Germany built in the XIII th century through the order of the Margraves Johann I and Otto III von Brandenburg. It is the […]

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IU127. STĘPNICA

LOCATION Stępnica is a little town in Goleniów County located at the Szczecin Lagoon near Goleniów Forest, Olszanka Nature Reserve, close to Wkrzańska Forest on on the other bank of the Oder River, GPS 53°65′N 14°63′E.             SCENIC CHARACTER Stepnica is located in the northern part of the Lower Oder Valley […]

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IU124. SZCZECIN

LOCATION Szczecin is situated by the Oder mouth and Szczecin Lagoon, near the Baltic Sea and German border. It is the biggest city and also a capital of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in Poland. Szczecin borders on the southwestern shore on Dąbie Lake, GPS 53°43′N 14°55′E.                  SCENIC CHARACTER […]

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IU120. GDAŃSK

LOCATION Gdańsk is the biggest polish city on the Baltic coast with over a thousand year old history and marine tradition. It is a capital of Pomorskie Voivodeship and a capital of Kaszubia region. Gdańsk forms with Gdynia and Sopot a metropolitan area called Tricity. It is located on the southern edge of Gdańsk Bay […]

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IU119. DŹWIRZYNO

LOCATION Dźwirzyno is a village located on the seashore of the Baltic Sea in the north-western part of Poland, very close to Resko Przymorskie Lake, 12 km west of the Kołobrzeg city and 98 km north-east of the Szczecin city. Dźwirzyno is a health resort specialized in respiratory and cardiatic diseases, GPS 54°16′N 15°40′E. SCENIC CHARACTER Dżwirzyno […]

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IU117. DARŁOWO

LOCATION Darłowo is a coastal town in northwestern Poland, in Western Pomerania. It is located on the Baltic Sea, in the valley of the Wieprza and Grabowa Rivers, on the Koszaliński Coast, GPS 54°42′N 16°41′E. Widok z latarni morskiej na rzekę Wieprzę, commos wikimedia.  SCENIC CHARACTER There are more than 6 km of sandy beaches, very […]

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IU110. GDYNIA AQUARIUM

LOCATION Gdynia Aquarium is located in the center of Gdynia, the most northerly city of Tricity, on the South Pier, at the end of Kościuszko Square in close proximity to city beach and marina. It is surrounded by waters of Puck Bay. GPS 54°52′N 18°56′E.          By Marcin Sochacki (Wanted) – Own work, […]

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IU109. VISTULA RIVER MOUTH

LOCATION Vistula River Mouth of the longest river in Poland (1047 km long) and the longest river that flows into the Baltic Sea. The estuary is located on Żuławy Wiślane, its delta area, withsplendidly fertile soils. GPS 54°35′N 18°94′E.          By Danapass – Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=62753252 SCENIC CHARACTER The river estuary […]

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IU108. HEL MARINE STATION

LOCATION The station was established in 1992. It is located in Hel, main town on the Hel Peninsula, by the coast of the Gulf of Gdańsk. The station is a part of the University of Gdańsk Institute of Oceanography. Hel 54°61′N 18°80′E.             Beach in Hel, https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plik:Beach_in_Hel.jpg SCENIC CHARACTER Hel Marine Station […]

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