What is Gdańsk like seen away from tourist paths? What stories and secrets escape the authors of publicly available guides? You can find out during alternative city science walks, to which “Local Guides” invite you.

As part of the “O! Summer” we invite you to a series of walks around Gdańsk’s districts. We start on July 23 at 5.00 p.m. and we go into the city along the Oliwa Route!

The walk will be an opportunity to look at the urban and architectural changes in Oliwa over the centuries. In addition to the contemporary architecture of office buildings, we can find examples of villa buildings implemented in the spirit of the idea of the “garden city”, as well as patrician mansions from the eighteenth century. We will learn the stories of the pre-war and post-war inhabitants of Oliwa: architect Kurt Arnheim, entrepreneur Otto Grimmer and his photograph of pre-war Oliwa, Krzysztof Klenczon, Irena Jarocka, architect Marian Osiński, the Kilarski family, the Pelczar family, as well as pre-war professors of the Gdańsk University of Technology living in Oliwa (Eberhard Buchwald – physics, Viktor Zirkwitz – architecture and others).

Route: Olivia Centre – ul. Wąsowicza – ul. Tetmajera – ul. Grottgera – ul. Orkana – ul. Polanki – Manor House II

Guide: Grażyna Niemyjska

Local Guides

It is an initiative that brings together the inhabitants of Gdańsk who show around the lesser-known corners of the city with passion, knowledge and commitment. Each walk is carried out according to the original scenario of the guide. During it, you can hear about the surrounding nature and architecture, learn about the history of the district, look into its secret places usually known only to residents. Guides talk about literary inspirations or artistic threads related to a given place, and their narratives are often embellished with personal notes.

Walks allow you to get to know the city from a different side. It happens that the stories told by the guide surprise the oldest residents of a given district. Tourists, on the other hand, appreciate the “insider” knowledge of the guides, which reveals the atmosphere of the place to them and allows them to delve deeper into the specificity of the city. More about Local Guides…

The organizer of the project is City Culture Institute – a local government cultural institution that creates events for and with the participation of residents. Its aim is to increase the role of culture in the life of the city and to develop local identity. For more events, please visit www.ikm.gda.pl.