UEFA Euro 2012: Gdansk

Author: alice Date: 14 November, Category: Appealing, Visits 2137

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[Gdańsk is a Polish city on the Baltic coast, at the centre of the countrys fourth-largest metropolitan area. Gdańsk is Polands principal seaport as well as the capital of the Pomeranian Voivodeship. It is also historically the largest city of the Kashubian region. The city is close to the former late medieval/modern boundary between West Slavic and Germanic lands and it has a complex political history with periods of Polish rule, periods of German rule, and extensive self-rule, with two spells as a free city. It has been part of modern Poland since 1945.

Today Gdańsk is a major shipping port and tourist destination and has been the setting for a number of major open air concerts, including Pink Floyds David Gilmour and Jean Michel Jarre. The Rock band Queen staged a concert in the Shipyard in October 2008.

There are many popular professional sports teams in the Gdańsk and Tricity area. Amateur sports are played by thousands of Gdańsk citizens and also in schools of all levels (elementary, secondary, university). The citys professional football club is Lechia Gdansk. Founded in 1945, they play in the Ekstraklasa, Polands top division. Their home stadium, Stadion Lechii, will be replaced by the under-construction PGE Arena, one of the four Polish stadiums to host the UEFA Euro 2012 competition]. – Wikipedia