Dear users, as some of you have already noticed, an error found its way into the video at 2:45. It read: "The historic center was destroyed by the Germans during the Second World War." That is of course incorrect, Gdańsk wasn't destroyed by the Germans, but by Allied forces. We've amended the sentence and offer our sincere apologies!
Next error is about first shoots of WW2. The attack on Wieluń was symbolic for the beginning of World War II. The Germans, without declaring hostilities, bombed the defenseless city by surprise. The raid took place on September 1, 1939 in the morning, according to many historians, 5 minutes before the attack on Westerplatte.
Now, it is actually time to visit Poland because the exchange rate for Euro and USD is so favorable - you get an automatic discount on luxury hotels, spas, excellent food and services. I have read somewhere that some Germans even buy golden bars in Poland since they are cheaper there than in Germany🙂 The last thing to mention is that by visiting Poland you help Poles who have been also helping millions of Ukrainians living in Poland .
Exactly !!! My entire family is going on vacation to Poland from the USA next week. They are even going to the Suwalki Gap. Putin has his hands way too full with Ukraine to try anything in Poland 😂. The exchange rate is absolutely amazing for someone bringing US dollars to Poland.
@@inimene-n7y Poland uses the Polish Złoty which is at an all time low against the US dollar and the Euro. Meaning you can buy more stuff when you convert your US dollars or Euros to Polish Złoty because you will be getting a lot more Złoty than say a few years ago. Does that help you understand what’s going on ?
It was not a german city before the war. ..and germans are guilty of destructions in Poland. Property robbed and destroyed by germans in poland is 900 bilion $ and killing 6 milions of Polish citizens. Still germans had not pay war reperations.
I'm Polish and yes German did Destroy A lot of Cities and have Stolen a lot of art treasures from Poland, but Gdansk - Danzig was actually destroyed during fighting and later-on Russians burnt and destroyed mainly the old town because of their hatred. So, they did exactly the same as they're doing it now in Ukraine. You can't blame everything on Germans, we have to be FAIR.
If I am not wrong, the footage was made in spring, and it is not the main touristic time. In the summer, July-August, there are really many tourists visiting Tricity! Greetings
It's not Eastern Europe by ANY definition of the word (geographic, historical, cultural etc.) Only seriously under-educated people repeat this Cold War phrase about Central Europe.
Tourism falling in Poland because of the war in Ukraine is absolutely absurd. Poland is far away from Russia, from the war, and is a NATO member. Even western Ukraine is completely untarnished by war, and safe, let alone Poland.
@@altrover9930 dude, Kaliningrad is mostly military base, port... Home of the Baltic Fleet, home to 11th army corps. Military airbase etc... Oh and i did forget, they have nukes there as well. Omg from what tree did you fall?
@@bartoszk4299 correction, u need some real amount of troops. As long as there is stagnating conflict in Ukraine there is no threat to attack from Russia, they have no way near amount of troops to make a real threat
1:10 he's wrong, the war is not next to our borders, the war is more than 600 kilometers away from our borders in Eastern Ukraine. Poland is in central Europe right next to Berlin, it's not connected to what happens in eastern europe. Such stereotypes are extremally misleading.
@MS3300 The entire Ukraine is affected by the war, even if the front is in the east. You will not deny that there were already shellings not far from the Polish border near Lviv.
I live in Kraków and I see a lot of tourists from abroad. After all we all live close to the war and we are part of it - be it Sweds, Germans, Fins, Czechs, Slovaks etc. Maybe it looks more scary to the people of the USA, but for Europeans? I don't think so.
I mean, as a citizen of Gdańsk, I am not seeing this dramatical change in number of tourists, plus based on the outfits, this video was shooted before summer, so yeah, coastal city indeen could have been emptier than in july or august...
To those who want to talk their way out of war like some in this video. I recall a quote from the father of modern Poland, Józef Piłsudski. In 1919 he said "We cannot believe anything Russia promises. For Russia promises when it is forced to do so and then goes back on its word from the moment its strength is renewed.” The only response is to arm Ukraine and pursue the policy of Poland, the UK and others. If we don't fight back now the problem will be worse later. Germany of all people will suffer hard unless the tide of aggression is halted once and for all.
I don't like generalizing of entire countries with hundred million in inhabitans. I also doubt, that Mr. Pilsudski could forsee the future in 100 years.
Very, very true words. It does not matter with which Russia we are dealing with: tsarist, Soviet or Putin. Russia is the successor to the Golden Horde - wild, unpredictable, bandit.
@@henningbartels6245 but that means you don't know the history of Russia. It does not matter how this Russia is: tsarist or Stalinist or Putin. There is always the cult of the individual and the violation of human rights, breaking the rules, contracts and peace agreements. It has been a bandit country since the times of Ivan the Terrible, successor to the wild Golden Horde. Pilsudski said what Central Europe has known for 300 years.
@@henningbartels6245 Dear Henning, it's not theory, it's true. You live 2,000 km from Russia and Russia is completely unknown to you, wild and exotic. Some in Berlin or Paris are fascinated by Russia. This fascination is connected with fear.
We invited few dozens of Irish people to Gdańsk, to a weddings we organised there last summer, it was already during the Ukrainian-Russian war. Everybody was safe there, loved it and enjoyed the beautiful city. Gdańsk and the Tricity have a lot to offer - the Old Town, the long, beautiful sandy beaches. Gdańsk is one of my favourite places on Earth - and I travel quite a lot. It’s aaabsolutely worth visiting for few days. I just wouldn’t book it for the periods of the Opener Festival or St Dominik’s annual market - accommodation prices really go up. ;) Though I like the annual market and some hidden gems from Polish companies you can get there, more on the side streets of it. ;) I visit Gdańsk few times per year, different seasons and fall in love with it over and over again. :)
I think you need to distinguish between overseas tourists and domestic tourists. Gdańsk and the Baltic coast is dependant on domestic tourists not overseas ones. Poland only has a bit of the sea and that’s where people in Poland go in the summer, to the coast. Like most of Poland. Most overseas tourists come from Germany and Scandinavia but in total they probably account for less then 20% of the overall tourist numbers with people from further afield accounting for less then 1%. Another example Zakopane in the mountains gets about 5 million tourists a year but 99% are domestic. Same thing happens in countries like the USA and china where people go on holiday to different places but in the same country.
@@DWTravel Last Time, more people from Ukraine is focused on traveling across Europe, mostly for finding a new place to live in it, and they're some sort of tourist in Poland. Of course if plenty of Wyman from Ukraine traveling across Poland, from one place to another, the main reason for it is to find better job, or better school for their children, or just better place to live. But even if they think, that it's temporary, they have here in Poland several Banks, with phone hot lines in call center in Polish or Ukrainian language, with smartphone Apps in several languages to choose (Polish, English, Russian and Ukrainian), and probably they will stay here forever. Many years ago, I was talking with one Polish man in Berlin, which said me, that he come back to Poland, when he will be (German word: "Rentner"). Next time, when I met him in Berlin, he said me, he was in Poland in Urlaub... Und hast mir gesagt, dass er hat in Restaurant Cafe bestellen. Dann er war ganz böse, ob Cafe was nicht diese Sort, und er probably never comes back to Poland. The same will be in more than 50% of this millions of people from Ukraine. When I was living in Österreich, I've made account in local Bank. There was only one language in this bank. When I was living in Germany, there was some writings in shops in Polish language. Zum Beispiel "jede Diebstahl wird gestrafft".
@@Rubax52 Jetzt es ist andere Situation, aber vor 30 Jahren es war Zeit, in dem es stellt geschrieben in polnisch hin und her an die Laden. In dieser Zeit Poland war noch nicht in Europäischen Union, und wir waren alle Schwarzarbeiter in Deutschland. Letztes Mal ich war in Deutschland nur einkaufen, wenn hab ich in Österreich arbeitet. Und hab ich nicht mehr diese Schriften gesehen worden. Polnisch und Deutsch sind schwere Sprachen zu lernen miteinander. Ich wünsche Sie einen schönen Tag
ohh Gdańsk is incredibly beautiful and this cruise with that lets say shp is so much fun but the only aspect i hate about Gdańsk is its far from my City cuz i live in Southern Poland in silesia so its up to 9/10 h with car or train but expirience in the city is awesome
@@jankowalski6338 They're trained to operate them. There is no problem, because Poland and Germany are both in NATO; NATO is full of troops from other countries deployed in countries that aren't their own. Kind of the whole point of NATO is cooperation.
The hisoric center of Gdansk was not destroyed by the Germans primarily. The destruction might be a result of the war which was caused by Germany, but Danzig's old town quarters were bombed by heavy Allied and Soviet air raids.
@Al An At this time Danzig was a city within Germany and the Allied bombarded it for the same reason they did in Cologne, Hamburg, Berlin or Dresden. What the strategic purpose of this bombardments was is a seperate issue.
This German gentelmen presents a wishfull thinking. Same attitiude Mr. Chamberlaine had before WW2 and that was only abused by enemy. Remember? Yes, we should talk, that is the best option, but...real strenght must be behind so those words are taken seriously.
As many people pointed out in the comments, now it's actually a good time to visit Poland. Even cheaper for Western tourists and not overcrowded with tourist groups as usual. For example the Auschwitz camp museum was visited by 80% fewer foreign tourists than before. Now it's a unique opportunity to have a solemn visit there without Asian selfie-taking tourists in flip-flops or groups of Italians talking constantly about food even at Birkenau.
7:28 looks kinda unfortunate. Sentence behind you is "nigdy więcej wojny" which translates to "no more war" or sth similar. But youve only shown words "więcej wojny" and this translates to "more war" - or sth similar.
DW don't you want to correct your mistake? The city wasn't destroyed by the Germans as the majority of the city was German speaking. Just say 'was destroyed during the war' if you want to avoid the topic. A publicly funded broadcaster should do better research.
Ok, lets say the "city was destroyed because of Germany and russia, just like every other destroyed city in Poland, regardless of who did it", how about that? If you didnt start the war, none of it would happend.
Wieluń was just a little town where the first air bombardment of WW II happened and nobody really cares about it. The first combat engagement of WW II between Polish Army and overwhelming number of Germans supported by artillery, cruiser Schleswig-Holstein, and Ju-87 Stuka planes happened at Westerplatte. These are facts, not a myth.
Buildings were not restored to the original look, but to look of the era of the older architectural elements found in the ruins of the building. Buildings are shorter, with gardens in the back that were absent before.
There are much more green courtyards today than in the historic old quarters. Flats could strech over to narrow facades. Restoring older architectural elements also had a political dimension because it takes reference to a time when the ties of the city to Poland were closer. This types of selective reconstruction are typical in Poland after the the devastations of the war. E.g. the castle in Sczecin was not reconstructed to the state when it serve as residence of the Prussian rulers but rather to the state when Slavic rulers lived there.
I love how Germans interviewed say that diplomatic/talking solution is only option. Sorry this didn't worked back in 1938-39 and it doesn't work now. For talking both sides must want to talk. Putin want's to ressurect imperial Russia he isn't interested in peace untill he has majority of Ukraine in his palm. Ukrainians want freedom and want to be part of western democratic world. What would be compromise? Ukraine giving up? Leaving its countrymen to be sloughtered in Kherson, Donbas and Luhansk regions? Would you give up Sachsen and Brandenburg knowing that Germans living there would be enslaved, women and girls raped, those resisting killed and others scattered around Russian Siberia? Children living in orphanage learning to be "good" Russians? If we do Munich 2.0 with Putin it will end up with world war 3.
"Would you give up Sachsen and Brandenburg knowing that Germans living there would be enslaved, women and girls raped, those resisting killed and others scattered around Russian Siberia?" Lol, I mean, isn't that exactly what they did 80 years ago? Germans were reprogrammed by the allies to be pacifists, so...
If all these houses are "recontructed down to the last detail" would be a cause for further debate. The result is very impressive , but what you see there now is not the reconstructed state of the city prior to the war. For a few buildings it is the case - for many rows of houses it more how the city were supposed to look centuries ago. Plus often the layout of the apartments don't match up with the fassades. Some may argue the 16th / 17th century style houses looked the prettiest - but other see as an obvious attempt to rebuild a cityscape prior to Prussian or German times, when the city was more connected to Poland. This type of selected reconstruction in favor of monuments connected to Polish history and Pre-Prussian/ German times can be seen often in Poland in the 1950 / 1960's, e.g. in Wroclaw. Clearly the results are often impressive, but you have to take it which a pinch of salt that idological ideas were also involved and not consider it as "recontructed down to the last detail" .
After the war, for the Poles displaced by force from the territories annexed by the USSR to cities such as Gdańsk or Wrocław, those cities were too German. This Germanness was connected with the nightmares of the war. This is one of the reasons why the cities were "polonized" during the reconstruction.
@@marcinlip An interesting example is the rebuilding of the Market square in Rabitor, Silesia. There fassades in the style of East Polish Renaissance were contructed, which clearly reminded the new inhabitants of their original towns in the East, but had little in common with the "German" fassades which stood in this lace before the war.
@@ea6398 ...to call it what it is "selective rebuilding" which had a political motivation. The Polish cultural historian Konstanty Kalinowski once called the old town of Gdansk "politically correct and so beautiful Danzig has never been". You need to be clear that it is not truely historical, which surely has advantages for the people living there today: they have larger flats and more open and greener courtyards, where prior to the war most likely outbuildings and small business were.
Poland West region and Gdańsk was always Slavic since over thousand Years. For few hundreds Years under German ocupation. Those regions come legally back after WWII.
Look at a map. Poland held these territories from 10-13 century, before and after that (since 1945) it belonged to germans. It was even part of the hanseatic league.
Those lands are German native lands, had been so long before the Roman Empire. The Poles resided much further east in lands that belong to Ukraine today.
There are two so-called pirate ships (Galeon Lew and Czarna Perła) sailing to Westerplatte. They are replicas of galleons that were mostly used as warships.
Great date and time for an documentary about Poland, Poland still what's to deal with the past and Germans in case of reparations and stolen property still hanging in many German museums, on the other hand Poland is managing war in the east doing teen times fold as much to help Ukraine as western european countries and is only second to USA in case of military aid. As usual none of that is in the western msm and Poland itself is barely mentioned since neglecting Poland is a standard unless its slanderous material. 70% of Poles were personaly involved in helping Ukrainians both with their time and money but also homes, nothing like that happend in europe, this would be a great material for a documentary but ofcourse i did not expect anything more than few minutes mention in the msm in case both of ww2 and current situation. Shame.
Stolen property is still hanging in German museums? Reparations? The Audacity to make those claims while you unjustfully hold a third of our country! You got far more than you deserve.
@@vloplob We don't own any German land. Ducal Prussia is a remnant of the order that illegally occupied this area. Formally, these are the lands of the Baltic states. If you were learning history, you would know that Royal Prussia was Polish. They were looted during the partitions by Prussia. Gdańsk was not German - it was the free city of Gdańsk. Even Wrocław belonged to Germany for the shortest time. The borders of our countries have changed constantly. Today, when we look at the map, we see where Germany is and where is Poland. Germany has their land and Poles have theirs. We don't own any German land. I know what the map of Poland looks like, I know where my country is. When it comes to money, most Poles believe that the war ended a long time ago. The financial claims in this context seem ridiculous. Everything on this topic was settled long ago. War losses when it comes to looted property - this is regulated by international law, I hope it is respected by Germany and Poland. Several million. Poles who died would not feel that we got too much of anything. What happened to you were the consequences of your behavior. Accept it and don't duplicate bad behavior.
@@zhangzy123 If you knew history then you would possibly know that Poles are not baltic. The baltic Prussians are not and have never been Poles or slavic. The Teutonic order did not take areas that were ancient Polish lands.
While the video shows nice parts of Gdańsk I think it is absolutely unnecessary to ask German tourists what is to be done to keep the peace in Europe! Talking Talking Talking...with who?! The criminalist russia? I wonder if they had the same opinion if this was was about Germany giving away parts of its land to russia? Would they still recommend talking with the occupant? I don't think so!
Saying that the Germans destroyed the city during WW2 really shows that the reporter has absolutely no knowledge of history at all. Danzig had been a German city for centuries and under international control after WW1. The destruction is a result of the war, I.e. Soviet, American and British bombing, and as a result of ground battles between the Polish, Soviet and German troops by the end of the war.
@@sebastianmulik2219 if the inhabitants of the city were just Germans in inverted commas, why was only 5% of the city's population allowed to stay after 1945?
@@sebastianmulik2219 Tak, był jak Polacy ze Lwowa. Moi ojciec i dziadek zostali dwukrotnie wypędzeni, w 1919 roku z Bydgoszczy i w 1945 roku ze Szczecina.
The destruction is mainly caused by the Red Army - they wanted to destroy the city on purpose. The other facts that you forgot to mention that this is not German for centuries - this has been a city that was also Polish for centuries. It got heavily germanized - with Polish population expelled in 18th and 19th centuries. Also it has been rebuild only by poland without any german help.
Talking? diplomacy? those german tourists are insane. ruSSia only understands the power. You can talk to them but they will do their job their way anyway. What you dont understand???
@@haimcukerman1012Gdańsk was always Gdańsk, Just germans occupiers renamed it to something more easier to read, check history books once in a while, kraut
There has been war in Europe in Ukraine for 8 years the Russo-Ukraine war 2014-present. Which was started when the US overthrew Ukraine's president in a coup that started the fighting inside Ukraine, 14,000 people had died before Russia intervened in Feb. to end the war. The massive amounts of weapons the US and Europe are sending into Ukraine are extending the war and making it bigger. There is a point where the sides will be so invested it will be impossible to back down, it may have been passed already, so then this becomes a World War and likely a nuclear war. Small wars becoming big wars it's happened thousands of times in history that's why the higher caliber leaders we had in past decades on all sides would not have let this happen or shut it down quickly and negotiated. The risks of unintended consequences in the nuclear age can not be overstated.
Could you please provide the number how many of these 14,000 were Russian soldiers on Ukrainian territory, how many were Russian financed mercenary and how many were really Ukrainian civilians?
I think the drop in tourists visiting Poland might also have to do with recent political developments in Poland. E.g. LHGBTI free zones in certain conservative areas and Poland's unwillingness to plan along according to EU rules and regulations. Poland is creating an image problem for themselves that hurting them and that is sad to see. 😔
@DW Travel I am not sure about most tourists, they come in as many variants as do humans. But where I am from it did made the 8 o'clock news and the papers a couple of times in the last few years.
President of Ukraine is the biggest hero of our times. He defends the independence of Ukraine. Imagine if some RUSSIAN CLOWN COME TO UR HOUSE AND THEN HE SAYS : ITS MINE HOUSE. President of Ukraine was elected in democratic elections, Putin rules Russia around 20 years.
@@_ravi4660 ah, you mean the current elected president of a sovereign nation which was attack by the army of the neighbouring country which thinks they can decide the fate of other.
Dear users, as some of you have already noticed, an error found its way into the video at 2:45. It read: "The historic center was destroyed by the Germans during the Second World War." That is of course incorrect, Gdańsk wasn't destroyed by the Germans, but by Allied forces. We've amended the sentence and offer our sincere apologies!
By Russians, to be exact. I don't know what is to fear about saying this.
it's an error to call russian's allied forces...now and then :)
By the Russians (red army)
Next error is about first shoots of WW2. The attack on Wieluń was symbolic for the beginning of World War II. The Germans, without declaring hostilities, bombed the defenseless city by surprise. The raid took place on September 1, 1939 in the morning, according to many historians, 5 minutes before the attack on Westerplatte.
russia wasn't an ally. another error lol
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One months ago with masks on maybe 2021 don't brainwash the internet about Poland like that.
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Now, it is actually time to visit Poland because the exchange rate for Euro and USD is so favorable - you get an automatic discount on luxury hotels, spas, excellent food and services. I have read somewhere that some Germans even buy golden bars in Poland since they are cheaper there than in Germany🙂 The last thing to mention is that by visiting Poland you help Poles who have been also helping millions of Ukrainians living in Poland .
That's a good idea
Thank you!!!
Exactly !!! My entire family is going on vacation to Poland from the USA next week. They are even going to the Suwalki Gap. Putin has his hands way too full with Ukraine to try anything in Poland 😂. The exchange rate is absolutely amazing for someone bringing US dollars to Poland.
@@Matys1975 Hate to break it to you, but Poland does not use the euro.
@@inimene-n7y Poland uses the Polish Złoty which is at an all time low against the US dollar and the Euro. Meaning you can buy more stuff when you convert your US dollars or Euros to Polish Złoty because you will be getting a lot more Złoty than say a few years ago. Does that help you understand what’s going on ?
Germans did destroy mamy cities in Poland, but this one was actually destroyed during siege of Danzig in 1945 by the Red Army.
It was not a german city before the war. ..and germans are guilty of destructions in Poland. Property robbed and destroyed by germans in poland is 900 bilion $ and killing 6 milions of Polish citizens. Still germans had not pay war reperations.
Mostly because it was a german city, why would germans destroy city with 90% germans in it
@@mrocelot4700 it never was german city.
@@zepter00 So if it was not a german citiy, it was Poles that voted for the NSDAP to become the main power in Gdansk???
@Jaras Kowalski To jest ruski trol !
My family from Israel just visited Poland. They went to Gdańsk. They say there are crowds of tourists, especially from Germany and Scandinavia.
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One months ago with masks on maybe 2021 don't brainwash the internet about Poland like that.
Poland, a hidden gem. Such a magical country.
Gdansk is beautiful. I have visited the city and it made a great impression on me.
that's because it was built by Germans
One months ago with masks on maybe 2021 don't brainwash the internet about Poland like that.
@@slawomirhering3770 don't write "one months ago" as it puts people off.
I'm Polish and yes German did Destroy A lot of Cities and have Stolen a lot of art treasures from Poland, but Gdansk - Danzig was actually destroyed during fighting and later-on Russians burnt and destroyed mainly the old town because of their hatred. So, they did exactly the same as they're doing it now in Ukraine. You can't blame everything on Germans, we have to be FAIR.
If I am not wrong, the footage was made in spring, and it is not the main touristic time. In the summer, July-August, there are really many tourists visiting Tricity! Greetings
Greetings back!
According to trees it looks like April ... when the war just started a few weeks ago.
i live exactly here and this is false information, it is very full of tourists .... like every year
One months ago with masks on maybe 2021 don't brainwash the internet about Poland like that.
0:23 well poland is not in 'eastern' europe primarily
It's not Eastern Europe by ANY definition of the word (geographic, historical, cultural etc.) Only seriously under-educated people repeat this Cold War phrase about Central Europe.
@@pythagorasnine politically , economically and culturally it is actually Eastern Europe
Yea it is actually bang on in the middle of the Europe.
Look at trees . It was filmed on early spring and they are asking why it is so empty? Maybe you should film these places on high season.
The city of Gdansk is packed with tourists right now.
Tourism falling in Poland because of the war in Ukraine is absolutely absurd. Poland is far away from Russia, from the war, and is a NATO member. Even western Ukraine is completely untarnished by war, and safe, let alone Poland.
Far away? You know Kaliningrad?
@@bartoszk4299 u need some troops in the first place in this Kaliningrad to be threatened
@@altrover9930 dude, Kaliningrad is mostly military base, port... Home of the Baltic Fleet, home to 11th army corps. Military airbase etc... Oh and i did forget, they have nukes there as well. Omg from what tree did you fall?
@@bartoszk4299 correction, u need some real amount of troops. As long as there is stagnating conflict in Ukraine there is no threat to attack from Russia, they have no way near amount of troops to make a real threat
@@altrover9930 you do forget the one's that are in Belarus...
Not true Deutsche Welle.I was this Year two times,on Mai and July.Gdańsk was so full of people from all over the world,especially from Germany.😊
1:10 he's wrong, the war is not next to our borders, the war is more than 600 kilometers away from our borders in Eastern Ukraine. Poland is in central Europe right next to Berlin, it's not connected to what happens in eastern europe. Such stereotypes are extremally misleading.
@MS3300 The entire Ukraine is affected by the war, even if the front is in the east. You will not deny that there were already shellings not far from the Polish border near Lviv.
@@DWTravel yep - twice in half a year... indeed a reason to panic!
Hmmm, you publish material from April in August? The season in Gdańsk this year is quite good. Even Gdańsk Airport had the best July in its history.
I live in Kraków and I see a lot of tourists from abroad. After all we all live close to the war and we are part of it - be it Sweds, Germans, Fins, Czechs, Slovaks etc. Maybe it looks more scary to the people of the USA, but for Europeans? I don't think so.
Filmed in spring, released in August. Currently crowds, do not count on a vacancy.
"We'd originally planned to go further East, but that got canceled." The history of the WW2 Eastern Front in one sentence.
Just spent an enjoyable few days with the family in Krakow a week ago. Would go back in a heartbeat !
As a person living in Gdańsk. This year I have not noticed any significant drop in tourism in our city, but it might just be me
Interesting! As soon as we can provide some statistical figures, we will let you know here.
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In-depth and insightful report.
Hello to Poland looking forward to traveling there very soon.......
Cool! You will not be dissapointed 🙂
I mean, as a citizen of Gdańsk, I am not seeing this dramatical change in number of tourists, plus based on the outfits, this video was shooted before summer, so yeah, coastal city indeen could have been emptier than in july or august...
To those who want to talk their way out of war like some in this video. I recall a quote from the father of modern Poland, Józef Piłsudski. In 1919 he said "We cannot believe anything Russia promises. For Russia promises when it is forced to do so and then goes back on its word from the moment its strength is renewed.”
The only response is to arm Ukraine and pursue the policy of Poland, the UK and others. If we don't fight back now the problem will be worse later. Germany of all people will suffer hard unless the tide of aggression is halted once and for all.
I don't like generalizing of entire countries with hundred million in inhabitans. I also doubt, that Mr. Pilsudski could forsee the future in 100 years.
Very, very true words. It does not matter with which Russia we are dealing with: tsarist, Soviet or Putin. Russia is the successor to the Golden Horde - wild, unpredictable, bandit.
@@henningbartels6245 but that means you don't know the history of Russia. It does not matter how this Russia is: tsarist or Stalinist or Putin. There is always the cult of the individual and the violation of human rights, breaking the rules, contracts and peace agreements. It has been a bandit country since the times of Ivan the Terrible, successor to the wild Golden Horde. Pilsudski said what Central Europe has known for 300 years.
@@AdamsTysu I don't know what to say to this theory.
@@henningbartels6245 Dear Henning, it's not theory, it's true. You live 2,000 km from Russia and Russia is completely unknown to you, wild and exotic. Some in Berlin or Paris are fascinated by Russia. This fascination is connected with fear.
We invited few dozens of Irish people to Gdańsk, to a weddings we organised there last summer, it was already during the Ukrainian-Russian war.
Everybody was safe there, loved it and enjoyed the beautiful city.
Gdańsk and the Tricity have a lot to offer - the Old Town, the long, beautiful sandy beaches.
Gdańsk is one of my favourite places on Earth - and I travel quite a lot.
It’s aaabsolutely worth visiting for few days. I just wouldn’t book it for the periods of the Opener Festival or St Dominik’s annual market - accommodation prices really go up. ;)
Though I like the annual market and some hidden gems from Polish companies you can get there, more on the side streets of it. ;)
I visit Gdańsk few times per year, different seasons and fall in love with it over and over again. :)
I think you need to distinguish between overseas tourists and domestic tourists. Gdańsk and the Baltic coast is dependant on domestic tourists not overseas ones. Poland only has a bit of the sea and that’s where people in Poland go in the summer, to the coast. Like most of Poland. Most overseas tourists come from Germany and Scandinavia but in total they probably account for less then 20% of the overall tourist numbers with people from further afield accounting for less then 1%. Another example Zakopane in the mountains gets about 5 million tourists a year but 99% are domestic. Same thing happens in countries like the USA and china where people go on holiday to different places but in the same country.
@Krzystoff K Do you think Poland should focus more on international tourism?
@@DWTravel Last Time, more people from Ukraine is focused on traveling across Europe, mostly for finding a new place to live in it, and they're some sort of tourist in Poland. Of course if plenty of Wyman from Ukraine traveling across Poland, from one place to another, the main reason for it is to find better job, or better school for their children, or just better place to live. But even if they think, that it's temporary, they have here in Poland several Banks, with phone hot lines in call center in Polish or Ukrainian language, with smartphone Apps in several languages to choose (Polish, English, Russian and Ukrainian), and probably they will stay here forever.
Many years ago, I was talking with one Polish man in Berlin, which said me, that he come back to Poland, when he will be (German word: "Rentner").
Next time, when I met him in Berlin, he said me, he was in Poland in Urlaub... Und hast mir gesagt, dass er hat in Restaurant Cafe bestellen. Dann er war ganz böse, ob Cafe was nicht diese Sort, und er probably never comes back to Poland.
The same will be in more than 50% of this millions of people from Ukraine.
When I was living in Österreich, I've made account in local Bank. There was only one language in this bank.
When I was living in Germany, there was some writings in shops in Polish language. Zum Beispiel "jede Diebstahl wird gestrafft".
@@odszczepciesie5128 Oj oj oj "jeder Diebstahl wird bestraft" tylko to po Polsku? (Jestem z Niemcy :-) )
@@Rubax52 Jetzt es ist andere Situation, aber vor 30 Jahren es war Zeit, in dem es stellt geschrieben in polnisch hin und her an die Laden. In dieser Zeit Poland war noch nicht in Europäischen Union, und wir waren alle Schwarzarbeiter in Deutschland. Letztes Mal ich war in Deutschland nur einkaufen, wenn hab ich in Österreich arbeitet. Und hab ich nicht mehr diese Schriften gesehen worden. Polnisch und Deutsch sind schwere Sprachen zu lernen miteinander. Ich wünsche Sie einen schönen Tag
@@Rubax52 Nie tylko. Po turecku też ;-)
ohh Gdańsk is incredibly beautiful and this cruise with that lets say shp is so much fun but the only aspect i hate about Gdańsk is its far from my City cuz i live in Southern Poland in silesia so its up to 9/10 h with car or train but expirience in the city is awesome
@maty Silesia is not bad either!
@@DWTravel depends on city Częstochowa is kinda depressing not gonna lie
@@matyy_. Chodzisz do Wroclawu! (Przepraszam, moj polski jest bardzo żly, jestem Niemeckiem)
@@Rubax52 Powiem ci że wczoraj rozmawiałem o tym i Wrocław to miasto w którym bym chciał mieszkać
One months ago with masks on maybe 2021 don't brainwash the internet about Poland like that.
Very interesting, it’s good to see such a beautiful city restored. 😃
Gdansk was absolutely beautiful!
Weapons will definitely help. Is Germany going to send some or keep talking?
Germany already send few useless tanks. German politicians are on putins payrol
That inconvinient truth will be ignored by Germans...
They offered Patriot missiles systems, and the Polish government declined them for no other reason than to make a scene.
@@MarkAnderson-ng8vc the Germans wanted to operated them. Don't you see a problem?
@@jankowalski6338 They're trained to operate them. There is no problem, because Poland and Germany are both in NATO; NATO is full of troops from other countries deployed in countries that aren't their own. Kind of the whole point of NATO is cooperation.
The hisoric center of Gdansk was not destroyed by the Germans primarily. The destruction might be a result of the war which was caused by Germany, but Danzig's old town quarters were bombed by heavy Allied and Soviet air raids.
You are absolutely right @Henning Bartels Thanks for pointing it out!
@Al An At this time Danzig was a city within Germany and the Allied bombarded it for the same reason they did in Cologne, Hamburg, Berlin or Dresden. What the strategic purpose of this bombardments was is a seperate issue.
@@henningbartels6245 Yeah, yeah because Germany didn't bomb Warsaw, Rotterdam, London and many many more.
@@frankj.thomas9429 that is the answer to which question?
Тhere were no soviet air raids.
Russians haven't strategic bombers fleet.
They have only tactical air force.
I hope that you visit one day Old Town in Toruń beatiful place
This German gentelmen presents a wishfull thinking. Same attitiude Mr. Chamberlaine had before WW2 and that was only abused by enemy. Remember? Yes, we should talk, that is the best option, but...real strenght must be behind so those words are taken seriously.
New subs! will be in Poland soon. Hopefully to travel with you soon...
As many people pointed out in the comments, now it's actually a good time to visit Poland. Even cheaper for Western tourists and not overcrowded with tourist groups as usual.
For example the Auschwitz camp museum was visited by 80% fewer foreign tourists than before. Now it's a unique opportunity to have a solemn visit there without Asian selfie-taking tourists in flip-flops or groups of Italians talking constantly about food even at Birkenau.
great coverage of the ground reality
Why this is so old? This is early spring. Why you waited so long to publish this video?
Have you been to Gdansk lately, so you can give us an update on how the summer is shaping up? 🌞🕶
Its weird seeing my name on a memorial, on a country that I have never been to. And yet feels like home…
Que bonito!!
7:28 looks kinda unfortunate. Sentence behind you is "nigdy więcej wojny" which translates to "no more war" or sth similar. But youve only shown words "więcej wojny" and this translates to "more war" - or sth similar.
@InuT You're right, the camera angle is a bit unfortunate. The large sign at the memorial reads 👉 "Nigdy więcej wojny - No more war" 👈 of course.. ☮
You came at may or what . I have never saw so many tourist .
DW don't you want to correct your mistake? The city wasn't destroyed by the Germans as the majority of the city was German speaking. Just say 'was destroyed during the war' if you want to avoid the topic. A publicly funded broadcaster should do better research.
@Adrian Leonhard Thank you for your comment! We will do our best to correct it.
Ok, lets say the "city was destroyed because of Germany and russia, just like every other destroyed city in Poland, regardless of who did it", how about that? If you didnt start the war, none of it would happend.
so, was destroyed by whom?
And Mariupol was not destroyed by the Russians, as most of its population was Russian speaking. Interesting logic 😁
So beautiful!
Gdańsk ❤
Westerplatte is an official myth, II war was began in Wieluń
Not relevant. It's about symbols not details.
@@jankowalski6338 it's all about details..
@@marcin1138 the proof is in the pudding
Wieluń was just a little town where the first air bombardment of WW II happened and nobody really cares about it. The first combat engagement of WW II between Polish Army and overwhelming number of Germans supported by artillery, cruiser Schleswig-Holstein, and Ju-87 Stuka planes happened at Westerplatte. These are facts, not a myth.
@@ragnargrabson1287 of course Wieluń is just a small town just as Westerplatte is a Big Myth.
The only argument russia understands is power. Talking, diplomacy... not with russia
2:04 false!!! It's much safer.
@@prophetask8085 for now they rule uber eats!!! they are really good little workers, we really appreciate you guys
@@prophetask8085 who are you talking about?
Nice to see young German people coming to Poland and learn.
Buildings were not restored to the original look, but to look of the era of the older architectural elements found in the ruins of the building. Buildings are shorter, with gardens in the back that were absent before.
@Mieszko Herburt Interesing - Gardens after all are a good change!
There are much more green courtyards today than in the historic old quarters. Flats could strech over to narrow facades. Restoring older architectural elements also had a political dimension because it takes reference to a time when the ties of the city to Poland were closer. This types of selective reconstruction are typical in Poland after the the devastations of the war. E.g. the castle in Sczecin was not reconstructed to the state when it serve as residence of the Prussian rulers but rather to the state when Slavic rulers lived there.
I love how Germans interviewed say that diplomatic/talking solution is only option. Sorry this didn't worked back in 1938-39 and it doesn't work now. For talking both sides must want to talk. Putin want's to ressurect imperial Russia he isn't interested in peace untill he has majority of Ukraine in his palm. Ukrainians want freedom and want to be part of western democratic world. What would be compromise? Ukraine giving up? Leaving its countrymen to be sloughtered in Kherson, Donbas and Luhansk regions? Would you give up Sachsen and Brandenburg knowing that Germans living there would be enslaved, women and girls raped, those resisting killed and others scattered around Russian Siberia? Children living in orphanage learning to be "good" Russians? If we do Munich 2.0 with Putin it will end up with world war 3.
"Would you give up Sachsen and Brandenburg knowing that Germans living there would be enslaved, women and girls raped, those resisting killed and others scattered around Russian Siberia?"
Lol, I mean, isn't that exactly what they did 80 years ago? Germans were reprogrammed by the allies to be pacifists, so...
It is not true that in Westerplatte was first shoots in WWII.
Trojmiasto definitely worth to travel 3-4 days will be enough. Its cheap and beautiful.
2:43 more like by soviets, but I guess It depends how you look into this
There were also Allied air raids, yes.
If all these houses are "recontructed down to the last detail" would be a cause for further debate. The result is very impressive , but what you see there now is not the reconstructed state of the city prior to the war. For a few buildings it is the case - for many rows of houses it more how the city were supposed to look centuries ago. Plus often the layout of the apartments don't match up with the fassades. Some may argue the 16th / 17th century style houses looked the prettiest - but other see as an obvious attempt to rebuild a cityscape prior to Prussian or German times, when the city was more connected to Poland. This type of selected reconstruction in favor of monuments connected to Polish history and Pre-Prussian/ German times can be seen often in Poland in the 1950 / 1960's, e.g. in Wroclaw. Clearly the results are often impressive, but you have to take it which a pinch of salt that idological ideas were also involved and not consider it as "recontructed down to the last detail" .
After the war, for the Poles displaced by force from the territories annexed by the USSR to cities such as Gdańsk or Wrocław, those cities were too German. This Germanness was connected with the nightmares of the war. This is one of the reasons why the cities were "polonized" during the reconstruction.
@@marcinlip An interesting example is the rebuilding of the Market square in Rabitor, Silesia. There fassades in the style of East Polish Renaissance were contructed, which clearly reminded the new inhabitants of their original towns in the East, but had little in common with the "German" fassades which stood in this lace before the war.
So what you suggest??
@@ea6398 ...to call it what it is "selective rebuilding" which had a political motivation.
The Polish cultural historian Konstanty Kalinowski once called the old town of Gdansk "politically correct and so beautiful Danzig has never been". You need to be clear that it is not truely historical, which surely has advantages for the people living there today: they have larger flats and more open and greener courtyards, where prior to the war most likely outbuildings and small business were.
well reconstructed to a certain vision of the last detail
Poland West region and Gdańsk was always Slavic since over thousand Years. For few hundreds Years under German ocupation. Those regions come legally back after WWII.
Look at a map. Poland held these territories from 10-13 century, before and after that (since 1945) it belonged to germans.
It was even part of the hanseatic league.
Those lands are German native lands, had been so long before the Roman Empire. The Poles resided much further east in lands that belong to Ukraine today.
Good job sir love from Aurangabad ,Bihar
2:45 some things are
this was by the red army
Remember once and forever - Poland is not in eastern eourope! LOOK ON THE MAP
This movie is from early spring
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3:46 a trading ship more so
There are two so-called pirate ships (Galeon Lew and Czarna Perła) sailing to Westerplatte. They
are replicas of galleons that were mostly used as warships.
Have you found the strength to learn from the past?
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Great date and time for an documentary about Poland, Poland still what's to deal with the past and Germans in case of reparations and stolen property still hanging in many German museums, on the other hand Poland is managing war in the east doing teen times fold as much to help Ukraine as western european countries and is only second to USA in case of military aid.
As usual none of that is in the western msm and Poland itself is barely mentioned since neglecting Poland is a standard unless its slanderous material.
70% of Poles were personaly involved in helping Ukrainians both with their time and money but also homes, nothing like that happend in europe, this would be a great material for a documentary but ofcourse i did not expect anything more than few minutes mention in the msm in case both of ww2 and current situation. Shame.
Stolen property is still hanging in German museums? Reparations? The Audacity to make those claims while you unjustfully hold a third of our country! You got far more than you deserve.
@@vloplob We don't own any German land. Ducal Prussia is a remnant of the order that illegally occupied this area. Formally, these are the lands of the Baltic states. If you were learning history, you would know that Royal Prussia was Polish. They were looted during the partitions by Prussia. Gdańsk was not German - it was the free city of Gdańsk. Even Wrocław belonged to Germany for the shortest time. The borders of our countries have changed constantly. Today, when we look at the map, we see where Germany is and where is Poland. Germany has their land and Poles have theirs. We don't own any German land. I know what the map of Poland looks like, I know where my country is. When it comes to money, most Poles believe that the war ended a long time ago. The financial claims in this context seem ridiculous. Everything on this topic was settled long ago. War losses when it comes to looted property - this is regulated by international law, I hope it is respected by Germany and Poland.
Several million. Poles who died would not feel that we got too much of anything. What happened to you were the consequences of your behavior. Accept it and don't duplicate bad behavior.
@@zhangzy123 If you knew history then you would possibly know that Poles are not baltic. The baltic Prussians are not and have never been Poles or slavic. The Teutonic order did not take areas that were ancient Polish lands.
@@vloplob I did not say that these were Polish lands. Now it's Russian territory. I would prefer these lands to belong to Lithuania.
@@vloplob Yes they did, the the Teutons stole northern Poland together with Gdańsk in 1308.
a dziś mamy dulkiewiczów w Gdańsku!
4:43 except sino-japanese war and bombin of wieluń
2:45 We should do that I'm Romania as well,vtear down the communist apartment blocks and reconstruct the old buildings before the communists.
2:33 long street
The original name was Langgasse - this can be translated to long lane.
Poland is Central Europe, not Eastern Europe. It's a fact.
destroyed by red army, not germans
Not true.
@@konyadanmeryem7712 indeed, also by Allied air raids.
@john angel did you also forget to think when writing your comment? I'm asking for my cat.
While the video shows nice parts of Gdańsk I think it is absolutely unnecessary to ask German tourists what is to be done to keep the peace in Europe! Talking Talking Talking...with who?! The criminalist russia? I wonder if they had the same opinion if this was was about Germany giving away parts of its land to russia? Would they still recommend talking with the occupant? I don't think so!
Well they did give away parts of Germany to Russia for the sake of peace, so...
Poland is CENTRAL EU NOT eastern.
5:37 well of the beginning of the war
Saying that the Germans destroyed the city during WW2 really shows that the reporter has absolutely no knowledge of history at all. Danzig had been a German city for centuries and under international control after WW1. The destruction is a result of the war, I.e. Soviet, American and British bombing, and as a result of ground battles between the Polish, Soviet and German troops by the end of the war.
Powiedz jeszcze ,że biedni ' niemcy' zostali wypędzeni.
@@sebastianmulik2219 if the inhabitants of the city were just Germans in inverted commas, why was only 5% of the city's population allowed to stay after 1945?
@@sebastianmulik2219 yupp, 90 % of Danzig's population was not allowed to stay after the war.
@@sebastianmulik2219 Tak, był jak Polacy ze Lwowa. Moi ojciec i dziadek zostali dwukrotnie wypędzeni, w 1919 roku z Bydgoszczy i w 1945 roku ze Szczecina.
The destruction is mainly caused by the Red Army - they wanted to destroy the city on purpose. The other facts that you forgot to mention that this is not German for centuries - this has been a city that was also Polish for centuries. It got heavily germanized - with Polish population expelled in 18th and 19th centuries. Also it has been rebuild only by poland without any german help.
Talking? diplomacy? those german tourists are insane. ruSSia only understands the power. You can talk to them but they will do their job their way anyway. What you dont understand???
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Wrong Flag
Polish flag has got red at the bottom -> 🇵🇱 Greetings :)
DW Not referring to Gdansk as Danzig?
The video was shut in the contempary city and was no historical film. Did you watch the video?
Well, " Gdansk" because this is our English channel. In German it would be Danzig, though.
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Germany destroyed only 80% of country
Gdańsk?
Rather Danzig.
That's the German name for Gdansk..
@@DWTravel No, you are wrong my anglosaxon friend.
Gdańsk is a polish occupied name for the old german city of Danzig.
@@haimcukerman1012Gdańsk was always Gdańsk, Just germans occupiers renamed it to something more easier to read, check history books once in a while, kraut
You can talk to someone who wants to listen. Russia respects only strength.
Danzig
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There has been war in Europe in Ukraine for 8 years the Russo-Ukraine war 2014-present. Which was started when the US overthrew Ukraine's president in a coup that started the fighting inside Ukraine, 14,000 people had died before Russia intervened in Feb. to end the war. The massive amounts of weapons the US and Europe are sending into Ukraine are extending the war and making it bigger. There is a point where the sides will be so invested it will be impossible to back down, it may have been passed already, so then this becomes a World War and likely a nuclear war. Small wars becoming big wars it's happened thousands of times in history that's why the higher caliber leaders we had in past decades on all sides would not have let this happen or shut it down quickly and negotiated. The risks of unintended consequences in the nuclear age can not be overstated.
Could you please provide the number how many of these 14,000 were Russian soldiers on Ukrainian territory, how many were Russian financed mercenary and how many were really Ukrainian civilians?
Beautiful German church in old Germany.
*Danzig
How provocative. Good job.
@@jankowalski6338 Thank you.
@@vloplob *dziękuję
@@jankowalski6338 Gesundheit
@@vloplob now you are boring
I think the drop in tourists visiting Poland might also have to do with recent political developments in Poland. E.g. LHGBTI free zones in certain conservative areas and Poland's unwillingness to plan along according to EU rules and regulations. Poland is creating an image problem for themselves that hurting them and that is sad to see. 😔
@Martin van den Broek Interesting point. Do you think most tourists find out about a country's political situation before they travel?
@DW Travel I am not sure about most tourists, they come in as many variants as do humans. But where I am from it did made the 8 o'clock news and the papers a couple of times in the last few years.
What???? 🤦♀️😆 It was fake with "LGBT free zones."
This is complete bs. Nothing to do with LGBTQ. LOL
Lgbt free zones never existed
That clown should announce that Ukraine is not joining NATO. and the war stops. Or INVITE Russia to join NATO..
President of Ukraine is the biggest hero of our times. He defends the independence of Ukraine. Imagine if some RUSSIAN CLOWN COME TO UR HOUSE AND THEN HE SAYS : ITS MINE HOUSE.
President of Ukraine was elected in democratic elections, Putin rules Russia around 20 years.
@@voyageur8208 when the NATO tries to encircle Russia how they will tolerate? Will they leave their border insecure?
Which clown?
That comedian.
@@_ravi4660 ah, you mean the current elected president of a sovereign nation which was attack by the army of the neighbouring country which thinks they can decide the fate of other.
GOD BLESS RUSSIA!!!!
I wonder where God is in Russia right now?