Best Beaches in (and around) Gdańsk in Poland
Did you know that in Gdańsk there is one of the widest beaches in Poland? According to different measurements, Stogi Beach is 135 metres wide.
But it’s not the only beach worth visiting when you are in Gdańsk. If you want to know where the beaches are in Gdańsk, how to reach them, and where the best beaches around Gdańsk are, continue reading this blog post.
As a sea lover and Tricity local, I’m happy to show you where to enjoy Baltic Sea charm even if you are visiting Gdańsk just for a short city break.
Baltic Sea in Gdańsk
This is the beauty of Gdańsk. It’s the city of freedom, rich history and beautiful old town. But it’s also the city of port, shipyard, beaches and constant wind blowing through your hair. You can feel ‘seaside DNA’ in Gdańsk in the air, even if Gdańsk old town is not located directly at the sea and beach.
There is a lot to do in Gdańsk, but if you find a moment, try to visit also one of the beaches. Especially if you are visiting during spring or summer.
But beaches at the Baltic Sea are nice also when it’s colder, during autumn or winter. Or maybe even nicer, I actually visit them more often then. They are less crowded, and you feel the space and power of the sea more.
Local advice
Remember to prepare and dress well. It might be very windy, and you may need thin hat or a hoodie even during warm days (and even when in the centre it is a hot day).
Another important piece of information is that sometimes during the summer the rise of blue-green algae is detected in parts of the beach. Then, there is a red flag and it’s forbidden to enter the water. Don’t get scared; it’s normal for this type of waters, and it doesn’t last long. It’s usually one or two days on the specific beach, and after that the water is safe to enter. From my local experience, it usually happens around mid-July. I just want to let you know so that you know to check out the flag or this website.
Beaches around Gdańsk
I will start in maybe a little bit contrarily, as from the beaches that are not in Gdańsk but around it. The reason is simple – I think it might be even easier to reach them, especially if you stay around Gdansk Old Town. Additionally, it will be 2 in 1, so you will go to the beach and have a nice trip to other parts of Tricity at the same time.
Gdańsk is a part of Tricity, together with Sopot and Gdynia. It’s very easy to reach both of them from Gdańsk: just take a quick city train (SKM) from Gdańsk Śródmieście, Gdańsk Główny or even Gdańsk Stocznia, whichever train stop is closest for you.
In around 20 minutes you will be in Sopot and in around 30-35 minutes in Gdynia.
Beach in Sopot
From Sopot Główny station you can just walk to beaches in Sopot. You will walk through a very popular street called Monte Cassino with a lot of cafes and restaurants. Sopot is a typical seaside town with cafes, nice houses, parks and a very famous pier.
You can stay at the beach close to the pier or walk to the beaches a bit away ‘on the left’ from the pier. You can walk through pretty park (Park Północny) and take any exit to the beach you like.
By the way, when you go for a longer walk (around 1 hour), you will reach Kolibki Beach, which is on the border of Sopot and Gdynia, or even Gdynia Orłowo Beach.
It’s one of my favourite activities to do in Tricity. I take the train to Gdynia Orłowo or Sopot and then just walk between them. On the walk you are partially in the forest, partially at the beach, and partially in the park. It’s great if you prefer walks to just lying at the beach.
Beaches in Gdynia
Gdynia has more beaches, but if you are staying in Gdańsk, I suggest looking at two of them: Orłowo and Gdynia Centre beach.
To Orłowo, you can walk from Sopot or just leave the SKM train later, after around 30 minutes from Gdańsk at Gdynia Orłowo station.
After a 10-minute walk, you are in a beautiful place with a beach, pier and cliff with amazing views.
You can also go a few stops longer and leave the train at Gdynia Główna station. From there, after around a 20-minute walk, you will come to Gdynia Centre (Śródmieście) beach.
It’s quite a small beach, but you can also take a longer walk on the boulevard. On the beach, you also have some infrastructure, a few places to eat or get coffee, toilets, etc. During the summer, there are many events and activities there organised by the city.
Beaches in other small towns
It’s worth mentioning that Gdańsk (and the whole Tricity) lies at the bay. You can also go to many other small beach towns around Tricity to beaches which are at the ‘open sea’. My absolute favourite are beaches on the Hel peninsula. Check here complete guide regarding the Peninsula. Other beautiful places and beaches are Jastrzębia Góra and Lubiatowo, or Stegna and Krynica Morska – if you want to go ‘the other direction’.
These trips, however, are a little bit more complicated and time-consuming, so I will describe them in the separate posts.
Beaches in Gdańsk
Let’s go back to describing beaches in Gdańsk city itself.
Brzeźno
The most popular, but also easiest to reach from the centre, is the beach in Gdańsk Brzeźno. It has two parts: next to the pier (around entry 50) or beach next to Dom Zdrojowy (around entry 41).
I prefer the beach and entries to the beach closer to the pier, they are a bit calmer. Anyway, between them you will find also beach bars and total holiday vibe.
Both of Brzeźno beaches you can reach with trams number: 3,5 and 62.
To pass to the beach, you will walk through the big beautiful park. At the beach you will find many attractions, restaurants, and food trucks, but also 136-metre-long pier. The beach next to Dom Zdrojowy has also historic meaning, as this is where the first public beach in Pomerania was organised in the 19th century.
If you are searching for a quick and easy-to-reach beach in Gdańsk (but still with a lot of beach and holiday vibe), I would recommend this one.
If you like walks, you can even walk through the park to the beach in the next neighbourhood (or even to Sopot):
Jelitkowo
Jelitkowo beach, which is one of my favourite in Tricity, also because it’s calmer. It’s a beach kind of ‘between’ Brzeźno and Sopot.
There are still a few places to eat and a nice park next to it. There are also hotels.
You can get there from the centre with tram number 8. Also, trams number 2, 4 and 6 should reach Jelitkowo.
Stogi
Beach in the Stogi neighbourhood. Nice, wide beach with nature around. Normally you can get there with tram 3 and 8. However, at the moment there are some road renovations and you might need to take the bus instead.
If you have time for one or two beaches only, I would probably suggest visiting any others at the moment.
Sobieszewo
Sobieszewo Island is part of Gdańsk but looks like a calm holiday place, with a lot of beautiful nature. There is bird reserve with 200 types of birds (rezerwat Ptasi Raj) and nature reserve Mewia Łacha, where you can meet birds and even seals (you can go on a boat ride to see them better), so it’s not only a trip for lying on the beach.
It will take you some time to get to Sobieszewo, but you get there with one bus from Gdańsk Dworzec Główny: numbers 112 and 212.
There are 3 beaches there: Sobieszewo, Świbno, and Orle.
In all these descriptions of how to get to beaches in Gdańsk, I’m talking about public transport mostly, as it might be easier and quicker. I don’t think that many tourists in Gdańsk rent a car, as it’s really not needed. Secondly, even if you have a car, there might be traffic jams during the nicest sunniest days during holidays, so trams are probably safer here.
There are also special tram and bus lines that go to beaches during July and August: tram 63 to Brzeźno and buses 607 and 612 to Sobieszewo, in addition to the ones I mentioned earlier.
Beaches in and around Gdańsk are great, but it’s not the only thing to do in the city. Soon, more information on what to do in Gdańsk.
