Gdańsk is situated at the mouth of the Motława River, connected to the Leniwka, a branch in the delta of the nearby Vistula River, whose waterway system supplies 60 % of the area of Poland and connects Gdańsk to the national capital in Warsaw.

From the beginning of the 1990s until 2009, there was not a ferry connection between Helsinki and Gdańsk.

The Old City () is located on the river Elbląg connecting Lake Drużno to the Vistula Lagoon, about 10 km from the lagoon and 60 km from Gdańsk.

The city quickly developed as important trade centre and a port on the San river, reaching the period of its greatest prosperity in 16th and 17th century, with trade routes linking Silesia with Ruthenia and Gdańsk with Hungary coming through it and merchants from such distant countries as Spain, England, Finland, Armenia and Persia arriving at the annual three week long fair on the feast of the Assumption.

Soon as a result of the village's development, new settlements emerged on both the eastern and the western bank of the river Narew, which in later centuries was a water trade route from Suraż to Gdańsk in 16th and 17th c., and after the WW II from Puszcza Białowieska to Tykocin ; and at the east side of the high road from Suraż to Płonka.

The Vistula Veneti ( alternatively also called the Baltic Veneti ) were an ancient Indo-European people along the river Vistula and the Bay of Gdańsk.

Sobieszewo Island () is an island on the Baltic sea, located between the Gdańsk Bay and the delta of Vistula river.

The northern border of the island is the waters of Gdańsk Bay, while its southern border is a branch of the Vistula river, called Leniwka.

The northern border of the island is formed by the waters of Port Channel ( Gdańsk ), while the southern border is a branch of the Vistula river, called Leniwka.

The Nogat is a 62 km long delta branch of the Vistula River and does not empty at Gdańsk Bay as the main river does.

Located west of Gdańsk ( inclusive of all but the easternmost district ) and the mouth of the Vistula river, it is inhabited by members of the Kashubian ethnic group.

A common theory for the etymology of the cities Gdańsk and Gdynia is that they are named after an older Polish and Kashubian name for the river, Gdania.

* The city of Danzig ( Polish Gdańsk ) with the delta of the Vistula river at the Baltic Sea, was made the Free City of Danzig under the League of Nations and partially Polish authority ( area 1893 km², 408, 000 inhabitants 1929 ).

The Śmiała Wisła () is a river branch of the Vistula in Poland flowing to Gdańsk Bay.

The Martwa Wisla ( literally " dead Vistula "; German: Tote Weichsel ) is a river, one of the branches of the Vistula, flowing through the city of Gdańsk in northern Poland.

Its river mouth and environs double as a harbor channel for the Inner Port of the port of Gdańsk.

It lies in the valley of the river Łupawa, approximately south-west of Potęgowo, east of Słupsk, and west of the regional capital Gdańsk.

It lies in the historic Pomerania region on the left banks of the Wieprza river, approximately south-west of Kępice, south-west of Słupsk, and west of the regional capital Gdańsk.

In 1308, after the Teutonic takeover of Danzig ( Gdańsk ) and the Treaty of Soldin ( Myślibórz ), the river formed the western border of the Order's Pomerelian lands with the Duchy of Pomerania until 1466, when Poland regained Pomerelia.

In summer 2008, Wizz Air restarted the summer only services from Katowice and Budapest to Girona, as well as a new weekly service to Girona from Gdańsk.

Deep water vessels cannot manoeuvre ; in that sense, Elbląg has become a subsidiary port of Gdańsk.

Gdańsk itself has a population of 455, 830 ( June 2010 ), making it the largest city in the Pomerania region of Northern Poland.

Like many other Central European cities, Gdańsk has had many different names throughout its history.

# The Kashubian language, spoken in the Pomorze region west of Gdańsk on the Baltic Sea, has seemed like a dialect to some observers.

Danziger Goldwasser ( ( vodka of Gdańsk )), with Goldwasser as the registered tradename, is a strong ( 35 % ABV ) root and herbal liqueur which has been produced since at least 1598 in Danzig ( Gdańsk ).

Legend has it that when King Sigismund II Augustus visited Gdańsk in 1549 after his coronation, part of the city's homage to the monarch was a gift of Goldwasser, and he is said to have sung the praises of the golden drink often along the rest of his tour.

It has the longest wooden pier in Europe, at 515. 5 metres, stretching out into the Bay of Gdańsk.

The spa for the citizens of Gdańsk has been active since the 16th century.

It has been the capital of Kościerzyna County in Pomeranian Voivodeship since 1999 ; previously it was in Gdańsk Voivodeship from 1975 to 1998.

Starogard has been the capital of Starogard County in Pomeranian Voivodeship since 1999, but was previously a town in Gdańsk Voivodeship from 1975 to 1998.

Previously in the Gdańsk Voivodeship ( 1975 – 1998 ), Puck has been the capital of Puck County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship since 1999.

It has been situated in the Wejherowo County in Pomeranian Voivodeship since 1999 ; previously it was in Gdańsk Voivodeship ( 1975 – 1998 ).

The name Gdańsk Voivodeship has been used twice to designate local governments in Poland.

It has been the capital of Wejherowo County in Pomeranian Voivodeship since 1999 ; previously, it was a town in Gdańsk Voivodeship ( 1975 – 1998 ).

Kukliński is buried in the row of honour in the Powązki Military Cemetery in Warsaw, and has been given honorary citizenship of several Polish cities, among which the most notable are Kraków and Gdańsk.

Since 1975 he has worked in Gdańsk University in the department of the History of Literature and Culture of 19th and 20th century Pomerania.

He graduated from Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Sztuk Platycznych in Gdańsk in 1965, and now he has his own artstic study in the city.

The village has sandy beaches on the shores of the Bay of Gdańsk on the northern side of the spit, and the Vistula Lagoon on the southern side.

Wisła has tremendous fan relations between Lechia Gdańsk, Śląsk Wrocław and Unia Tarnów.

During the experiment Poznań, Łódź and Gdańsk were connected and the 34 Mbit / s ATM network in an 622 Mbit / s SDH environment has been created and since then called POL-34.

* Energa Gedania Gdańsk will stay in Seria A as it has won the playoffs with Wisla Kraków

Most of the territory of West Prussia is today part of Poland ’ s Pomeranian Voivodeship, which has Gdańsk ( German: Danzig ) as its capital.

Since then, Gdańsk Shipyard has operated as Stocznia Gdańsk S. A. On 1 April 1993 Northern Shipyard of " Westerplatte Heroes " became a corporation, under the name Northern Shipyard S. A.