Old Town (Polish: Stare Miasto, German: Altstadt) in Gdańsk is the oldest part of the city, located in the northern part of the Śródmieście district (city center).
Stare Miasto | |
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Part of Gdańsk | |
 Skyline of the Old Town | |
 Location of Stare Miasto within Śródmieście, Gdańsk | |
| Coordinates: 54°21′14″N 18°38′55″E / 54.3539°N 18.6486°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Pomeranian |
| County/City | Gdańsk |
| District | Śródmieście |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | GD |
| Designated | 1994-09-08 |
| Part of | Gdańsk – city within the 17th-century fortifications |
| Reference no. | M.P. 1994 nr 50 poz. 415[1] |
The Old Town borders with the districts of Aniołki and Młyniska in the north, and with other parts of the Śródmieście: the Sienna Grobla in the east, the Main City, Ołowianka Island and Nowe Ogrody in the south, and Grodzisko in the west.
Sights
Notable structures include:
- Gdańsk Mills
- Old Town Hall[2]
- St. Catherine's Church
- Gdańsk Główny railway station, the main station of Gdańsk
- Monument of King John III Sobieski
- Polish Post Office and Monument of the Defenders of the Polish Post Office
- Mannerist Preachers' House
- Mannerist House of the Abbots of Pelplin
- Monument of Jan Heweliusz
- Monument to the Fallen Shipyard Workers of 1970
- Gdańsk Library of Polish Academy of Sciences
Museums
- Museum of the Polish Post (Muzeum Poczty Polskiej)
- Museum of Tower Clocks (Muzeum Zegarów Wieżowych)
- Museum of the Second World War
Gallery
Old Town Hall
Radunia Canal and St. Catherine's Church
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