Karlsruhe steamer found at the bottom of the Baltic Sea. Was the Amber Room on board the wreckage?

Polish divers found the "Karlsruhe" steamer sunk in 1945 on the bottom of the Baltic Sea. The circumstances related to the sinking of the ship and the location of the wreck sparked a discussion as to whether Bursztynowa might have been on board ...

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Hel-Frankiv. Military narrow-gauge railway in Hel. History and route of the cable car.

A great tourist attraction on the Hel Peninsula is a narrow-gauge train ride that takes passengers to the Frankowo station, where the Hel Railway Museum is located. A trip is a great idea to diversify your stay at ...

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Treasures from the bottom of the Baltic Sea. "Do DNA" - New exhibition of the National Maritime Museum in Gdańsk

The Baltic Sea hides many secrets. Some of them can be found by visiting the new exhibition "To DNA. 50 years of underwater archaeological research of the National Maritime Museum in Gdańsk". The exposition shows the finds excavated from the bottom ...

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Who was Jurata? The genesis of the name and the legend of Jurata, the Baltic Queen and Perkun's revenge.

Jurata was a Samogitian goddess-mermaid of the Baltic Sea and a caring ruler of all sea creatures, known from the fairy tale "The Queen of the Baltic", popular in Poland and Lithuania. We owe her the name of the town. Name of the city ...

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Jastarnia after hours. Bunkers in Jastarnia - the Open Air Museum of Fortifications Steyer

Open-air museum of Fortifications II. Republic of them. Rear Admiral Włodzimierz Steyer. The Fortification Open-Air Museum in Jastarnia consists of four heavy reinforced concrete bunkers: Saragossa, Sęp, Sokół and Sabała. Construction of the Resistance Center in Jastarnia ...

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