Północny Park in Sopot, Urban park in Sopot, Poland
Północny Park in Sopot is a coastal urban park stretching about 2 kilometers along the Baltic Sea, from the Swelina stream at the Gdynia border to the Sofitel Grand Sopot hotel. Its southern part has lawns, paved paths and sculptures, while the northern part is mostly forest with pines, oaks, maples and beeches.
The open area at the heart of the park was known about 100 years ago as Manowcowy Square and served as a place where fishermen dried their nets. Over the following decades it was gradually transformed into a green space and expanded into the park that exists today.
The open square at the park's centre was called Manowcowy Square a century ago, when fishermen spread their nets there to dry. The name Północny simply means "northern", marking the park's position at the northern edge of Sopot toward Gdynia. Today the paved paths carry walkers, cyclists and skaters past the lawns and sculptures of the southern section.
The park is open year-round and can be entered from the Sofitel Grand Sopot hotel end or from the Swelina stream side near the Gdynia border. Paved paths run through the southern lawns and are used for walking, cycling, and skating; in the northern forest section the ground is rougher and less even.
The northern forest section of the park is protected as a nature reserve because of the rare mushrooms that grow there, including morels and scarlet elf cups. Birdwatchers visiting this part of the park can also spot woodpeckers, wrens, and chaffinches among the trees.
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