Editing Gdynia (section)

== Cityscape ==
[[File:Dar Pomorza - panoramio (1).jpg|thumb|View from Kościuszko Square; [[Dar Pomorza]] on the left, [[Sea Towers]] on the right]]
[[File:Gdynia Orłowo Pier (24217249262).jpg|thumb|Gdynia's main boardwalk in [[Orłowo, Gdynia|Orłowo]]]]
Gdynia is a relatively modern city.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gdynia.pl/eng/about/the/city/5877_.html |title=About the city — Modernism in Europe — Modernism in Gdynia |website=Gdynia.pl |access-date=30 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161002142549/http://www.gdynia.pl/eng/about/the/city/5877_.html |archive-date=2 October 2016}}</ref> Its architecture includes the 13th century St. Michael the Archangel's Church in [[Oksywie]], the oldest building in Gdynia, and the 17th century [[neo-Gothic]] [[manor house]] located on Folwarczna Street in Orłowo.

The surrounding hills and the coastline attract many nature lovers. A leisure [[pier]] and a cliff-like coastline in [[Redlowo|Kępa Redłowska]], as well as the surrounding Nature Reserve, are also popular locations. In the harbour, there are two anchored [[museum ship]]s, the [[destroyer]] {{ORP|Błyskawica}} and the [[tall ship]] [[frigate]] ''[[Dar Pomorza]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.muzeummw.pl/?orp-blyskawica-,227 |title=ORP "Błyskawica" - Muzeum Marynarki Wojennej w Gdyni |access-date=30 November 2016 |archive-date=30 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161130192841/http://www.muzeummw.pl/?orp-blyskawica-,227 |url-status=live }}</ref> A {{convert|1.5|km|adj=on}}-long [[promenade]] leads from the [[marina]] in the city center, to the beach in [[Redlowo|Redłowo]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://mapy.e-turysta.pl/pomorskie/gdynia/redlowo/#map=15/18.5524/54.4916 |title=Redłowo - Mapa Gdynia, plan miasta, dzielnice w Gdyni - E-turysta |access-date=30 November 2016 |archive-date=30 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161130185423/https://mapy.e-turysta.pl/pomorskie/gdynia/redlowo/#map=15/18.5524/54.4916 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Most of Gdynia can be seen from Kamienna Góra<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.trojmiasto.pl/wiadomosci/Kolejka-na-Kamienna-Gore-ruszyla-n92173.html |title=Kolejka na Kamienną Górę ruszyła |date=4 July 2015 |access-date=30 November 2016 |archive-date=30 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161130190223/http://www.trojmiasto.pl/wiadomosci/Kolejka-na-Kamienna-Gore-ruszyla-n92173.html |url-status=live }}</ref> ({{convert|54|m|abbr=off}} [[Above mean sea level|asl]]) or the viewing point near Chwaszczyno. There are also two viewing towers, one at Góra [[Donas]], the other at Kolibki.

In 2015 the [[Emigration Museum]] opened in the city. Other museums include the [[Gdynia Aquarium]], Experyment Science Center, Abraham's house, Żeromski's house, Gdynia Automotive Museum, Naval Museum, and Gdynia City Museum.

=== Modernist Center ===
{{Main|Modernist Center of Gdynia}}Gdynia holds many examples of early 20th-century architecture, especially monumentalism and early [[Functionalism (architecture)|functionalism]], and [[modernism]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Tourism — Gdynia cultural |url=http://www.gdynia.pl/eng/tourism/5331_47014.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201013043/https://www.gdynia.pl/eng/tourism/5331_47014.html |archive-date=1 December 2016 |access-date=30 November 2016 |website=Gdynia.pl}}</ref> Historic Urban Layout of the City Center was drafted by Adam Kuncewicz and [[Roman Feliński]] in 1926.<ref name=":1" /> The central axis of Gdynia is built around 10 Lutego Street, Kosciuszka Square and the Southern Pier.<ref name=":0" /> The structure of the city is designed to emphasize the connection of Gdynia and Poland with the Baltic Sea. Examples of modernist architecture are the buildings of the Bank of Poland and many tenement houses (''[[Kamienica (architecture)|kamienice]]''). Another good example of modernism is ''PLO Building'' situated at 10 Lutego Street.

The architecture of central Gdynia was inspired by the work of European architects such as [[Erich Mendelsohn|Erich Mendelssohn]] and is sometimes compared to the [[White City (Tel Aviv)|White City]] of [[Tel Aviv]].<ref>{{Cite web |title="Gdynia - Tel Aviv" - a temporary exhibition {{!}} Muzeum Historii Żydów Polskich POLIN w Warszawie |url=https://polin.pl/en/gdynia-tel-aviv |access-date=20 April 2022 |website=polin.pl |archive-date=24 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220524180737/https://www.polin.pl/en/gdynia-tel-aviv |url-status=live }}</ref> The center of Gdynia has become a symbol of modernity, but was included in the list of [[List of Historic Monuments (Poland)|historical monuments of Poland]] and is a candidate for the [[List of World Heritage Sites in Poland|UNESCO World Heritage List]].