Getting into Sopot is easy because the Gdansk airport is only 20 minutes away from Sopot. Gdansk, Sopot, and Gdynia are a part of a 1 million person tri-cities area.

Gdansk is the dominant part of an area known as the Tri-City: Gdansk itself, the coastal spa resort of Sopot five miles to the north, and the modern port of Gdynia another three miles beyond that.

Gdansk, Sopot and Gdynia make up the Trojmiasto metropolitan area, and while Gdansk might be the headline act, the support has plenty to offer.

Tristan Rutherford learns that Sopot has had a 'South of France feel' ever since Frenchman Jean Haffner founded a sauna and beach cabins there in 1823.

The best examples of this progress were in the Tri-City area of Gdansk, Sopot, and Gdynia where the transportation infrastructure features a variety of electric options, including local trains ...