This walking tour takes you through Gdańsk’s most important monuments related to the city’s rich maritime heritage. It tells the story of Gdańsk’s long-standing connection to the sea, shipbuilding, and trade. As you stroll, you’ll encounter symbols of the city’s seafaring past, including maritime sculptures, memorials, and architectural gems that highlight Gdańsk’s vital role in European and world history. This route is a perfect way to discover how the sea has shaped Gdańsk’s identity over the centuries.
The fountain is located at Długi Targ, the most representative part of the city, aligned with the facade of the Artus Court, visible directly from the windows of the so-called Royal Tenements across the street.
The sculpture is comprised of three stacked blocks of grey granite located in the centre of a shallow, kidney-shaped fountain basin (with the jets directed from the sides of the basin towards the sculpture). The author’s initials “AŁ” and the date 1966 are engraved on the sculpture’s lower part. According to accounts collected from the artist’s friends, the suggestive phallic form of the sculpture was a joke by the author.
The monument To Those Who Did Not Return from the Sea, designed by Professor Sławoj Ostrowski, was unveiled on 14 January 2007 on Ołowianka Island near the Kamieniarski Bridge, close to the seat of the National Maritime Museum.
