The Centre – shopping in the Great Mill
The historic city centre of Gdansk consist of the old town and the main town. One highlight among many attractions of the historic centre is the Great Mill (Wielki Mlyn), which is located on Radaune Island. Built in the year 1350, the Great Mill now counts as the largest medieval industrial monument in Europe. The facade of the building appears to be unchanged, but inside it’s home to a shopping centre and offers visitors a unique shopping experience.
Museum of the Polish Post Office
One of the most significant buildings in Gdansk in historical terms is the Polish Post Office on Pl. Obroncow Poczty Polskiej. This is now the home of the Museum Poczty Polskiej, or the Museum of the Polish Post Office. The museum was opened in 1979 on the 40th anniversary of the start of the Second World War. It tells the history of the Polish post offices and citizens of Gdansk between 1920 and 1939, through to the events on 1 September 1939, when at 04:45 the Post and Telegraph Office No. 1 was attacked by the Germans.
