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Gdynia is dotted with art déco and modernist houses dating back to the roaring twenties and thirties when the modern city was founded. The tenants of the magnificent building on the
corner in 10 Lutego Street have even started a private museum devoted to Gdynia’s design heritage.
quickly drawing a 100,000 ambitious people from all over the country. Now Gdynia is still a vibrant port city, with quarters of modernist, art déco-flavoured architecture (the best examples can be found along ulica Świętojańska and 10 Lutego), surrounded by leafy residential quarters on green hills. Climb one of them – Kamienna Góra – to take in a view of the city, the harbor and the shipyard, recently shadowed by Sea Towers – a brand new 140 metre-tall residential building .