The most popular part of the event is the taking of a large group photograph in Dlugi Targ at 12:00 on Saturday.
A full list of events and times can be found below. Note that the exhibitions opening on Friday morning will run all weekend.
Friday, 6 July
10:00 Opening of the Mobile Gdańsk Museum – Zielony Most (Green Bridge) Cultural and Information Centre
10:00 Opening of the Baltic Sail Gdańsk Programme Centre – Ołowianka Island
10:00 Baltic amber. Tradition and innovation 2.0 - Gdańsk Museum – Palowa Gallery – Main Town Hall Długa St. 46/47.
11:00 Prayer for Gdańskers - Cemetery of Lost Cemeteries - 3 Maja Str.
12:00 Opening of the parkART design exhibition and fair - Świętopełk Square
12:00 Start of the Nord Cup race - Bay of Gdańsk
13:00 Official Opening of the 5th World Gdańsk Reunion - Wybrzeże Theatre Świętego Ducha 2 Str. (entrance from Targ Węglowy). Keynote address by Prof. Cezary Obracht – Prondzyński and followed by a debate entitled '21st Century Gdańskers. Identity in a Changing Poland and Europe'.
15:00 Opening of the 'The King is Coming …!' exhibition - Gdańsk Museum – Main Town Hall, Długa St. 46.
16:00 Official opening of the Baltic Sail Gdańsk Sailing Ship Meeting and Zawisza Czarny Choir live in concert - Artus Court porch, Długi Targ St. 43/44.
17:00 Sailors’ parade from the Fountain of Neptune to the GDAŃSK sign on Ołowianka Island
17:00 Walking in the Footsteps of Women in the Old and Main Town – Women Pioneers’ route – theme walk*
19:00 Gdańsk Gala – “Gdańsk: Yesterday – Today – Tomorrow” - Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk (by invitation only).
20:00 Night of the Restaurants – Tastes of Gdańsk – programme start**
21:00 Launching of Arts – 20th Gdańsk Carillon Festival – inaugural concert - Jan Heweliusz Square
22:00 Rycerska Street Cinema – open-air film screening
*Prior booking at the City Culture Institute (Instytut Kultury Miejskiej) required kontakt@ikm.gda.pl
** We recommend booking a table in advance. A list of participating restaurants is available at www.nocrestauracji.pl
Saturday, 7 July
11:00 Nord Cup race | Bay of Gdańsk
11:00 – 18:00 Streets of Chopin. A series of piano concerts on the terraces of tenement houses – Wydra Gallery, Mariacka St. 49; Art Gallery Art. Jubiler S.K. Jacobson, Mariacka St. 35; Glaza Expo Art Gallery, Długi Targ 20/21.
12:00 Gdańsk Family Photo - Długa St.
12:00 Walking in the Footsteps of Women in the Old and Main Town – Women Pioneers’ route – theme walk*
12:05 Carillon Concert - Gdańsk Museum, Main Town Hall | Długa St. 46.
13:00 Unveiling of plaque commemorating Leopold von Winter and open-air exhibition opening - Garbary St. followed by a themed walk entitled 'Walking in the Footsteps of Leopold von Winter'.
13:00 Neptune Amber Cup Race - Gdańsk Stogi – Gdańsk Brzeźno
14:00 Sea Battle reenactment - Wisłoujście Fortress
15:00 SIA-DO-RO (artistic happening) - Round the statue at Świętopełk Square
15:00 Ship Models from Gdańsk’s Artus Court and a meeting with author Jerzy Litwin PhD - Artus Court, Długi Targ 43/44.
15:00 Gdańsk Gardens. A curator’s tour of the exhibition and meeting of the Artus Court’s Bench Brotherhoods - Uphagen House Długa St. 12.
16:00 Shanty Songs by the Crane concert - Ołowianka Island
16:00 Gdańsk Gardens. A curator’s tour of the exhibition and meeting of the Artus Court’s Bench Brotherhoods - Uphagen House Długa St. 12.
16:30 CLAVES – closing concert of the Summer Academy of Music - Trinity Church (kościół Św. Trójcy) Świętej Trójcy St. 1.
18:00 Opening of the 'Untitled …' – art exhibition by Paweł Bownik - Gdańsk City Gallery 2 (Gdańska Galeria Miejska 2) Powroźnicza St. 13/15.
18:30 CLAVES – Summer Music Academy closing concert | Trinity Church (kościół Św. Trójcy) Świętej Trójcy St. 1.
20:00 Bach meets Kennedy meets Gershwin with Cappella Gedanensis concert - Centrum Świętego Jana | The Baltic Sea Culture Centre in Gdańsk, Świętojańska St. 50.
20:00 Night of the Restaurants – Tastes of Gdańsk – programme start**
22:00 Sea Stories – attempt to break the Polish record for the largest open-air song performance - Ołowianka Island
22:10 Laser show - Ołowianka Island
22:15 Film show on the water - Polish Baltic Philharmonic Amphitheatre
22:30 Rycerska Street Cinema – open-air film screening
*Prior booking at the City Culture Institute (Instytut Kultury Miejskiej) required kontakt@ikm.gda.pl
** We recommend booking a table in advance. A list of participating restaurants is available at www.nocrestauracji.pl
Sunday, 8 July
10:00 Nord Cup race | Bay of Gdańsk15:00 Sailing ship parade at the closing of the 5th World Gdańsk Reunion and Baltic Sail Gdańsk - Motława Canal
15:00 Shanty Songs by the Crane concert - Ołowianka Island
16:00 In the Footsteps of Women at Gdańsk Shipyard – theme walk *
16:30 Sea Rescue Show | Motława Canal
19:00 Marcin Opitz Gdańsk Culture Promotion Award presentation ceremony and concert.
20:00 Night of the Restaurants – Tastes of Gdańsk – programme start**
22:00 Rycerska Street Cinema – open-air film screening
*Prior booking at the City Culture Institute (Instytut Kultury Miejskiej) required kontakt@ikm.gda.pl
** We recommend booking a table in advance. A list of participating restaurants is available at www.nocrestauracji.pl
The organisers reserve the right to introduce changes in the programme.
