Helska Kosa offers the most beautiful Polish bathing on the Baltic

It is still the same place.Today the long peninsula is called the Helska scythe.Extends far to Gdansk's Gulf and protects the city of Gdansk from bad weather.It used to be natural protection against foreign war fleets.

Islands disappeared two centuries ago

Helská scythe, as we know it today, was created by nature two hundred years ago.To the belt of small and miniature islets applied the Baltic Sea so much sand that they connected to one whole.Helska scythe measures 35 kilometers and is only 150 meters wide in the narrowest point.The highest point is the top of the dune of just 23 meters above sea level.

At the end of the slender peninsula is the port town of Hel.Up to 15.century was as significant as today's Gdansk city.Then the store fell, because the opponent had a convenient location not only on the sea shore, but also at the Vistula vessel, and it was therefore possible to combine overseas transport with Inland.

Defense against enemy fleets

For this, however.At least half a millennium there were fortified crews of various armies according to who this part of Poland belonged to.The Germans, Poles and Danes took turns here.

It was precisely because of military purposes that was built along the entire length of the Helská Kosa Railway and next to it the road, which today serves for civilian transport.There is also a shipping line from Gdyně on the coast.

From 2.World War I..Today the town of Hel and the whole Kosa Helska is the most beautiful seaside resort far widely wide.Some tourist guides even write that these are the most beautiful beaches of the Polish Baltic Sea coast.

Bathing, yachts and wind

Poles come here mainly to bathe.Water is for the ratios in the Baltic relatively warm.The average daily air temperature during the summer holidays is only 21 degrees, and moreover, the unpleasant wind often blows, but the water in the Gulf, which spills between the scythe and the mainland, reaches 20 degrees.On the promenades you can borrow sun loungers with characteristic wind protection as well as anywhere else at the North and Baltic Sea.The beaches are often seen semi -plants or textile playpens against the wind anchored in the sand that visitors themselves build themselves.

All beaches of the Helic scythe are made of white sand and the water is exceptionally clean.Since 2004, a small part called Helská dune has been included in protected areas and swimming is forbidden here.

In addition to swimmers, Helká Kosa is also known to yachtsmen, as the local port is especially suitable for sports yachts.Permanent winds testify to less experienced captains and their crews.You can hire a yacht straight in the ports in Gdansk or Gdyni, but it's easier to be from one of the many charter companies operating on the Internet.Board regulations and paperwork are considerably simpler on the Baltic than on your favorite Adriatic or Mediterranean Sea.

In recent years, Helska scythe has become a mecca of Polish kitesurfing, which in popularity was overtaken by previously popular windsurfing.The float with a large tarpaulin is now running on a small float with a large controlling parachute that drives the wind.On the side of the scythe facing the free seas in large waves and strong winds rushing kitesurf experts, while on the other side of the Gulf Puck surfs on a shallow quiet water and in leverages.

On foot or by bike?

Hikers and cyclists arrive at Helska scythe in spring and autumn, when it is pleasantly cold and also enjoy nature, sea and historical monuments without a rush of summer visitors.Here are tourist attractions that do not forget to visit:

* The first -class attraction is the foci or the aquarium for the seals.* In the German artillery battery of 2.World War II is established by the Museum of Defense of the Coast.* In the declined church at the port is worth visiting the Museum of Sea Fishing.* On the Swedish mountain and in the village of Jurata stands lighthouses rebuilt on the lookout tower.* Throughout Helská Kosa are carefully maintained military monuments with explanatory boards.

Longer trips go to medieval cities on the coast associated in the so -called three -monthly: Gdansk, Sopots and Gdyně.

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Housing and bathing

For one -day visits, enough paid car parks in the town of Hel or just before it.

Accommodation provides mainly in the middle price category town Hel and four other villages Jurata, Jastarnia, Kužnica and Chalupy.These are smaller hotels, apartments and privates.Camps are located along the entire coast on the side of Puck Gulf, as there are tents and cottages protected against the wind.

The bathing beaches are also mostly at the Gulf of Puck.However, bathing is also possible to the sea.There are also several nudist beaches.Naturism is popular with the Baltic Sea not only in Protestant Germany, but also in Catholic Poland.

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