Tourist attractions at Hel 

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tu zawsze świeci słońce.. To the main page
(last revision -11 - I - 2008)

Download and play The Anthem of Hel !!!!!! Listen the Hel Anthem !!!

Note that: Hel is a geographical name of Polish peninsula and also the city at the end of this peninsula in the Baltic Sea Region and its name is not related with/to hell or chemical element - hel, He, helium. (Quiblle)

The history of Hel and its attractions in a great guide written by dr Mieczysław Orłowicz in 1924 (in Polish only)....

Visit Hel’s Photo Gallery! (numerous thematic galleries)

See Hel City Plan

Where to stay in Hel

GRATIS Download calendar of Helska Tawerna

Worth seeing in Hel :

Wiejska street - full of splendid architecture and interesting places...

- take a "computer walk" along Wiejska Street.......

Lighthouse See the interesting photo!! - open for sightseeing
- ul. Bałtycka 3, tel. 058 - 675-06-17

Museum of Fishery See the interesting photo!! in the old Evangelical Church
- ul. Bulwar Nadmorski 2, tel. 058 - 675-05-52 invites you to:

Museum of Coastal Defence ul.Helska 16 (more...) - museum opened in 2006 in abandoned objects former, german, equipped formerly with the biggest in the world land cannons at stationary stands battery Schleswig-Holstein 406 mm shows many interesting expozitions concerning coastal defence, includes periods before the II Worl War, german occupation and period after the war. Reminds, what was and what was the value of Rejon Umocniony Hel. (Fortified Region Hel)

Military monuments - unique, the one and only, display units from the tree periods – before the 2nd Wold War, occupancy and after the 2nd Wold War – licenced to the Registry of Military Monuments in 1999.
Opened for sightseeing :

- 115th Military Hospital together with Military Clinic - accessible for all tourists - ul. Boczna 10, tel. 058 - 675-04-01

Fishing and yacht port See the interesting photo!! - read the information

Podgląd
Cpt.Morgan, ex Ventus
We recommend!
see here..		 .... Podgląd
Santa Maria, ex Bliza-D
We don't recommend!
see here..

Sailors only - Tylko dla żeglarzy - Jen pro namorniky ! See the interesting photo!!

Marine map of headland, port plan and air-pictures.

Summer Festival of Chamber Music in Hel - visit its webside!

Every year from 2001 you can listen to splendid classical music were played during festivals organised in Hel’s Church and in Fishing Museum by Mr Dariusz Paradowski, magnificent worldwide known opera singer (male soprano), and also citizen of Hel.
Announcements about concerts are posted up in Hel City Hall.

Scientific institutions located in Hel:

.... ATTENTION!!!! Do not feed seals with coins!!!! In may 2001 tree-year-old grey seal Krysia died because of the stupidity and silliness of tourists visitig Seal Center throughing coins into pool. There were 1,66 kg of coins in her stomach ....

Numerours outdoor concerts and events near the harbour,

Multifloor chute within guarded beach and other attractions.

"Small Beach" between marine and military harbour - close to the city center.

"Helska Bliza" – (Hel Lighthouse)- (also on webside) - local biweekly - edited by "Hel’s Friends Association"

Tourists’ Information ul Wiejska 78, tel. 058 - 675-10-10

HEL Tourists’ Agency ul.Leśna 9c, tel. 058 - 675-09-96 lub 0-604-268-223 675-09-96

Rent a bike ul.Leśna (behind a vegatable shop)

Rent a four- wheeled excursion bike during the season, in Fishing Port

Internet Cafee - Miejska Biblioteka Publiczna (City Public Library) ul. Komandorska 2 (I floor) -
- 2 zł/h - ( tel. 058 - 675-09-67)
Mon, Tue, Wen, Fri - 10:00-17:30,
Sat - 10:00-14:00
Thr - 10.00 - 16.00

Paintball in Hel – organised for teams or individuals tel. 058 - 507-719-207

Tennis court see www page!

Fitness Center - accessible for all, located in the new sports hall near a school and a church

BPH Bank and 24h cash dispencer - ul.Wiejska 41,
tel. (048)675-04-12

LPG station for cars - by the SECOND, previous military toll-bar in Hel.

Gas station - military but accessible for all - neighbouring with Jurata border, the FIRST, previous military toll-bar.

President of Poland Retreat Site - "MEWA" it is closer to Jurata but it is located in Hel district, however. Before the 2nd Wold War President of that time, Mr Ignacy Mościcki, had his summer residence in this region, close to Military Rest Houses.
Two main buildings cover the area of about 2000 m2. A new-build tower has 2 floors. The area of the residance also occupies 150 ha of woods, and a closed part of the gulf. The Center is securied by Marine Squad of Straż Graniczna.
(According to "Seashore" paper, 16th October 2003)

Where to stay in Hel:

*Hel quarters, pensions, rooms, campings, rent a room, holidays*

How to get to Hel :

Trawel from Hel to Władysławowo by a train simulator! - train simulator - "Mechanik" - (Deutsche Homepage) programme together with route. You just need to download, unpack and it’s ready to use! ATTENTION – the train simulator only shows the route of electric trains but in fact there are only combastion train routes. The route designed by Andrzej Beratz from Hel is just being rebuilt. For now, it shows Hel – Jastarnia connection, only.

Bibliography of Hel and its region - history books, guides, novels and poems, etc.

"The spoon of birch tar" - what readers think about Hel – try to express your oppinion (most of oppinions in Polish)

Webmaster and Author waits for your remarks at - valle@hela.com.pl

Visit the "Pies Morski" Pension

Links of Gdansk Gulf

[English translation – MisiaR]