Long June weekend June 8-11, 2023

Corpus Christi is celebrated in Poland on June 8. This day is a statutory holiday. Therefore a lot of people plan to use their holiday on the Friday after it to have four days off in a row.

On June 8-11, the celebration of the 200th anniversary of the resort is planned. On June 11, 1823, Jean George Haffner obtained permission from the Prussian authorities to establish a sea health bathing facility.

Program

Friday June 9th

12.00 3 Plac Zdrojowy

Guided tour of the Balneological Institute

12.30 Treatment Square

Exercises with a physiotherapist

Bandshell at the Pier

  • 12.30 Fairy tales for children
  • 14.30 Concert of Agata Świętoń for children
  • 20.00 Silent disco

Treatment Square

  • 21.45 Dancing Fountain
  • 22.00 Projection on the lighthouse of the Balneological Institute
  • 22.30 Evening tour of Sopot with a guide

Saturday June 10th

8.30 Yoga on the pier

10.30-14.00 North and South Park

City game Harpuś

  • 12.00-13.30 How to talk about the climate crisis to be heard?
  • 14.00-15.30 A new sculpture for sopot

12.00 Sopot Museum, 8 Poniatowskiego

“Resort Architecture” guided walk

12.00 3 Plac Zdrojowy

Guided tour of the Balneological Institute

Bandshell at the Pier

  • 18.00 Concert of Fisz Emade Plastic
  • 21.45 Dancing Fountain
  • 22.00 Projection on the lighthouse of the Balneological Institute
  • 22.30 Evening tour of Sopot with a guide

Sunday June 11th

11.00 Forest Stadium, 48 Wybickiego

Family Picnic: bonfire, live music, food-trucks, grill, pole vault for everyone, athletics camp, floorball, badminton, volleyball, basketball, large inflatable slide, trampoline, obstacle course, parkour shows, shooting range.

12.00 Bohaterów Monte Cassino St. at St. George’s

Healing parade - start

Bandshell at the Pier

  • 12.30 Exercises with a physiotherapist on the Treatment Square
  • 14.00 Display of historical swimwear
  • 17.00 Philharmony concert and dance party
  • 21.45 Dancing Fountain
  • 22.00 Projection on the lighthouse of the Balneological Institute
  • 22.30 Evening tour of Sopot with a guide

Scene by the pier

  • 15.00 Concert by Piotr Kuźniak with special guest Ryszard Poznakowski

16.30 Church of St. George, Kosciuszko 1

Organ evening: Maciej Afanasjew – electric violin, Paweł Głowiński – organ

Other attractions:

  • exercises with a physiotherapist, massages, cosmetic treatments,
  • consultations (examination of the level of epidermis hydration with the use of a corneometer, local cryotherapy, classic massage of the shoulders and neck)
  • animations and competitions for children,
  • brine treatments, inhalations of the upper respiratory tract with Sopot brine,
  • premiere of the kamishibai theater
  • book fair and reading corner of the Sopot Library,
  • experiences with salt, brine and sea water, tasting healthy food, brine and Sopot water from the saturator,
  • free cruises across the Bay of Gdansk.