Pier

The pier in Sopot is located on the prolonged axis of Bohaterów Monte Cassino St. opposite the Resort House at 6 Powstańców Warszawy St. The wooden part of the pier at 512 metres makes the longest wooden pier in Europe. Between the Resort House and the pier the public Treatment Square has been arranged. Entrance to the wooden part of the pier is ticketed form the 30th April till 30th September. Through this period of 2016 over a million visits were recorded. The pier is open 24 hours every day.

Ticket prices

Opening hours: April, May, September: 8.00-22.00, July-August: 24hrs a week

Full price 10 PLN (~ 2.22 EUR), reduced 5 PLN (~ 1.11 EUR)
2 adults + 1 child: 21 PLN
2 adults + 2 children: 22 PLN
2 adults + 3 children: 22 PLN

Tourist Card discount: 20% off

1 adult above 70 years of age: 8 PLN
full price pass for 15 entries: 100 PLN
reduced price pass for 15 entries: 50 PLN

Reduced tickets are available to children under the age of 16. Children under the age of 3 are entitled to free entry.

How to buy tickets?

at the main ticket office at the entrance:

all kinds of tickets
all methods of payment, invoices
at the white booth at the entrance:
all except for group tickets
payment by cards or phone

at the entrance gate:

only single full price tickets
only contactless RFID credit card payment

online:

all except for passes, group tickets
immediate payment

The first segment of the pier is also called “The Pan”. It is superposed on pillars that mark the passage between the north and south sides of the beach. On the platform outdoor cinema is held free of charge for pier visitors. From the 1st July movies introduced to cinemas during recent years are shown at 10pm regardless of current weather. In August they start at 9.30pm. About 200 deckchairs are available for spectators.

The main part of the pier is about 400m long and about 10m wide. Three wider sections of variable length are located at both sides of this part. They are equipped with benches. On this part of the pier “Slow Fest Sopot cuisine” festival is held. Gourmet servings are offered for 5zł.

The third segment is a triangular head. Its deck is closer to water level to enable mooring of passenger vessels. The Hel peninsula may appear on the horizon at clear afternoons.

Shanties on the pier June, 26th - August, 28th

The Pier Shanties Festival is held on the head of the pier throughout the summer. Concerts start at 7.15pm every Wednesday.

26^th June: “Jack Sparrow Band”
3^rd July: “Behind the Horizon”
10^th July: Jakub Paluszkiewicz
17^th July: “North Wind”
24^th July: Piotr Słupczyński
31^st July: “The Four Reefs”
7^th August: “The Nierobbers”
14^th August: Kamil Badzioch
21^st August: “Flash Creep”
28^th August: “Own Port”

Concerts in band shell

Concerts of school orchestras, promenade bands and dance music are planned for 2023.

27^th May: Hillestad Promenade Orkester concert (Norwegian promenade band), at 17.30
1^st June: Janusz Mackiewicz Quartet, at 18.00, stage on the pier
1^st June: Joanna Knitter Blues & Folk Connection, at 19.00, stage on the pier
2^nd June: Muddy Vistula, at 18.00, stage on the pier
2^nd June: Cotton Wing, at 19.00, stage on the pier
20^th June: performance of the Norwegian orchestra “Hamar Ungdomskorps”, at 15:00
21^st June: performance of the Norwegian school orchestra “Fredheim Skolekorps”, at 12:45
25^th June: Cabaret OT.TO. “It’s Summer” Concert 4:00 p.m
30^th June: “Skubas” concert, at 6:00 p.m
6^th July: performance of the Norwegian school orchestra “Kankebogen Skolekorps”, at 1:00 p.m
6^th July: musical performance for children “Thumbelina”, at 5:00 p.m
8^th July: “Slavic Soul” concert, at 5:00 p.m
15^th July: concert by Łukasz Reks, at 4:00 p.m
16^th July: concert Karolina Zdrojkowska “Ballads and romances”, 19:00
22^nd July: “Forest Animals” concert, at 6:00 p.m
28^th July: concert “Kathia”, at 18:00,
29^th July: “Limboski” concert, at 6:00 p.m
11^st August: concert “Damian Ukeje”, at 6:00 p.m
14^th August: concert “Wróblewski & Kulpa”, at 6:00 p.m
19^th August: Sea ya! Festival, at 12:00 a.m, featuring “Kontrast”, Seweryn with the band, Sara Kordowska, “The Coastline”, “VVelur”
21^st August: performance “Mr. Thadeus from a flat”, at 5:00 p.m
27^th August: concert “Heima”, at 6:00 p.m
3^rd September: concert “Kępiński & Kowalonek” at 6:00 p.m

History

The first strolling quay was created during the days of Jean George Haffner, about the year 1827. It was used by passengers of fishing boats who would hire them for a cruise along the beach. This quay would be disassembled for winter. In consequence of consecutive extensions in 1886, 1896 and 1910, the quay became more and more permanent. It was about 315m long and about as wide as at present.

The last extension started in 1927. Its results were the triangular head and the southern arm, that was intended from 1880. At the entrance, a wide panoramic platform was created and glass-illuminated gallery in front of it to delimit the Treatment Square from the beach.

Panorama

Looking to the north one can see moraine hills with high-rise builfings in Kamienny Potok and Wielki Kack districts.; further north the cliffs of Orłowo. To the south one can see the tower of the Redemptor Church and waterfront residential buildings backed by hotels in Jelitkowo, Gdańsk. Further away a tall chimney of the coal plant, shipyard cranes and docks constructions of the northern port.

From 2012 on there is an outdoor theatre show named “Mololo” performed in front of the fountain on the Treatment Square. In 2013 it was performed by The Dreams Theatre, in 2014 The Sopot Dance Theatre, in 2015 street dancers, in 2016 and 2017 tricity actors directed by the tenant of the pier, Marcin Kulwas and Michał Derlatka, in 2018 various actors and dancers.