Żuławy Wiślane is the alluvial delta area of the Vistula, in large part reclaimed artificially by means of dykes, pumps, channels (over 17000 km of total length) and extensive drainage system. It is a forestless agricultural plain of ca 1000 square km...
Riding from Gdańsk to Tczew we are crossing western part of Żuławy (Żuławy Gdańskie). There are a few traces of Mennonites which lived here up to 2nd Word War, namely arcade houses (cf photo epl112_3170446.jpg) as well as other (mostly German) remains of the past (small but beautiful churches, cf. epl112_3170453.jpg).
Please note we leave out Gdańsk through historic gate Nizinna (cd pl112_3170464.jpg). There are extensive fortification next to the gate (moat and bastions, shown at p4069910 and p4069915 photos.)
Up to Dziewięć Włók the road is bumpy but still passable for road bicycle. From Dziewięć Włók to Tczew the road is much better and the traffic is low. The land is almost completly flat and forestless.
One can go from Gdańsk to Tczew via E75 road but usually there is high traffic there.
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2012-03-17
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