Metal fittings, hundred-year-old hangers, newspapers pulled from door frames and from under the floors. We collect them all. Locks, keys, decors from the ceilings of Sopot apartments. Once a week we make a round around the city and check if someone has put them on the street. An SKM ticket from 1937, lost by a worker renovating our tenement house. It is canceled every day from Monday to Friday, except for the last evening. Maybe he went to a party on his way home from work on the remodel? Such considerations regularly occupy our heads, because there is nothing more important and beautiful for us than the history of Sopot. Our passion and knowledge allow us to give a new life to objects that are often witnesses of both wars. Together with the conservator of monuments, we regularly discover the beauty of old Art Nouveau elements abandoned on the streets. It was thanks to her help and our initiative that a stained glass window, casting orange reflections on the staircase, was installed in the tenement house.
We have been living at Lipowa Street, on the Sopot escarpment, for years. Behind the wall of the tenement house from 1904 lived Mr. Olgierd - a former Home Army soldier, engineer, a man full of humor and warmth, but lonely. We became friends and kept him company until the end of his days. To honor our friend and cherish his memory, we named one of the apartments the Engineer's Room. Today, we invite you to an apartment bearing traces of the former construction of the tenement house. We uncovered the brick walls, in which you can see the outline of the oval windows of the former neo-baroque palace, we imported a 100-year-old wooden floor, and installed glass blocks designed by Jan Sylwester Drost. If, like us, you love old design and are curious about the history of magical Sopot, come. We will tell you everything.
The apartments to which we invite you are located in a tenement house from 1904 in the old residential part of Sopot.
The apartment has 3 rooms and a common space. It includes a kitchenette and a hall, but there is no common seating area. Guests spend time in the rooms or the garden, which you will have access to.
Gustav's office
– it is the largest and the most premium, because it also has a corner with a work desk,
Engineer's room
- this is the only room where the bathroom is accessed from the corridor and not directly from the room (although the bathroom is of course private),
Former Servants
– the smallest, but very cozy and charming; it is the only one with single beds and its own small hall.
We live next door and are more than open to new acquaintances. We are also completely crazy about our tenement house and activities for Sopot, which we love. We will be happy to tell you about the history of this place, about the architecture of our city and its former inhabitants, and about our love for old design. And even about our Sopot apiary and the honey we produce.
In the common space you will find a simple kitchenette - you can heat up a meal in the microwave, put something in the fridge or make yourself a coffee or tea (they will be available on site). However, we did not anticipate cooking.
We would subscribe to the opinion that people come to Sopot to visit - so we encourage you to take advantage of the benefits of the local culinary offer. You can go for prawns, hummus and grilled octopus in the industrial, quite Gawel, while in the iconic Bar Bursztyn they will serve you pork chops or potato pancakes at an affordable price and it will also be delicious.
You probably chose Sopot for your stay for a reason and you already know how much charm this city has. You also know that you absolutely cannot get bored here, although if someone has such a wish, they will find many opportunities to do so. Because although the popular Monciak is always busy in the summer, it is enough to head to the side streets leading up the city and get lost between the streets lined with historic villas to experience peace.
Our pier is beautiful, it's a tradition to eat a waffle or a gimlet next to it, and certainly no one will refuse to visit the beach, but see what else you can do in Sopot:
– visit the Sierakowski Manor, one of the oldest buildings in the city, where the Society of Friends of Sopot is located – see an exhibition in the local art gallery, have a coffee in the manor house cafe or listen to a concert during the Thursday Music Evenings,
– go for a walk to the North Park, stretching north from the Grand Hotel to the Swelinia stream, towards Gdynia – it is a beautiful park from the first half of the 19th century of the 19th century, there are protected plants, over 60 species of trees and paths for cyclists and rollerbladers,
– celebrate the spa history of Sopot and visit brine pools, e.g. in Sopotorium, Sopot Sailing Club or Leśnik sanatorium; you can drink brine in the renovated Solanka water pump room connected to the Mamma Mia cafe,
– climb the Zajęcze Wzgórze, to the reserve full of tall trees, and look from its height at the panorama of Sopot and the vastness of the Baltic Sea – the 4-kilometre-long Squirrel Trail leading to the hill starts at the Leśnik sanatorium and runs almost entirely through a dense forest,
– visit the charming Ambelucja bookstore combined with a café at ul. 3 Maja - you will find there a great selection of literature for adults and children, and maybe you will take part in one of the interesting meetings with authors and more?
– drop by a store with healthy food, cosmetics and more: Ekosopot – you can buy there fruit and vegetables from local suppliers, and cosmetics from small Polish brands, and fresh bread or sweets, you can also drink matcha,
– see the mysterious historic Willa Berger, which starred in the first Polish occult horror film “Medium” from 1985. the villa used to house the seat of the Academy of Fine Arts and was the cradle of Sopot bohemia,
– visit the Museum of Sopot located in a villa from 1904 located by the beach – learn about the history of the villa and its inhabitants and check which temporary exhibition you will get – in 2023 Sopot celebrates the 200th anniversary of the establishment of the resort, the exhibition about the local patients brings you closer history of Sopot tourism,
– take advantage of the Summer Cinema, which takes place every year on the Sopot pier every day from July 1 to August 31, free of charge.
What’s there for children?
We do not refuse to stay with children, but we do not recommend it either. The rooms are 2-person, and we do not have space or special attractions for kids.
What’s there for employees?
See that lovely Bauhaus desk in the picture? It is located in Gustav's Cabinet and it is the only room adapted to work. If you want to work in an old tenement house in Sopot, we cordially invite you.
In all apartments, the internet works quickly and flawlessly, but in the Engineer's Room and the Service Room, we did not provide work places. The common space is small and there is no table or sofa, so you won't work there either.
After finishing work, you can sit at a table in the garden and enjoy the peaceful atmosphere of our district, go for a walk among the former villas or go to the beach.
