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Gdańsk, Poland

Gdańsk, Poland
Located on Poland’s northern coast, Gdańsk is an important industrial and commercial center with an extensive harbor accommodating oceangoing vessels. Labor strikes in the city’s shipyards during the 1970s led to the 1980 founding of Solidarity, Poland’s first independent labor union.
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