Sopot, Poland
Sopot is a small county town in Poland, with a population of almost 40.000. This Baltic resort, located between Gdańsk and Gdynia, constitutes a natural centre of the Tricity with a population of almost one million as well as the Region of Pomerania.
In the city there are over 7000 businesses, primarily small companies connected with the widely understood tourist market. However, there are also headquarters of large institutions, just to mention the biggest insurance company in the north of Poland - Ergo Hestia and the F. Stefczyk Savings-Credit Cooperative Bank. The unemployment rate is the lowest in the region (Poland's fifth city with the lowest unemployment rate). About 25% of the residents of Sopot have college degree, which is influenced by numerous higher education schools functioning in the city. There are Faculties of Management and Economics of the Gdańsk University, the Banking School SKOK, a branch of the School of Social Psychology, the School of Accounting and Finances, the School of Tourism and Hotel Management, Sopot Schools of Photography WFH, and the University of the Third Century, attended by more than 1200 students. There are also about 240 nongovernmental organizations.
Sopot is first off all a natural tourist center of the region, attracting throngs of tourists from the country and abroad. Transportation is provided by an international airport in nearby Gdańsk - Rębiechowo and international ferry terminals in Gdańsk and Gdynia (25 minutes by car) as well as railroad connections (domestic and international). The Tricity is surrounded by a bypass, which offers an easy acces to Sopot from Gdańsk and Gdynia.
Sidst opdateret den 26. marts 2008