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Neptune at night guard in front of Town Hall

During night the contrast and dimensions of the Neptune Fountain, the Town Hall and the main city square of Gdansk gets a certain perspective. A cold spring night is is framed in dark, light, and mystery.

A center of social life day and night since medieval times, this area is worth visit freqently both for the views and the food and drinks. Placed in the crossing of Długi Targ, the "Long Market"/city square, and Ulica Długa, the long lane/street, the Town Hall is the second tallest building in old Gdansk.

The first Town Hall was mentioned back in the late 1200s. But the first building that later was extended again and again was built here in 1336CE. With addition of the statue of king Sigismund the great as part of a taller tower, it reached the current height.

During the European war theater of WWII, this building like the rest of the city was heavily damaged. Reconstructions was done 1946 to 1952.

Today the old Town Hall is part of the City museum. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gda%C5%84sk_Town_Hall

(at Đài phun nước Neptune, Gdańsk) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cj3OrioPqCv/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=