Radisson RED Opens As Radisson’s Fourth Hotel In Tricity Metropolitan Area, Gdansk, Poland
Main Photo: The lobby at the new Radisson RED
Date: August 2022
Name: Radisson RED Gdansk
Location: Granary Island, overlooking the Motlawa River, Gdansk, Pomerania, Poland
Number of Keys: 30 rooms and suites
Seller: The site is a reconstructed port warehouse
Buyer: TBA
The first Radisson RED property in Poland is now welcoming guests. Radisson RED Gdańsk is part of the redevelopment of Granary Island in the center of the Pomeranian capital on the Baltic Sea. With this new opening, Radisson Hotel Group’s portfolio in Poland has grown to 22 properties in operation and under development.
Gdańsk, the capital of Pomerania, has become one of the most popular tourist destinations in Europe, thanks to its strategic location on the Baltic Sea and it’s rich history as a member of the city of the Hanseatic League. The historic center of Gdańsk, rebuilt after its destruction in 1945, is home to many famous landmarks, including St. Mary’s Basilica, the Golden Gate, Artus Court, and the Main City Hall, and can easily be discovered on foot from the hotel. Among the museums of Gdańsk are the European Solidarity Centre, devoted to the Solidarność civil rights movement, and the Museum of the Second World War with its rich collection of military equipment, documents, and memorabilia.
Radisson RED Gdańsk is housed in a reconstructed port warehouse right by the Motława River. During it’s reconstruction, the original walls were retained, giving the building a truly unique loft-style look. The property enjoys a prime location at the northern end of Granary Island and is connected to the Main City by a newly installed footbridge.
The hotel consists of 30 rooms and suites, some of which have a mezzanine level featuring an extra bed, as well as four one- and two-bedroom suites of up to 50 sqm. The rooms offer magnificent views of the Motława and the Main City with the famous Gdańsk Crane.
The interiors are designed in an eclectic, playful style with surprising decorative elements that play on the building’s history and location. The property is home to the Whiskey in the Jar steakhouse as well as a grab-and-go station located in the lobby. Guests of Radisson RED enjoy access to the public areas and amenities of Radisson Hotel & Suites Gdańsk, including its restaurant and bar, as well as its fitness and wellness area, located 200m from Radisson RED Gdańsk.
Maciej Głownia, General Manager, Radisson RED Gdańsk, comments: “This new property is a unique place, full of energy, design, and style. We look forward to welcoming guests and introducing them to Granary Island’s rich, interesting history and the vibrant atmosphere of Radisson RED’s fashionable urban life.”
Granary Island was the centre of Danzig/Gdansk trade for centuries and a major source of the city’s historic wealth. The first building to be established on the island was a slaughterhouse in the first half of the 14th century close to the junction between ul. Chmielna and Podwale Przedmiejskie and these were joined over the next century by buildings such as Ash Manor (Polish Dwór Popielny; German Aschhof) and Tar Manor (Polish: Dwór Smolny; German Teerhof). Carpentry workshops, timber yards and quality control points for products such as hops, flak, hemp and tar grew up on the island as business developed.
The New Motława canal was built in 1576 turning Granary Island into an actual island. By 1643 there were 315 granaries on the island capable of storing up to 250,000 tons of grain, servicing over 200 ships and which helped make Gdansk the largest harbour on the Baltic and one of Europe’s richest cities.
The island was virtually destroyed during WWII with just three of the buildings surviving. Of the three, Steffen, Deo Gloria and Wisłoujście, a building which had originally been called Blue Lamb (Polish Błękitny Baranek) date as far back as 1776. Most of the island remained a skeletal set of brick remains, although various developments have so far seen 36 restored.
Granaries bearing the name Sola, Deo and Gloria (Glory to God Alone) can be traced to the 17th century but the building one sees today was built in 1930 following a huge fire which claimed the life of one of the many Danzig firemen fighting it. The construction of the more sturdy and fire resilient Deo and Gloria granaries in the 1930s probably went some way to them surviving enough to be salvaged in the years following the war.
Radisson RED Gdańsk is Radisson Hotel Group’s fourth property in the Tricity metropolitan area, joining Radisson Hotel & Suites Gdańsk also on Granary Island, Radisson Blu Hotel, Gdańsk on the city’s well-known Long Market and Radisson Blu Hotel, Sopot.
Price: Undisclosed
THPT Comment: Small at 30 keys, but with the amenities of the Radisson Hotel virtually next door, it makes sense
First Seen: Radisson press release and In Your Pocket for the history of Granary Island
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