A vast forested landscape park stretching across the morainic heights behind the Tri-City of Gdańsk, Gdynia, and Sopot.
Trójmiejski Park Krajobrazowy
Trójmiejski Park Krajobrazowy is one of the largest landscape parks in northern Poland, covering roughly 19,930 hectares of forest, lakes, peatlands, and deeply incised valleys on the northeastern edge of the Kashubian Lake District. The park extends across parts of seven municipalities, including the major cities of Gdańsk, Gdynia, and Sopot, making it a rare protected area that directly abuts a dense urban conurbation.
About 90 percent of the park consists of forested terrain, dominated by Scots pine with significant shares of beech, oak, birch, and alder. Scattered agricultural enclaves, ten strict nature reserves, nearly 170 individual natural monuments, and a network of Natura 2000 sites overlay this mosaic, preserving habitats that range from glacial meltwater lakes and kettle bogs to relic populations of mountain and sub-Arctic plant species.
As both a regional ecological backbone and an accessible green space for more than a million residents of the Tri-City area, the park plays a dual role. It safeguards glacial landforms shaped by the last ice sheet while serving as a recreational corridor of marked hiking trails, cycling paths, and nature education routes that connect the historic Pomeranian cities with the broader Kashubian countryside.