St. Catherine's Church (Kosciol Sw. Katarzyny)
St. Catherine's Church (Kosciol Sw. Katarzyny)
St. Catherine's Church (Kosciol Sw. Katarzyny)
4.5
Tours & experiences
Explore different ways to experience this place.
Full view
Revenue impacts the experiences featured on this page, learn more.
Plan your visit
The area
Reach out directly
Best nearby
We rank these restaurants and attractions by balancing reviews from our members with how close they are to this location.
Restaurants
808 within 3 miles
Attractions
172 within 6 miles
Contribute
Most Recent: Reviews ordered by most recent publish date in descending order.
Detailed Reviews: Reviews ordered by recency and descriptiveness of user-identified themes such as waiting time, length of visit, general tips, and location information.
Popular mentions
We perform checks on reviews.
Tripadvisor’s approach to reviews
Before posting, each Tripadvisor review goes through an automated tracking system, which collects information, answering the following questions: how, what, where and when. If the system detects something that potentially contradicts our community guidelines, the review is not published.
When the system detects a problem, a review may be automatically rejected, sent to the reviewer for validation, or manually reviewed by our team of content specialists, who work 24/7 to maintain the quality of the reviews on our site.
Our team checks each review posted on the site disputed by our community as not meeting our community guidelines.
Learn more about our review moderation.
4.5
191 reviews
Excellent
75
Very good
93
Average
22
Poor
1
Terrible
0
pawel_hbg
Sopot, Poland16,816 contributions
Aug 2021 • Couples
The former parish, brick church of the Old Town was built in 14th century. Here Hevelius was church administrator and here is also his final resting place. You can find his tomb at the rear behind the altar along with an epitaph funded by his grandson nearly 100 years after the great man's death. Unfortunately in 2006 was great fire, which resulted in the ceiling collapsing, work to restore the church took a number of years.
Written 1 August 2021
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews as part of our industry-leading trust & safety standards. Read our transparency report to learn more.
xbabykins
Gateshead, UK931 contributions
Nov 2022 • Couples
Had read about the biggest clock in a church and had to see if while visiting gdansk with my partner. Its amazing church ceilings are really high, the clock is amazing to look at. It was nice to sit and just listen to the the quiet of the church. A must to see while visiting gdansk.
Written 15 November 2022
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews as part of our industry-leading trust & safety standards. Read our transparency report to learn more.
HameshaIndia
New Delhi, India195 contributions
Sept 2019 • Couples
This is a fascinating church because it is nearly a thousand years old - not this present building. It was built on the foundations of another church in the 13th century. But it is beautiful on the outside. There is a fascinating clock tower that one can go up but we were too tired and of the day to go up. But still the church inside has beautiful ceilings, some very nice artefacts. Most of it burnt down in 2006 and they are still restoring. But it is still worth going inside and what is also fascinating is the several half - timber houses around the church which used to house the church workers. These houses date back to the 16th century and are also called Tudor houses. The small windows on these may be lattice windows made of lead pieces and small pieces of glass as glass was very expensive at that time.
Written 8 September 2019
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews as part of our industry-leading trust & safety standards. Read our transparency report to learn more.
Dave T
Newcastle upon Tyne, UK604 contributions
Aug 2019
The bell tower is the main draw here because of the great views it gives you across the city. The entrance has a red/green traffic light system because the stairway up is so narrow but once you reach the reception on the first floor thing broaden out. The views from the top are great
Written 27 August 2019
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews as part of our industry-leading trust & safety standards. Read our transparency report to learn more.
Mario V
Attard, Malta825 contributions
Jul 2017 • Family
St Catherine's church is the oldest church in Gdansk and was originally a protestant church. This church has the worlds first pulsar clock.
Written 26 July 2017
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews as part of our industry-leading trust & safety standards. Read our transparency report to learn more.
LittleYellowFriend
Schull89 contributions
Sept 2016 • Couples
You can read all about the history in other reviews and there's information in the church itself making this a must for history buffs and those who enjoy churches and their architecture.
The highlight for me was the tiny door to the right of the main entrance for going up to the Bell Tower and higher which has a traffic light due to the narrowness of the first stairwell.
Upstairs on the first level is a room full of ancient clocks with another room full of Grandfather clocks. You need to pay a small fee to go up another floor to the top where the view is stunning!
The highlight for me was the tiny door to the right of the main entrance for going up to the Bell Tower and higher which has a traffic light due to the narrowness of the first stairwell.
Upstairs on the first level is a room full of ancient clocks with another room full of Grandfather clocks. You need to pay a small fee to go up another floor to the top where the view is stunning!
Written 4 October 2016
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews as part of our industry-leading trust & safety standards. Read our transparency report to learn more.
Rita S
Panama City, Panama80 contributions
Sept 2016
It is worth a visit to to St. Catherine's Church, if for no other reason to witness the spirit of the Polish people. St Catherine's church is the oldest church in Gdansk, built in 1227. It was almost totally destroyed during WWII, but renovated. In 2006, a fire in the church almost destroyed it again. The parishioners rushed in and saved the remaining antiquities and have begun the renovation process again. They have a delightful little shop which sells religious articles. I met a nice young man who was able to tell me quite a bit about the history of the church.
Written 27 September 2016
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews as part of our industry-leading trust & safety standards. Read our transparency report to learn more.
Pioter_A
21 contributions
May 2016
The eldest of the Old Town churches. Church with very long tradition... and soul. In the tower You can find one of two unusual music instruments in Gdańsk - CARILLON (containing 50 different sized bells). In the tower there is also The Tower Clocks Museum, where You can see the first Pulsar clock - installed in the 2011. In 2006 (may - I think) there was very big fire in the church roof. The tower was saved, but carillon was broken. Now You can listen music from repaired carillon... This is one of my favourite church in the Old Town in Gdańsk - MUST SEE
Written 28 June 2016
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews as part of our industry-leading trust & safety standards. Read our transparency report to learn more.
Stephanie Y
Westtown, PA25 contributions
Aug 2014 • Friends
St Catherine's Church is the oldest church in Gdańsk, Poland. It was a Protestant church from 1545 until 1945, after which it became a Roman Catholic church.
the time museum was absolutely a happy surprising visit, quite a lot of ancient ways of counting the time, mechanism from ages ago.
Beautiful view outside to see the whole city.
the time museum was absolutely a happy surprising visit, quite a lot of ancient ways of counting the time, mechanism from ages ago.
Beautiful view outside to see the whole city.
Written 2 September 2014
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews as part of our industry-leading trust & safety standards. Read our transparency report to learn more.
BrakiWorldTraveler
Belgrade, Serbia19,455 contributions
Mar 2024 • Family
St. Catherine's is the oldest Gdansk Church dating back to 1300-s.
However, it suffered several devastations, the biggest in WWII and more recently a big fire in 2006 causing a total roof collapse.
Today, it's restored, open and free to visit. It's set between the Amber museum and terrific St. Brigitte church behind it.
However, it suffered several devastations, the biggest in WWII and more recently a big fire in 2006 causing a total roof collapse.
Today, it's restored, open and free to visit. It's set between the Amber museum and terrific St. Brigitte church behind it.
Written 7 April 2024
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews as part of our industry-leading trust & safety standards. Read our transparency report to learn more.
Is there an entrance fee for the basic tour of the church?
Written 17 August 2022
Did it cost anything to visit St-Catherine's Curch in Gdansk?
Written 17 August 2022
Showing results 1-2 of 2
Revenue impacts the experiences featured on this page, learn more.
Is this your Tripadvisor listing?
Own or manage this property? Claim your listing for free to respond to reviews, update your profile and much more.
Claim your listing