Emotional place to visit. WWII started here. We went inside the ruined garrison and to the grave sites. This is a must see place. It is solemn as it should be. The polish fighters in this garrison were so brave and fighting against enormous odds. You can pay souvenirs along the walk and also they have some snack trucks too.

Gdansk was one of the ports visited during a cruise holiday, and the ship moored next to this location, where the initial events of WW2 commenced in 1939. It is an open air museum consisting of wooded and open area. The wooded area has dual language displays explaining and illustrating the events that took place, with a severely war damaged building that has been left in situ to illustrate war damage. A short distance away is a wide open area with a very large vertical memorial on a mound. The museum is free to enter and represents a chilling example of the results of war. Very much worth a visit

Its a place very important place in Gdansk history. Memorial is very nice. To get there is very easy as there is one road and there is no need to have a map, you can not lost there, follow the people. Beach is beutiful. There are free guide tours avalaible. If you are not interest in history dont go. If don like walks dont go. This is hitorical place not pleasure for drinking or eating.

Go here by boat from the Old Town's riverside - Westerplatte is a peninsula to the north of the city, on the Baltic coast, which came under attack on the night of 1st/2nd September 1939. After disembarking from the boat, follow the path which takes you past the remains of the guardhouses to the memorial on its hill. My only quibble was the amount of stalls selling tourist tack, utterly unconnected to the enormity of the events that happened here. It makes for an odd and somewhat uncomfortable mix, but if you ignore it, this is a must along with the Solidarity Museum, if you're even vaguely interested in Gdansk's recent rather tragic history. There's no charge for visiting Westerplatte, though there is a museum which does ask an admission fee.

Don't trust reviews, that say it's a one hour tour and back. Even if there are no remarkable buildings, mostly ruins and most standing buildings are not allow to enter, then just the walk across the nice beach is worth to take some time. If you're not interested in history and/or visiting other places with nice sea view, then skip Westerplatte. Still - I liked.