{"id":2752,"date":"2018-09-02T18:57:16","date_gmt":"2018-09-02T16:57:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/palinski.org\/?p=2752"},"modified":"2021-04-22T07:00:25","modified_gmt":"2021-04-22T05:00:25","slug":"tower-clock-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/palinski.org\/?p=2752","title":{"rendered":"Tower Clock Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tower Clock Museum<\/a> is located in bell tower of St. Catherine Church<\/a>, at 54\u00b021\u201914\u2033N 18\u00b039\u201904\u2033E.<\/p>\n

In this museum you can see many clocks and clock mechanisms installed in varius towers. Mechanisms are shown to the public and everybody can see how they work.<\/p>\n

Entry ticket to the Tower Clock Museum is 10 z\u0142.<\/p>\n

To enter the museum you need to go to a small entrance near main entrance to the church and go several dozens of small and narrow steps until you finally arrive at first floor of museum.<\/p>\n

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Clock with the longest pendulum in the world – 31,22 m. Of course not whole pendulum is shown, it stretches through few floors.<\/p>\n

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Second floor.<\/p>\n

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Third floor – there are no clocks in here, but on this floor is 50-bell carillon<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Top view on carillon.<\/p>\n

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Going higher takes you to the view point atop of St. Catherine’s Church bell tower.<\/p>\n

Western view: building at the bottom of the picture is Wielki M\u0142yn<\/a> (Great mill), further to the west, covered partially by trees, is Old City Town Hall<\/a> and left to him and little behind is St. Joseph Church<\/a>. At the right side of the picture you can see Gda\u0144sk G\u0142\u00f3wny railway station<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Southern view: the most noticaable buildings in the center of the picture are market hall<\/a> and just behind it St. Nicolaus Basilica<\/a>. The tower next to them is Baszta Jacek<\/a> a part od Gda\u0144sk’s old fortifications. Behind church you can clearly see St. Mary’s Basilica<\/a>, on the left side of the picture is St. John\u2019s Church<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Eastern view: just behind the back of St. Catherine Church you can see St. Brigitte Basilica<\/a>. Far left you can see cranes of the Gda\u0144sk Shipyard.<\/p>\n

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Northern view: St. Catherine Church is located at the edge of Gda\u0144sk’s historical city center and northern view is already outside of it. Buildings visible are Mercure hotel<\/a>, Organica Trade<\/a> office bulding and the green one in the distant is Zieleniak<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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