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Municipal Zoological Garden of Sea Coast (Gdansk, Poland)

Description: Address: ul. Karwieńska 3 / 80-328 Gdańsk-Oliwa / Poland

Newest Review: ... wall which theoretically allows for face-to-face viewing, but in reality the cats - as most carnivores are wont to do - are usually hiding further inside the grassy enclosure. Walking straight up from the entrance will take you past unimpressive seal and penguin pond, kangaroos and wallabies to the primate area, where in new, spacious and modern houses with reasonably large enclosures the ... more

... monkeys and the apes live. There are three orang-utans, which are fascinating to watch and really make you think about our relationship to the the rest of the animal world, and a large family of chimps (which tend to go on doing their own chimpy things o...more

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Municipal Zoological Garden of Sea Coast (Gdansk, Poland): Excellent Value for One of the Best Zoos in Poland (1713 words)
by - written on 16/06/09 (Very useful, 18 readings)
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Oliwa Zoo (Zoo Oliwskie - pronounce zohoh ohleevskieh) is the municipal zoo for Gdansk. It's located on the outskirts of the suburb of Oliwa, and can be reached by bus from Oliwa SKM train station or the Oliwa tram terminus. The zoo car park is located few hundred yards from the entrance (and costs 4PLN - 1GBP). The zoo was founded in 1952 and it has been growing and developing ever since. Originally, and for quite afew years afterwards, the cages for carnivorous animals and the primates were still rather 19th century - small, cramped and clearly making the animals very stressed; although the herbivores and woodland animals always had rather huge enclosures. ... Read the complete review