Ulica Szeroka (Wide Street), Gdansk

Wide Street was the street of the Main Town. The German name was Breitgasse. The street is 0.35 mile long. From Targ Drzewny, it crosses Szerokiej District, and ends at the Crane Gate and the Long Embankment.

On the street one can find the bronze monument of Swietopelk II the Great, 13th century Duke of Pomerelia-Gdansk. At the end of World War II Soviet artillery and air attacks destroyed the street. It was restored and paved in the 1950s.

Among the sights to be seen on the street are: The Tower of the Wide Gate, the Crane Gate, Szeroka Street Square with its fountain by Alfons Losowski and the monument of Swietopelek II, The Post Office, The Gunter Grass Gallery of Nobel Prize winner Gunter Grass and his sculpture called, "Turbot Caught."

The house at 52 Szeroka Street was once the residence and place of business of distiller Ambrosius Vermoellen. Ambrosius was a refugee from the Spanish regime in Holland in the 16th century. He created Goldwasser liquer with its gold flakes. It was thought to be the drink of Gdansk.

There is a legend that Neptune's fountain once miraculously turned water into Goldwasser. These rumors are not based on established fact, but many believe it happened.