N EWSLETTER Edition 2/2010 SeaSide – Ambassador of Maritime History Topics To be introduced … Tourism Board Stralsund 2 Municipality of Gdansk 2 Partner News Bureau Hanse Sail 2nd Haikutter Regatta at Hanse Sail 3 Exciting Schooner Race kicks off to Rostock sailing summer 3 Polish Maritime Museum European Maritime Day 2010 4 Maritime Heritage Afloat 5 Foundation Stone for the Maritime Culture Centre 5 Blekinge Museum Progress of Boat Building and Boat Building Database 6 Regional Tourism Board Vorpommern Progress of the image brochure 6 Maritime Museum Rostock 40 years “Traditionsschiff” – It started to be a Cargo Ship and turned out to be a Museum 7 Klaipeda University “Brabander” as SeaSide’s Ambassador 8 Project News Associati ng projects to be introduced BalticMuseums 2.0 – co-operation of oceanographic museums in the South Baltic Region 9 Upcoming Events Read more on page 10 www.baltic -seaside.com SeaSide Newsletter Page 2 To be introduced… Tourism Board Stralsund Catalogues, brochures and leaflets are available there as much as the possibility to buy tickets and souvenirs or make a reservation at the accommodation agency. Guided tours are offered all over the year for individuals and groups. Events are organised to strengthen the tourist product during the off-peak-season. Finally, we take part in the SeaSide project to promote Stralsund together with the nearby Island of Rügen and the City of Greifswald as an excellent tourist destination at the markets around the Baltic Sea. We are mainly interested in attracting Swedish guests to visit In 1996 transformed into an owner- tourist organisations and the participation our region as transport operated municipal enterprise, the Tourist in tourism-related projects are core connections are well Board Stralsund is aiming to improve the activities to achieve the objective of established and a image of the Hanseatic city of Stralsund image building. common cultural back- as a distinctive tourist destination. ground delivers a unique Strategic marketing planning and Day visitors are directly provided with selling proposition. implementation, networking with related services at the Tourist Information. Municipality of Gdansk municipality is taken by the City Council. The main task is to manage the property of the public, culture and sport as well as education. Social and economic institutions are of crucial importance for the functioning of the City where nearly 500,000 inhabitants live. Gdansk’s municipality cluster companies operating in research and development of advanced technologies. Locating investment projects related to maritime transport, launching distribution and storage operations as well as providing a new port free zone in the vicinity of the port are expected to significantly boost the position of the The Municipality of Gdansk is a local the executive, Mr. Paweł Adamowicz is port as well as its self-governmental institution. The head of Mayor of the City. The legislative in the turnover. www.baltic -seaside.com SeaSide Newsletter Page 3 Partner News – Bureau Hanse Sail 2nd Haikutter Regatta at Hanse Sail the "Haikutter Day" will take place in Nysted. In remembrance of the “golden years” of fishing and shipbuilding in Denmark, visitors can experience the maritime cultural heritage. Sailing trips with the Haikutter to the wind farm and "open ship" will keep that day varying. The organizers are proud to welcome 15 ships to the regatta - 4 ships more compared to the 1st regatta. The start will be on 4 th August at 10:30 am in Nysted. With fair wind the final of the regatta is scheduled for app. 6:00pm. in Warnemünde. The participating ships are inviting for sailing and to help the crew to win the regatta. The winner ship will take over the Due to the success of the 1st Haikutter- 2nd Haikutter-Regatta. This Event will challenge cup - a model of the Haikutter Regatta in 2009 followed by positive become the prelude of the 20th Hanse - during the winner ceremony right after evaluations afterwards, the Bureau Hanse Sail. Moreover it will be a popular tourist the official opening of the 20th Hanse Sail and the city of Nysted, have been attraction in Nysted. One day before the Sail on 5 th August. working closely together to organize the start of the regatta, on 3rd August 2010, Exciting Schooner Race kicks off to Rostock Sailing Summer An exciting sailing duel between two and is also used within the frame of traditional sailing ships on 1 st and component 4 of the SeaSide project. This 2nd May was the prelude of Rostock's activity aims to develop traditional sailing sailing season 2010. as trademark of the Baltic and organisation of cruises with old time The schooners GREIF and SANTA sailing vessels. BARBARA ANNA sailed along the Scandlines ferry route Rostock-Gedser The trophy for the winner was donated by and vice versa. the ferry operator Scandlines. This year in May the schooner GREIF proudly On both days of the race more than 100 received this trophy. passengers booked this sailBALTIC tour giving them the chance to experience the exciting race as well as sailing on a traditional ship. sailBALTIC tours is a new brand which was developed by the Baltic Sail Partners www.baltic -seaside.com SeaSide Newsletter Page 4 Partner News – Polish Maritime Museum European Maritime Day 2010 The SeaSide partners from Poland - the Educational staff of the Maritime Polish Maritime Museum and the city of Museum in Karlskrona engaged Gda ńsk - were hosting a colourful, open- schoolboys and schoolgirls in educational air Festin Morsky event on 20 th May. games dealing with marine archaeology. Special guest was the Polish sailor The guests from the Hanse Sail Bureau in Mateusz Kusznierewicz who is holding Rostock presented an exhibition with the title of the Ambassador for Maritime paintings made by children devoted to the Affairs of the City of Gda ńsk. cog ship - a mediaeval merchant vessel typical of the Baltic. This exhibition was Honorary sponsorship of the event was staged aboard Sołdek. extended by Pomeranian Province President Mieczysław Struk, Pomeranian In the afternoon young artists from the Province Governor Roman Zaborowski Pałac Młodzie ży in Gda ńsk performed and Mayor of Gda ńsk Paweł Adamowicz. their dancing and singing show and were rewarded with small souvenirs. The winner of the marine knowledge contest organised by the www.trojmiasto.pl were taken for a cruise on board the Bryza H Gda ńsk by the Ambassador for Maritime Affairs. Museum and the crew of the City Hall in Gda ńsk took part. It was a neck-and-neck The main attraction of the afternoon was race and the final race was more than the dragon boat race, in which the crew of exciting. the Polish Maritime Museum, the National Gallery and the Gda ńsk History The City Hall crew came out as winner of the dragon boat race. The cup was handed over by the Director of the Polish Maritime Museum Jerzy Litwin and the Head of Sports and Euro 2012 Department of the City Hall Andrzej Trojanowski. The evening closed with a shantey concert at Ołowianka given by the Trzy Majtki.This year the celebrations of the European Maritime Day were prepared The morning was dedicated to children and teenager. The Akademia Przygoda by the Polish Maritime Museum as facilitators and the Polish Maritime partner of EU SeaSide project. Museum Education Department had prepared an interesting educational programme, games and quizzes. These took not only place at the Ołowianka waterfront, but also on board of Sołdek and Bryza H. Youngsters and teenagers could learn by participating in educational activities. www.baltic -seaside.com SeaSide Newsletter Page 5 Maritime Heritage Afloat An international seminar held on with historical vessels, sources of funding recreation in the municipality. The aim is 19 th May and focused on maritime and the prospects for the maintenance and to support the reparation of the Generał heritage in general and historical vessels further commercial or museum operation Zaruski, which is now owned by the city that are particularly still in operation. of the vessels. of Gda ńsk. This event was marking the two-day celebrations of the European Maritime Polish Maritime Museum Director Jerzy Day at the Polish Maritime Museum. Litwin and Leif Malmberg, in charge of the floating vessels of the Naval Museum During the session, problems of in Karlskrona, presented different protection and conservation of ships and approaches to exhibiting the floating warships of great historical and museum heritage. This was particularly done from value were discussed. the point of view of museum Especially the Cutty Sark in Britain or the methodology. Dar Pomorza in Poland, as well as those ships which are still in service and trying The vital aspect of this context is, apart to cope with every-day problems, (e.g. from preserving the vessel, exhibiting the the Antica in Gda ńsk) were put into floating vessels and making them open to focus. the public. The foreign speakers Eric Kentley from The seminar was closed by London, Christian Sedelmaier from representatives of the Hanse Sail Office Hamburg and Romualdas Adomavicius in Rostock who handed over the amount from Klaipeda gave an overview of of 2012 Euro to the head of the Gda ńsk problems in their respective country MOSiR responsible for sports and Foundation Stone for the Maritime Culture Centre The foundation stone for the Maritime possible without the funding from the Apart from Ambassador Enok Nygaard Culture Centre was laid last on Friday European Economic Area Financial and Undersecretary Monika Smole ń the 21 st May. The construction site for the Mechanism which is provided by founding document for the Centre was new division of the Polish Maritime Norway. also signed by Pomeranian Province Museum is located near the Crane gate in President Mieczysław Struk, Pomeranian Gda ńsk.