We will start with a 20-minute organ concert in Oliva Cathedral. This is the longest Polish church, and welcomes hundreds of thousands of tourists every year and not only for of its famous 18th centuary organs. We will see Lech Walesa’s house (Polish spelling Wałęsa) – the legendary leader of the “Solidarity” trade union with whom John Paul II met many times. Next we will go to Westerplatte, where the Second World War started. Here Karol Wojtyla met with young people and at that time 35 of the surviving Polish defenders of Westerplatte in 1939. After visiting Westerplatte, we will visit the European Solidarity Centre. It is located in the Gdansk Shipyards. This fascinating place shows Polish history from the end of WW2 until the free elections in 1989. During our visit we will concentrate on the role of the Polish Catholic Church in the fight against communism. We will see where the 1 million mass in Gdansk Zaspa was celebrated by John Paul II. In front of the European Solidarity Centre we will see the striking Monument to the fallen Shipyard workers of 1970, where John Paul II prayed in silence surrounded by the ill-reputed Polish riot police ZOMO.