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The Metropolitan Area can boast residents with a wide range of talents including many you might not have considered.

Plans for a new 33km Metropolitan Ring Road going via Żukowo and Miszewo have been rubber stamped by the Regional Directorate of Environmental Protection (RDOŚ) and, with this major hurdle now overcome, construction is expected to begin in 2018. Completion of the project, which will both ease pressure on the Tri-city Ring Road and facilitate easier travel to Kashubia, is scheduled for 2020.

The port of Gdansk has been named as one of the fastest growing ports in Europe in a new report published by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). It was identified as being one of the global ports enjoying fast growth alongside ports in China and the Far East.

Here's the latest in a series of films showing different aspects of life in the Gdansk Metropolitan Area. Did you know that there are estimated to be 1,500 foreign students studying in the city's major centres of education?

The Polish Agency for Enterprise Development (PARP) has recognised Gdansk's support of new business by presenting the city with its “Most Friendly Start-up City” award at one of the biggest technology conferences in Poland, the ICT Summit. Both Poznan and Warsaw also received the award, demonstrating an ever-improving support structure for young entrepreneurs and innovative business ventures across the country.

Fifty years ago, the Baltic population of grey seals was unquestionably in trouble, so much so that they were considered by many to be an endangered species. In the last month, however, a group of ornithologists came across a record herd on the island of Sobieszewo, demonstrating in no uncertain terms that numbers have bounced back!