Gdansk is beautiful. With a very interesting and often sad history.
I decided not to take one of the ship’s tours – too expensive and waaay too long. Instead I found a Viator boat tour along the canals and rivers. The starting point was about a 20 minute walk from where the ship’s shuttle bus dropped us in town, at the old dockyards.
Turned out to be more than a 20 minute walk when I factored in getting lost twice, but I got to the docks with time to spare. Unfortunately the docklands were locked up with no sign of anything touristy. I asked a number of nearby dock workers and locals (many in Gdansk speak German) but no one had heard of it. So back to the centre of town (shoulda taken sun screen).
Rest of day went much better: beautiful streets and buildings, nice residential areas, more churches than Rome, and great sidewalk cafes.
Edit: I have just been informed by Viator that they will not be reimbursing me, and I received what looked like an indignant email from the tour operator (it was all in Polish, but there were a number of exclamation marks). I will be taking this up with Viator when I get home. Hunh.