Sopot Hit Festival

Sopot Hit Festival - is international song contest, bringing contestants and guests who are stars with world recognition. It has been transmitted annually by the Polish Television in the coastal resort of Sopot, Poland. Together with National Festival of Polish Song in Opole and Sopot Festival it the biggest Polish music festival.

Polish Hit Summer 2008 - August 8

Stars: Kate Ryan, Monrose, Arash.

International Hit Summer 2008 - August 9

Sopot

Sopot [ˈsɔpɔt] (Kashubian: Sopòt; German: Zoppot ( listen)) is a seaside resort town in Eastern Pomerania on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea in northern Poland, with a population of approximately 40,000.

Sopot is a town with powiat (county) status, in Pomeranian Voivodeship. Until 1999 it was part of the Gdańsk Voivodeship. It lies between the larger cities of Gdańsk to the southeast and Gdynia to the northwest. The three cities together make up the metropolitan area of Tri-City.

Sopot is a major health-spa and tourist resort destination. It has the longest wooden pier in Europe, at 515.5 metres, stretching out into the Bay of Gdańsk. The city is also famous for its Sopot International Song Festival, the largest such event in Europe after the Eurovision Song Contest. Among its other attractions is a fountain of bromide spring water, known as the "inhalation mushroom".

Etymology

The name is thought to derive from an old Slavic word sopot meaning "stream" or "spring". The same root occurs in a number of other Slavic toponyms; it is probably onomatopeic, imitating the sound of running water - murmur (Šepot). (Today several streams run into the sea in the area of the town.)

Sopot, Pirot

Sopot is a village in the municipality of Pirot, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 367 people.

References

Coordinates: 43°13′45″N 22°33′58″E / 43.22917°N 22.56611°E / 43.22917; 22.56611

Sopot railway station

Sopot is the main passenger railway station in Sopot, Poland.

General information

The station features two platforms, of which one functions as the regional commuter SKM stop. The platforms are accessible through two underpasses, one of which connects both tracks. The ticket offices are open all day long.

Station building

Most of the pre-war station and buildings no longer exist, except for the original platform roofs. The functionalist 1970s ticket building was torn down in 2013 to make way for a complete redevelopment of the entire station and its surrounding area. This development project is currently underway.

Lines crossing the station

Train services

The station is served by the following services:

External links

References

Coordinates: 54°26′24″N 18°33′45″E / 54.4400°N 18.5625°E / 54.4400; 18.5625