Gdynia - Cultural References

Cultural References

In 2008, Gdynia made it onto the Monopoly World Edition board after being voted by fans through the internet. Gdynia occupies the space traditionally held by Mediterranean Avenue, being the lowest voted city to make it onto the Monopoly Here and Now board, but also the smallest city to make it in the game. All of the other cities are large and widely known ones, the second smallest being Riga. The unexpected success of Gdynia can be attributed to a mobilization of the town's population to vote for it on the internet.

Monopoly Here and Now: The World Edition (2008)

Free Parking	Sydney M2.2	Chance ?	New York M2.2	London M2.4	Monopoly Cruise M2	Beijing M2.6	Hong Kong M2.6	Wind Energy M1.5	Jerusalem M2.8	Go To Jail
Vancouver M2	MONOPOLY Here and Now: The World Edition									Paris M3
Shanghai M1.8										Belgrade M3
Community Chest										Community Chest
Rome M1.8										Cape Town M3.2
Monopoly Air M2										Monopoly Space M2
Toronto M1.6										Chance ?
Kiev M1.4										Riga M3.5
Solar Energy M1.5										Super Tax pay M1
Istanbul M1.4										Montreal M4
In Jail/Just Visiting	Athens M1.2	Barcelona M1	Chance ?	Tokyo M1	Monopoly Rail M2	Income Tax pay M2	Taipei M600	Community Chest	Gdynia M600	Go Collect M2 salary as you pass

An abandoned factory district in Gdynia was the scene for the survival series Man vs Wild, season 6, episode 12. The host, Bear Grylls, manages to escape the district after blowing up a door and crawling through miles of sewer.

Ernst Stavro Blofeld, the supervillain in the James Bond novels, was born in Gdynia on May 28, 1908, according to Thunderball.