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Gate No. 2 of the Gdańsk Shipyard (Brama nr 2 Stoczni Gdańskiej) is one of the most symbolically charged sites in modern European history. It was here, in August 1980, that striking workers gathered and Lech Wałęsa climbed the fence to join them, launching the Solidarity movement that ultimately contributed to the fall of the Iron Curtain.
The gate became the epicenter of the August 1980 strikes when 17,000 workers at the Lenin Shipyard demanded the right to form independent trade unions. The agreements signed here became a template for peaceful revolution.