Slupsk is a city situated in the North of Poland as an attractive and friendly place for everybody. It is a city that might boast with its history and its unique present image as well. It is a wellknown truth that each city as well as each person has got its character, features, good and bad sides. What, are the factors that make Slupsk unique? Its habitants say - it is my hometown, tourists stop here on their way to the sea and investors look for possibilities to invest and multiply their capital. What really makes Slupsk different from other cities is unusual harmony of history and present times. It is easy to notice that the remnants of the past coexist with the present achievements. One might also notice the city's numerous options to develop for next dozen years or maybe more. Slupsk is an accessible city. Tourists might find here many attractions and places to visit, investors might support the city's development achievements and the locals who walk its streets might say each time... „it's so good to live here”. We would like to invite you to Slupsk and you will see for yourselves that the city is worth visiting and being recommended to your friends and coming back in future. People always go back to beautiful places.

Slupsk is the regular venue for a number of festivals, most notably: - the "Solidarity" International Contract Bridge Festival (Miedzynarodowy Festiwal Brydza Sportowego "Solidarnosc") - the Komeda Jazz Festival - the "Performance" International Art Festival (Miedzynarodowy Festiwal Sztuki "Performance") - an International Piano Festival Theatres Slupsk currently has three theatres: - the Tecza ("Rainbow") Theatre - the Rondo ("Roundabout") Theatre - the New Theatre, reopened after a 13-year absence In the 1970s the Tecza Theatre collaborated with the Arcadia Theatre from Oradea, Romania. This partnership ended after 1989 for political reasons. Cinemas At one time Slupsk had five functioning cinemas, but only one, the Millennium Cinema, remains open today. There is also a small specialist cinema on 3 Maja street.

The beginning of the Second World War halted the development of the city. The Nazis created a labour camp there, later becoming Außenarbeitslager Stolp, a subcamp of the Stutthof concentration camp. On March 7, 1945, 24 forced labourers from the camp were killed in the Southern Wood, the day before the Red Army entered the city. Almost no-one remained in the city; most of the inhabitants fled and Nazi soldiers abandoned it. However, Russian soldiers were ordered to set fire to the centre of the city. The Red Army initially set up administrative headquarters in the city hall. Polish People's Republic After the war, due to the decision reached at the Yalta and Potsdam Conferences that the Polish western border would follow the Oder-Neisse line, Stolp became part of Poland. It was consequently renamed "Slupsk" on April 23, 1945. It was initially part of Okreg III, comprising the whole teritorry of the former Province of Pomerania east of the Oder. Slupsk later became part of Szczecin Voivodeship and then Koszalin Voivodeship, and in 1975 became the capital of the new province of Slupsk Voivodeship. The city was a cultural centre. The Millennium Cinema was one of the first in Poland to have a cinerama. The puppet theatre Tecza used to collaborate with the similar institution called Arcadia in Oradea, Romania, but the partnership ceased after 1989. During the 1970 protests there were minor strikes and demonstrations. No-one was killed during the militia's interventions.