📜 From a princely fishing village to a Baltic resort
Kopalino is a former village of an agricultural and forest character, today known above all for its summer tourism. It lies within the belt of pine woods typical of the Kashubian Coast, a short distance from the shore of the Baltic — a road through the forest leads to the beach.
In the 19th century, with the development of shipping and the need to secure the dangerous stretch of coast, a lighthouse was erected here — it was put into operation in 1838. It instantly became the symbol of the village and still serves seafarers to this day. After World War II Kopalino returned within the borders of Poland and from the 1960s and 1970s onwards it changed shape: in place of fishermen's huts grew guesthouses, holiday cottages and the first resorts, and the sandy beach, forests and proximity of the Baltic attracted family after family.