Since 2018, the University of Gdańsk, together with partners from Poland, Denmark and Sweden (i.e. the Museum of Gdańsk, the Bornholm Museum, the University of Aarhus and the University of Lund), has had the pleasure of undertaking a project concerning the heritage of the Baltic Sea region through the theories and methods of archaeotourism. This cooperation between research units (universities), museums and the tourism sector resulted in the creation of a historically inspired archaeological route to attract local and external tourists, as well as the establishment of foundations for inter-national scientifc cooperation regarding the region in the feld of archaeology. The project established the nucleus of a network of archaeological centres, with the archaeotourist route ‘Places of Power and Rituals’ gathering some of the most interesting archaeological sites in the southern Baltic region, although not always known to a wider audience... 

Authors: Karolina Czonstke-Świątkowska (UG), Miguel Nicolás Caretta (BM), Andrzej Gierszewski (MG),Urszula Kęprowska (UG), Laura McAtackney (AU), Jens-Bjørn Riis Andresen (AU), Mats Roslund (LU), Bartosz Świątkowski (UG), Anna Dziadkiewicz (UG), Paula Chmielowska (UG, support with the social media part)