Piątkowe Picie: Grass – The BEST Football⚽Bar In Gdańsk

Piątkowe Picie: Grass – The BEST Football Bar In Gdańsk

When I first visited Gdańsk it was during Euro 2016! Northern Ireland had been knocked out by Wales in the last 16 and I headed through Belgium and Netherlands before flying into Gdańsk. I was meeting a travel friend here, Ola and reviewing a food tour, a city tour, a bike tour and a few hostels. At that time, I had no idea I would end up moving here to Gdańsk, although I have since moved to Olsztyn and Warszawa. I’ve even released a book on my journey to Gdańsk!

Arrival in Gdańsk, 2016

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And so, I watched the quarter finals, semi finals and final of Euro 2016 in the bars of Gdańsk. With Poland also now out, the bars were not overly busy during the matches. I didn’t immediately find sports bars easy to come by, so I watched in a mixture of The Bar with no Name/Zimne Nóżki, Irish Pub Piwnica, a Karaoke Bar and a sports bar on Ulica Piwna (Beer Street) called Time Out. I watched the final, France 0-1 Portugal in there with Canadian backpacker Jessika.

The Bar with no Name/Zimne Nóżki

Not long after, Time Out closed and reopened as an Asian restaurant. After that, I needed to find a new decent bar to watch the football in, every time I’m in Gdańsk, which is currently averaging about thrice to fivce a year. Then I found…GRASS! A sports bar, a football bar, a beer bar, a well decorated bar and a blend of Polish, Irish and British in a quirky green mix.

Piątkowe Picie: Grass – The BEST Football Bar In Gdańsk

Grass Sports Bar opened in the same place where Tekstylia used to be. Tekstylia was a bar I’d write in often during my early days in Gdańsk!

Tekstylia 2016

Back then, it was just a restaurant. Now as GRASS, it is a fully fledged sports bar! And Tekstylia hadn’t closed, it had moved across the road!

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In I popped with Klaudia back in 2019 and grabbed a Guinness and watched the football. During COVID lockdowns, I was based in Warszawa. Everytime I’d pop back up north to Gdańsk, I’d pop into Grass. It is a great bar, well run by a local guy, Piotr. He’s a football fan and big into retro football shirts. In here, the walls are adorned with football pictures, quotes and shirts.

Grass – The BEST Football Bar In Gdańsk

Piątkowe Picie: Grass – The BEST Football Bar In Gdańsk

The staff are great, they usually wear retro football t shirts. There are 4 screens inside showing the football, and in summer, football can also be shown outside in the beer garden, which is on the street.

Grass – The BEST Football Bar In Gdańsk

There are good bars snacks, beers on tap, free WiFi. And of course, Guinness…

A Guinness at Grass from Aleksandra

I also like the “guess the score” board. Durung big matches, you write your guess on the whiteboard. The winner gets a free pint. Always go for 2-0 to AFC Bournemouth!

Grass – The BEST Football Bar In Gdańsk

Oh and the bar shows other sports too, and plays music, and gets a good atmosphere going. Don’t be surprised to see a travelling Northern Irishman swigging Guinness in here whilst singing Oasis.