The eastern end of the Royal Way, where Dluga Street and the Long Market open onto the Motlawa River, is marked by the Green Gate. Built in 1564 as a residence for Polish kings visiting the city — though they rarely stayed here — it is a four-arched Renaissance gateway wide enough to serve as a covered passage between the Long Market and the waterfront. The scale is bigger than it looks from a distance.
Today the gate contains offices and a branch of the National Museum with rotating exhibitions. More importantly, it frames a perfect view of the Motlawa from the Long Market side, and the reverse view — standing at the waterfront looking back through the gate to the coloured facades of the Long Market — is one of the classic shots of Gdansk.