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Falowiec (plural: ''falowce''; from the 
The best-known falowiec in Gdańsk, located at the Obrońców Wybrzeża street, has:
*11 stories (10 plus the ground floor)
*nearly 6,000 occupants
*4 segments (4 staircases in each segment of 110 apartments).
*a length of around 850 m (2788 ft)
It was featured in the 5th episode of ''
Falowce in Gdańsk via satellite
Architecture in Poland House types {{architecture-stub
Polish
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word ''fala'', wave) is a block of flats characterised by its length and wavy shape. This type of building was built in Poland
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in the late 1960s and 1970s in the Polish city of Gdańsk
Gdańsk ( , also ; ; csb, Gduńsk;Stefan Ramułt, ''Słownik języka pomorskiego, czyli kaszubskiego'', Kraków 1893, Gdańsk 2003, ISBN 83-87408-64-6. , Johann Georg Theodor Grässe, ''Orbis latinus oder Verzeichniss der lateinischen Benen ...
, where there are eight buildings of this type. Some buildings of this kind are also present in Italy
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.
The best-known falowiec in Gdańsk, located at the Obrońców Wybrzeża street, has:
*11 stories (10 plus the ground floor)
*nearly 6,000 occupants
*4 segments (4 staircases in each segment of 110 apartments).
*a length of around 850 m (2788 ft)
It was featured in the 5th episode of ''The Amazing Race 23
''The Amazing Race 23'' is the twenty-third season of the American reality television show ''The Amazing Race''. It featured eleven teams of two competing in a race around the world.
The season premiered on CBS on September 29, 2013, and the two ...
'' as part of a roadblock.
See also
* Byker Wall, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK * Corviale,Rome
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, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
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, Italy
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*Prora
The Colossus of Prora, commonly known as simply "Prora", is a building complex in the municipality of Binz on the island of Rügen, Germany. It was built by Nazi Germany between 1936 and 1939 as part of the Strength Through Joy (Kraft durch F ...
, Rügen, Germany
*Park Hill, Sheffield
Park Hill is a housing estate in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. It was built between 1957 and 1961, and in 1998 was given Grade II* listed building status. Following a period of decline, the estate is being renovated by developers Urban ...
, UK
*Karl Marx-Hof
Karl-Marx-Hof (English: ''Karl Marx Court'') is one of the best-known ''Gemeindebauten'' (English: ''municipal housing complexes'') in Vienna, situated in Heiligenstadt, a neighbourhood of the 19th district of Vienna, Döbling.
At over a kilo ...
, Vienna, Austria
External links
Falowce in Gdańsk via satellite
Architecture in Poland House types {{architecture-stub