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An excavation conducted in Sopot, indicates that this region was inhabited during the early Iron Age about V century B.C. Amber was mined in this region during this time, which was then transported to south to Rome Empire. Fist document where you can see the name Sopot is dated on 5^th March 1283, when Polish prince Msciwoj II gave Sopot to Cistercian monastery, which was located in Oliwa. Today you call this Gdansk Oliwa, which is part of big city. Gdansk just a few miles south of Sopot.

On 8 October 1901 Sopot was promoted to town status by Prussian government in Berlin. After the conference at Versailles in 1918, Sopot, which many foreign citizens inhabited, went under the jurisdiction of Free Town Gdansk.

After World War II, Sopot becomes a popular place for artists. Sopot Gallery, which is located in old casino building, is one of the most important art centers in Poland. But even though after the war , Sopot lost some of its glory, mainly because new communist government was not up to its job. But after the communist system collapsed in 1989, better days came. A lot of money has been invested in restoration of old buildings some of them from 19^th century and a lot of new structures have been built.

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