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Gdakon 2027 is scheduled for Mar 17-21, 2027 in Sopot, Poland. The announced theme is Mad Science.
Gdakon originated from Gdansk-area furmeets in 2011 and is now held at the Radisson Blu Hotel in the Baltic seaside town of Sopot, Poland. The 2025 edition drew 545 attendees and split $3,401 in charitable donations across three local animal welfare organizations. The convention is recognized in Central Europe for its fantasy art auctions and bilingual Polish-English programming.
The convention adopts "The Lost City" theme for its March 18-22, 2026 edition.
Set at the Radisson Blu Hotel near the Baltic coast, the convention will feature archaeological adventure and Atlantis-style aesthetics. Gdakon is well known across Europe for hosting quality fantasy art auctions and creative showcases.
With attendance surpassing 500, Gdakon is one of the stronger conventions in Europe for artists and collectors. The 2025 edition raised $3,401.52 split across Rabbit Aid Association Spoto Uszakowo, S.O.S Four Paws Association, and the Kotella Foundation, reinforcing the event's local community ties. The convention maintains an accessible, welcoming environment with both Polish and English spoken throughout the convention spaces.
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The nearest airport is Gdansk Lech Walesa Airport (GDN), about 20 km from Sopot, with budget and full-service carriers connecting to most European cities. From the airport, take the SKM commuter rail directly to Sopot station in approximately 35 minutes. Sopot is also reachable by PKP InterCity trains from Warsaw (about 5.5 hours), Krakow, and Berlin. The Radisson Blu is a short walk from the Sopot train station along the town's pedestrian Monte Cassino street toward the beach.
The convention is held at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Sopot, a seaside resort town in the Tri-City area alongside Gdansk and Gdynia. Convention-rate rooms are available through the event's booking process. The hotel sits near the beach and Monte Cassino promenade, with restaurants, cafes, and the famous Sopot Pier within a short stroll. Additional accommodation is available in nearby Gdansk, connected by frequent SKM trains.
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2027
Mar 17-21
Theme
Mad Science
2026
Mar 18-22
Theme
The Lost City
2025
Feb 26 - Mar 2
Theme
Steampunk
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Gdakon 2026 ran March 18-22 at Radisson Blu Sopot with The Lost City theme, and the organisers put the turnout at 748. That figure counts participants, helpers and staff together, and does not include people who came only for the Saturday fursuit walk, so it is not directly comparable with the 545 recorded for 2025. No charity total has been published for this edition.
Gdakon 2025 drew 545 attendees to Sopot for its Steampunk edition. The community raised $3,401 split across three local animal welfare organizations: Rabbit Aid Association Spoto Uszakowo, S.O.S Four Paws Association, and the Kotella Foundation.
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Fundacja Cogitavi rents the entire Radisson Blu for con use only
Per the 2026 important-info page, organisers "rent the whole hotel for convention purposes only" at the Radisson Blu Sopot (ul. Bitwy Pod Plowcami 54). That is why staff periodically check badges in hallways - the whole property runs on convention rules for the four nights. Hotel-room reservations are gated behind paid accreditation through the user panel, the entire amount is settled via Transferuj.pl or wire before arrival, and every attendee fills out a hotel form on arrival regardless of whether they have a room booked. A full venue takeover at roughly 545 attendees is unusual at this scale; most peer European cons share their host hotel with non-con guests.
Chartered fursuit-walk bus that leaves on time, with or without you
Every year Gdakon charters a dedicated bus to ferry suited attendees from the Radisson Blu to the fursuit-walk start point at a nearby stop. The 2026 info page is explicit that the bus leaves punctually - organisers walk fursuiters from the hotel to the stop together, and the schedule will not wait for a single late suiter. A named recurring tradition + logistics service rather than the usual 'meet in the lobby and figure it out' carpool that most peer cons run for their suit walk.
A redrawn logo every year, and every past edition still online
Every prior edition of Gdakon stays online indefinitely as its own full page, an archive nobody else in the European cohort maintains, alongside a separate photo archive at photos.gdakon.org. The convention logo is also redrawn every year to match the theme, so there is no fixed Gdakon mark at all, and Fuckie draws each year''s version. Between the two you can trace fifteen years of Polish furry con art without leaving the site.
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