Strengths of the city resulting from its development trends in 1990 s

-	reputation as an efficiently managed urban centre of well-to-do and enterprising residents,
-	prestigious status as the maritime capital of Poland, famous for its nautical tradition,
-	base and headquarters of the Polish Navy,
-	international contacts and position providing the Gdynia's residents with the feeling of the European and Baltic affiliation,
-	close vicinity to Gdańsk, the capital of the region, and Sopot - both cities acclaimed cultural, tourist and recreational centres,
-	commercial port opportunities for core municipal development activation, due to its adjustment to handling the cargo in multimodal technologies and to serving passenger ferries,
-	high share of employment in the service sector, caused by a rapid growth in retail and wholesale trade, and financial, insurance, consulting, developer, and information services,
-	significant potential of higher marine education and sea research institutes,
-	location as a substantial road and rail transport node,
-	close proximity to the 'Gdańsk-Trójmiasto' international airport,
-	developed network of environmentally friendly trolley transportation,
-	improved quality and number of phone connections,
-	low unemployment ratio, compared with national and regional averages,
-	high standard of secondary education (international top-class achievements of students at the 3rd High School),
-	network of non-state primary, secondary and higher education centres,
-	dominant share of students in high schools, compared with technical and vocational schools,
-	considerable number of cultural events organised for the residents of Gdynia, and their relation with the marine traditions of the city,
-	strong neighbourhood ties between residents,
-	seaside location -determining development of port and shipyard functions, coastal navigation, and sea-related tourism and recreation,
-	diversified natural landscape with considerable height differences (40-60 meter-high escarpments of moraine plateaux), large share of forested areas within the city limits (the Tri-City Landscape Park), and proximity of the lakeland -providing splendid recreation conditions,
-	low indices of air pollution,
-	full supply of electric and heat energy demand,
-	large groundwater resources, providing high-quality potable water carrying no biological or organic load,
-	well-settled local spatial management plans,
-	high share of private ownership in Gdynia's real estate.