Hel is considered to be one of the most picturesque Polish towns, located on the 18.6 mile-long promontory jutting out into the Baltic Sea. The first settlers arrived here a few centuries B.C. Written records indicate that Hel was a fishing settlement, engaging in the herring trade in the 2nd century A.D. Today Hel harbors tourist boats and private yachts next to traditional fishing cutters.
