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Introduction

Gdansk

Gdansk

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Gdansk is located along the central northern coastline of Poland and is an important port city as well as being a former Hanseatic city. Many of the original buildings in the old town have been restored.

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Sights and Activities

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Events and Festivals

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Weather

Gdansk has a maritime climate, with cool summers and mild winters. Temperatures in summer (June - August) are around 20 °C during the day and around 10 °C at night. Winters, from December to February, see daytime temperatures around zero and nights average -3 °C. Precipitation is fairly low, around 500mm a year and even distributed throughout the year, with chances of snow in winter. July stands out though with around 100mm that month.

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Getting There

By Plane

Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN) offers a range of flights. Wizzair flies to/from Bergen, Cologne/Bonn, Cork, Sheffield, Dortmund, Eindhoven, Glasgow, Gothenburg, Liverpool, London, Lübeck, Malmo, Milan, Oslo, Rome, Stockholm and Turku.
Ryanair flies to/from Alicante, Birmingham, London, Bremen, Dublin, Edinburgh, Frankfurt and Weeze (near Düsseldorf).
A few more airlines serve cities like Wroclaw, Krakow, Warsaw, Copenhagen and Munich.

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By Boat

Sweden
Pol Ferries has ferries between Nymashamn (just south of Stockholm) and Gdansk. To add, Stena Line travels between Karlskrona and Gdynia, which is just north of Gdansk.

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Getting Around

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By Public Transport

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Eat

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Drink

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Sleep

Budget

PropertyAddressTypePopularity
Baltic Hostel3 Maja Street #25 80-802 GdanskHostel60
Canterbury HouseSzeroka 20/21 Apartment No 8Apartment98
Galeria PepowoArmii krajowej 50Guesthouse-
Heveliusul. KorzennaApartment92
Hostel Przy Targu RybnymGrodzka 21Hostel71
JustHostelZawodzie 20 GdanskHostel42
La Petite Travel&Business HouseNa Zboczu 39Guesthouse92
Lucky-HostelKsiedza Robaka str. 3Hostel76
Mini HostelGrunwaldzka 136/7Hostel46
Old Town Hostel GdanskDluga Grobla 7Hostel82
Pepperland HostelOn the Motlawa River (Wartka 2 street)Hostel82
Villa Alfa80-288 Gdansk, ul. Widok 32 PolandGuesthouse88
Villa AngelaBeethovena 12 st. 80-171 GdanskGuesthouse90
Villa SartWasowicza 2AGuesthouse81
Windsor Houseul. Podwale Staromiejskie 72/9Apartment100

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Internet

Phone

See also: International Telephone Calls

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