Along The Gdansk Waterfront
I then walked up the waterfront.
It is a plesant walk and there are a lot of places to spend time.
Around The Centre Of Gdansk
I took these pictures as I walked around the centre of Gdansk.
As the streets are not big enough for tourist buses, Gdansk uses golf buggies. As it is such an obvious idea, why haven’t I seen it done before.
The centre has a sScandinavian feel about it. But then it was one of the cities in the Hanseatic League.
The Gdansk Trams
I used the Gdansk trams to get about the city, buying a daily ticket for a few zlotis. The daily ticket incidentally cost me just £2.36 according to my credit card statement.
I did play a bit of musical trams, where yoiu get on one and then get off at a promising site, before repeating the process to get srpound the city.
The Kindertransport Sculpture At Gdansk Station
I hadn’t expected to find this in Gdansk, but when I saw this, I knew exactly what it commemorated, as I pass the other statues at Liverpool Street station regularly.
There’s more about the Kindertransport sculptures here.
For some reason, I didn’t take a lot of pictures. You can never take too many!
Writing this blog with hindsight, my route home from Gdansk could have followed the route of the Kindertrannsport, which is marked by the moving statues. The two I missed are in Berlin and at the Hook of Holland. I actually went very near the one in Berlin, but I didn’t know it was there.
Into Gdansk From Sodot
These pictures describe the journey into Gdansk from Sodot. There is a lot of information about this railway on the Wikipedia entry for Gdansk main station.
The fare was about a pound or so and the machines were easy to use and worked in English too!
After getting in, I searched out the Tourist Office in the underpass and got good information on how to use the trams that stop outside the station.
My Hotel In Gdansk
It wasn’t actually Gdansk, but the next town called Sodot.
I arrived at the Haffner Hotel in a taxi from the airport for a reasonable fare, just before midnight and the girl on the desk looked after me well.
The hotel looked after me well, with good gluten-free breakfasts, including bread.
But it did have one problem. It was outside of the city centre and it was half-an-hour to get there on the train.
But that wasn’t there fault! It was mine!
My Itinerary For Gdansk
I’m putting my itinerary here, so I can get it at any time.
26/27 April – Gdansk
Arriving in Gdansk on Wizzair 1612 at 23:35.
Restaurants
28/29 – Warsaw
Trains to Warsaw from Gdansk
06:52 – 11:24
08:52 – 14:39
10:52 – 16:39
13:43 – 18:45
Restaurants
30 – Berlin
Trains to Berlin from Warsaw
09:55 – 15:16
Restaurants
1 – Cologne, Brussels, Amsterdam or The Hague
Free Wi-Fi In Gdansk
I was very surprised to find that Gdansk city centre had a totally open and free Wi-fi network.
Free Wi-Fi In Gdansk
I sat in a cafe in the main square and checked all my regular web sites like the BBC on my phone.
There is a list of places listed here on Wikipedia under Municipal Wireless Network. Blackpool, Bristol, Liverpool and Norwich are listed for the UK.
How long will it be before we’ll just list the cities which don’t have it?
One of the reasons, I use Carluccio’s so often is that they have free wi-fi and after connecting once, you get all of their restaurants.
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