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Currency

Poland's official currency is the złoty (zł. or PLN), divided into 100 groszy. Banknotes come in 10, 20, 50, 100 and 200 PLN denominations. Coins come in 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 groszy and 1, 2, and 5 złotys. Approximate exchange rates of the PLN are: 3.0 PLN for 1 USD, and 4.0 PLN for 1 EUR. The safest places to exchange currencies are banks and currency exchange offices ("Kantor wymiany walut").

 

How to reach Gdansk

 

By train

If you intend to travel by train your destination station is Gdansk Main Railway Station (Gdansk Glowny). A complete train timetable is available in English at: click here.

By plane

Gdansk Lech Walesa Airport is the third largest airport in Poland. It is located 10 kilometers west of Gdansk and 23 kilometers south of Gdynia and provides direct and regular air connections to international hub airports: Frankfurt, Copenhagen, Munich, Warsaw. Several low cost airlines provide international connections to European airports including Alicante, Barcelona, Bergen, Berlin, Birmingham, Bremen, Bristol, Cologne/Bonn, Cork, Doncaster-Sheffield, Dortmund, Dublin, Düsseldorf, Edinburgh, Eindhoven, Glasgow, Hamburg-Lübeck, Helsinki, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Malmö, Milan, Oslo, Paris, Rome, Stockholm.

By car

You can reach Gdansk using the following main routes:

  • Route E75 (through Bydgoszcz and Tczew)
  • Route E77 (through Warsaw and Elbląg)
  • Route E28 (through Szczecin and Słupsk)
  • Route 20 (through Szczecinek, Bytów and Kartuzy)

 

Weather

In September the average maximum daytime temperature at Gdansk is a comfortable 15°C (60°F). On average 57 mm (2.2 inches) of rainfall is expected at Gdansk during September, with rain generally falling on 15 days of the month. There are usually 5 hours of bright sunshine each day, which represents 37% of daylight hours. Average sea temperature around Gdansk in September is 15°C (60°F).