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===South and southwest towards [[Toruń]], [[Łódź]] and [[Bydgoszcz]], [[Poznań]]===
 
===South and southwest towards [[Toruń]], [[Łódź]] and [[Bydgoszcz]], [[Poznań]]===
 
* <b>By national road (droga krajowa) 1 (E75)</b>
 
* <b>By national road (droga krajowa) 1 (E75)</b>
** Option 1  
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** '''Option 1:''' To get out of Gdańsk (as well as the nearby [[Gdynia]] and [[Sopot]]) in the direction of the national road 1 (E75) the best is to use the local train called [http://www.skm.pkp.pl/dali.php?aa=mapa_trasy SKM], or regular train and get to <b><i>Pszczółki</i></b> or some other village between Gdańsk and Tczew. With SKM it will cost you about 5 PLN for a normal ticket, and with a regular train 7.5 PLN. The journey from Gdańsk train station takes about half an hour. When you get off the train just walk out of the village in the direction of the road, it's visible from the station.
To get out of Gdańsk (as well as the nearby [[Gdynia]] and [[Sopot]]) in the direction of the national road 1 (E75) the best is to use the local train called [http://www.skm.pkp.pl/dali.php?aa=mapa_trasy SKM], or regular train and get to <b><i>Pszczółki</i></b> or some other village between Gdańsk and Tczew. With SKM it will cost you about 5 PLN for a normal ticket, and with a regular train 7.5 PLN. The journey from Gdańsk train station takes about half an hour. When you get off the train just walk out of the village in the direction of the road, it's visible from the station.
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** '''Option 2:''' There is a bus stop just after 2nd traffic lights if you are walking south along ''Okopowa'' from the big crossing (''Okopowa'' x ''Podwale Przedmiejskie''). About 15 min from the Main railway station (''Dworzec Glowny'').
** Option 2
 
There is a bus stop just after 2nd traffic lights if you are walking south along ''Okopowa'' from the big crossing (''Okopowa'' x ''Podwale Przedmiejskie''). About 15 min from the Main railway station (''Dworzec Glowny'').
 
  
 
===Southeast and east towards [[Warszawa]] and [[Olsztyn]], [[Lithuania]]===
 
===Southeast and east towards [[Warszawa]] and [[Olsztyn]], [[Lithuania]]===

Revision as of 18:58, 3 July 2009

Gdańsk is a city in Poland, along the Northeast coastline. There are ferries that go between Poland and Sweden

Hitching out

South and southwest towards Toruń, Łódź and Bydgoszcz, Poznań

  • By national road (droga krajowa) 1 (E75)
    • Option 1: To get out of Gdańsk (as well as the nearby Gdynia and Sopot) in the direction of the national road 1 (E75) the best is to use the local train called SKM, or regular train and get to Pszczółki or some other village between Gdańsk and Tczew. With SKM it will cost you about 5 PLN for a normal ticket, and with a regular train 7.5 PLN. The journey from Gdańsk train station takes about half an hour. When you get off the train just walk out of the village in the direction of the road, it's visible from the station.
    • Option 2: There is a bus stop just after 2nd traffic lights if you are walking south along Okopowa from the big crossing (Okopowa x Podwale Przedmiejskie). About 15 min from the Main railway station (Dworzec Glowny).

Southeast and east towards Warszawa and Olsztyn, Lithuania

  • By national road (droga krajowa) 7 (E77)

Take a bus going to Sobieszewo or Rafineria, there are 2-3 of them passing the city center (e.g. #186, #112). Get out at Rafineria, it's 15 minutes from city center. There's only one lane and a big bus stop. Uhmm hitched there a few times and he has seen hitchers there and even picked up one French guy going to Lithuania once. On this bus stop usually local people await their buses, when they see you hitching they may do the same, they will of course stand 15m in front of you, but they probably won't smile, so eye-contact with cars and a little bit of smile and you go along the fantastic road no. 7.

West towards Szczecin, Berlin and Świnoujście (ferries to Scandanavia)

  • By national road (droga krajowa) 6 (E28)

From Gdansk, Sopot, or Gdynia head to the closest railway station and catch the regional SKM train in the direction of Wejherowo (all SKM lines going North run at least to this stop), the ticket should cost around 3-4PLN or less with student card and the ride should take about 30 minutes. Once you arrive, walk down the log hall way of the station exit up the stairs and you should be standing next to the beginning of the motorway going in the direction of Berlin (if you are in the small town, turn around and go back to the other side of the station. Once there, walk 30 meters back to the bus stop where there is a place for cars to stop and begin your journey.

If you go to Berlin it's better to write Polish city on the sign e.g. Szczecin (only 80km from Berlin) because even if Poles are going to Germany they may think you are German and may be shy to speak German (a Berlin sign took me much longer compared to a Szczecin sign for different trips).