--- title: "Gdansk Travel Guide | Weather, Tips and Tours | Tourpublish" description: "Gdansk travel guide with live conditions, transport tips, local knowledge and bookable old town, Malbork castle and Baltic coast experiences." canonical: https://tourpublish.com/destinations/poland/gdansk last_updated: 2026-10-16 content_type: page publisher: Tourpublish SIA --- > Gdansk travel guide with live conditions, transport tips, local knowledge and bookable old town, Malbork castle and Baltic coast experiences. Tourpublish is the publishing layer above your reservation system, not a reservation platform. Every tour operator should be able to publish everywhere from one place. [Image: Gdansk waterfront on the Motlawa river] # Gdansk A Hanseatic port of gabled facades, amber and modern history. Photo: [Diego Delso](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Calle_Dlugie_Pobrzeze,_Gdansk,_Polonia,_2013-05-20,_DD_06.jpg) (CC BY-SA 3.0) Currency Polish zloty (PLN) 1 USD = 3.88 PLN Emergency number 986 112 / 997 / 998 / 999 also works Advisory level Normal precautions U.S. Department of State and 3 other governments Language Polish Local transport SKM train & tram Links Sopot and Gdynia Yellow Fog Warning issued for Poland - Warmińsko-mazurskie Province Piski County Yellow Fog warning · Area: Warmińsko-mazurskie Province Piski County · From 2026-10-16T19:00:00+00:00 · until 2026-10-17T09:00:00+00:00 [MeteoAlarm (EUMETNET)](https://meteoalarm.org/en/live/region/PL) Yellow Fog Warning issued for Poland - Warmińsko-mazurskie Province Węgorzewski County Yellow Fog warning · Area: Warmińsko-mazurskie Province Węgorzewski County · From 2026-10-16T19:00:00+00:00 · until 2026-10-17T09:00:00+00:00 [MeteoAlarm (EUMETNET)](https://meteoalarm.org/en/live/region/PL) Yellow Fog Warning issued for Poland - Warmińsko-mazurskie Province Gołdapski County Yellow Fog warning · Area: Warmińsko-mazurskie Province Gołdapski County · From 2026-10-16T19:00:00+00:00 · until 2026-10-17T09:00:00+00:00 [MeteoAlarm (EUMETNET)](https://meteoalarm.org/en/live/region/PL) ## Good to know You can travel without a visa to the Schengen area, which includes Poland, for up to 90 days in any 180-day period… [UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/poland/entry-requirements) Poland follows Schengen area rules. Your passport must have: have a ‘date of issue’ less than 10 years before the date you arrive – if you renewed your passport before 1 October 2018, it might have a date of issue that is more than 10 year… [UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/poland/entry-requirements) The European Union’s (EU) new Entry/Exit System (EES) is now being implemented across the Schengen area… [UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/poland/entry-requirements) There are strict rules about goods you can take into and out of Poland. You must declare anything that may be prohibited or subject to tax or duty… [UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/poland/entry-requirements) Exercise normal security precautions. Latest change: The Health section was updated - travel health information (Public Health Agency of Canada). [Government of Canada - Travel Advice](https://travel.gc.ca/destinations/poland) Polen: Reise- und Sicherheitshinweise [German Federal Foreign Office](https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/de/ReiseUndSicherheit/199124) The SKM commuter train links Gdansk, Sopot and Gdynia every 10 to 15 minutes for small change. Dlugi Targ is the postcard street, but Mariacka with its amber shops and terraces is the nicer one. The European Solidarity Centre at the shipyard covers the movement that started here in 1980. Malbork, the largest brick castle in the world, is 50 minutes away by train. Buy amber from shops with a certificate. Street stalls sell a lot of plastic. ## Local knowledge Contributed by guides, operators and creators on the ground. Community advice, kept separate from official sources. Use the SKM as a day pass to the coast One cheap train links Gdansk old town, Sopot pier and Gdynia. Hop off wherever the weather is best, trains run every ten minutes. Tour operator Visit Gdansk ## Frequently asked questions Yes. The rebuilt Hanseatic old town, the Solidarity story and the Baltic beaches at Sopot make a strong three days. The SKM train takes about 20 minutes and runs every 10 to 15 minutes through the day. Yes. Trains take about 50 minutes and the castle needs two to three hours inside. St Dominic's Fair runs for three weeks from late July into August and fills the old town with stalls. There are strict rules about goods you can take into and out of Poland. You must declare anything that may be prohibited or subject to tax or duty. Source: UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office. U.S. Department of State currently advises normal precautions (level 1 of 4). Advice differs slightly between governments, so check your own country's advisory before you travel. For tour operators ## Run tours in Gdansk? Publish them everywhere from one place. Tourpublish takes the tours already in your reservation system and publishes them to your website, social channels, messaging apps, AI assistants and marketplaces. - [Best tour operator software compared](https://tourpublish.com/best-tour-operator-software) - [How Tourpublish works](https://tourpublish.com/product) Sources and freshness Travel information last reviewed 16 October 2026. Compiled from [European Commission Newsroom](https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/api/rss?language=en) , [IATA Timatic](https://api.iata.org/timatic/v2) , [Open-Meteo](https://api.open-meteo.com/v1/forecast) and Tourpublish Travel Intelligence . Always confirm entry rules and safety guidance with official government sources before you travel. Advisories, entry rules and alerts apply to Poland as a whole. Aggregated from official sources. Content is never rewritten - always display the publisher, publication time and original source link. 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