INSTRUCTIONS FOR ERASMUS+ STUDENTS
COMING TO GDAŃSK
Dear students,
Welcome to Gdańsk! We are glad you have decided to choose our city
for your Erasmus life-changing experience. Please read carefully the
instructions given below on the important aspects of your stay in our
city.
ORIENTATION WEEK
Foreign exchange office in collaboration with ESN 3city and ISA UG,
organizes a Welcome Day at the beginning of each semester. In the first
week, ESN 3city and ISA UG organizes Orientation Week, with rich social
program. This is the most important week where you will be able to get
the most important information and have many opportunities to integrate
with other Erasmus students. You can’t miss it!
ISA UG
ISA UG is a student organization from University of Gdańsk (UG). Our
volunteers cannot wait to welcome you and to help you discover all the
beauty of Poland and its culture!
Instagram
h9ps://www.instagram.com/isa_ug_/
E-mail address isa.ug@studms.ug.edu.pl
ESN 3city
ESN 3city is a local non-profit section of this big network. Our job is to
make your Erasmus experience the best you can imagine! We can’t wait
to meet you and see you on our events!
You can find us on:
Instagram
h9ps://www.instagram.com/esn3city/
Facebook
h9ps://www.facebook.com/ESN3city
Our office
Armii Krajowej 110, 81-824, Sopot, Poland
E-mail address info.3city@esn.pl
ESNcard
The ESNcard is the membership card of ESN which means that you can
access to all the services offered by the ESN and our partners.
With the ESNcard, you will enjoy thousands of discounts (housing, sport,
food, bars, etc.) all over Europe. List of our partners include Ryanair,
Logitech, Hostelling International, Uniplaces, The Economist, as well as
Flixbus, Ecolines and others.
You can check all the discounts at: http://www.esncard.org/
The ESNcard is valid for 12 months and only valid with a photo and
correct personal data.
Go to card.esn.pl and order your ESNcard! Choose your category
(Erasmus/Buddy/ESNer) and fill the form. Let the guidebook help you
with any problems!
Guidebook
https://card.esn.pl/files/ESNcard_Guidebook.pdf
Discover Europe
Discover Europe is the biggest pan-European photo contest for students.
The aim of the competition is to encourage young photographers to
inspire each other, discover new perspectives, and share their
views on what Europe means to them. Supporting young artists and
stimulating intercultural dialogue between Polish and international
students have been one of the most important premises of the contest
since the beginning in 2004.
Go to https://discovereurope.esn.pl/en/ to find out more details!
ACCOMMODATION
The University of Gdańsk offers accommodation for its students in
8 dormitories in the city of Sopot and Gdańsk with a total capacity of
1,324 places. Student houses vary in terms of standard and
prices. All rooms in student dormitories are equipped with Internet
access, the cost of which is included in the price of the standard place.
TRANSPORT
An important role in public transport in the Tri-City agglomeration is the
Fast Urban Railway, whose trains run through Gdańsk, Sopot,
Gdynia, to Rumia, Reda, Wejherowo and Lębork with a frequency of 7-8
minutes in the rush hours, so you can quickly get to another place in
the Tri-City. Moreover, there are 73 permanent day bus lines, 11 night
lines and 11 tram lines. You can find more information in the links
provided.
SKM Tricity
https://www.skm.pkp.pl/
Ticket sales points
h9ps://ztm.gda.pl/bilety/punkty-
sprzedazy-biletow?r=1
Metropolitan Ticket
h9ps://mzkzg.org/bilet-metropolitalny
Gdańsk has a large seaport, which is the largest Polish port, and also
Gdańsk Airport Lech Wałęsa, which is the third largest airport in
Poland in terms of passenger traffic.
JAKDOJADE.PL
Polish website dedicated to searching for communication
connections and planning trips by public transport in larger cities in
Poland. The website enables travel planning by various means of
communication of various carriers, including sections covered by foot.
The website has a version for mobile devices - so you must have it on
your phone! In this application, you can easily check the
timetable and buy a ticket.
https://jakdojade.pl/trojmiasto/trasa/
3City is one of the most beautiful places in the whole country, so we
would like to introduce you some of the best places here you
can't miss.
Restaurants
Being in Poland on Erasmus, you must try our dishes! The most popular
Polish dishes include: dumplings, cabbage rolls, pork chop, bigos, soups
(sour rye, cabbage, barley, tomato, cucumber,
mushroom, pea and red borscht, broth), cabbage and potato dishes.
Below are some restaurants worth visiting :)
Pierogarnia Mandu
Here you can try our famous
dumplings. Pierogi are considered a
traditional dish of Old Polish and
modern Polish cuisine. These are
pieces of thin, flexible and well-
sticking dough filled with a variety of
stuffing and boiled in water or
steamed, baked, fried or grilled.
Address
Gdańsk Oliwa ul. Kaprów 19D
Gdańsk Śródmieście ul.
Elżbietańska 4/8
Gdynia Śródmieście ul.
Starowiejska 1
Manekin
In Poland, thin crêpe-style pancakes are called naleśniki
(pronounced naleshniki). They are usually rolled and served with a
variety of savoury or sweet fillings as a main dish or a dessert.
Sweet fillings include fresh fruits (e.g. bilberries), jams (often apple
jam), and white cheese with sugar. Savoury fillings include fried
vegetables, fried chicken, minced meat, spinach, and a variety of
added ingredients such as potatoes, mushrooms, cabbage or ham.
Another Polish dish reassembling pancakes are racuchy. They are smaller
and thicker than naleśniki and can be stuffed with apple slices.
Kreska Mąki
Everyone likes pizza, right? We present you a place that fans of real
Italian pizza will love! Kreska Mąki is a restaurant with three locations in
Gdańsk. They prepare their pizza in a wood-fired oven, making it
deliciously crispy and ready in just a few minutes. Pizzas
have names that make you smile. They refer to famous fairy tales such
as Lilo and Stitch, Ice Age, Nemo, The Lion King, or 101 Dalmatians.
It's cute, isn't it?
Address
Gdańsk Morena/Wrzeszcz
Jaśkowa Dolina 101
Gdańsk Przymorze
Czerwony Dwór 26B
Gdańsk Chełm
Władysława Cieszyńskiego 1D
Avocado Vegan Bistro
Avocado vegan BISTRO is a cozy place with plant home cooking.
The menu includes classics such as soy pork chops, croquettes, vegetable
chops, stews,
casseroles, dumplings, as well as daily
dishes and lunch sets. And also Avocado vegan SPOT is a concept in which
they serve vegan dishes inspired by cuisines from around the world in the
street food convention (both places are next to each other).
AïOLI inspired by Gdańsk
It is a modern city canteen, vibrant from breakfast time to the last
guests. The dishes typical of AIOLA come out of the kitchen open to the
room: breakfasts, snacks, salads, sandwiches, pastes, burgers and
pizzas. Chefs regularly surprise with seasonal,
spontaneous cuisine. A DJ plays here every evening, thanks to which
the place is teeming with life like the most popular canteens in Europe.
A few photos from our events :)
In case of any questions, do not hesitate to contact us:
isa.ug@studms.ug.edu.pl
info.3city@esn.pl
Looking forward to hosting you in Gdańsk!
Magdalena Moskaluk
Daria Chorąży
Arkadiusz Wawrzyniak
Michalina Żygowska
