Gdansk Tips for Person relocating there

Hi All,
Just wondering what advice and tips would you give for a person relocating to Gdansk?
everything from-
-Gyms
-renting
-Dry cleaning
-Registration
-General tips
-best places to live

Thanks in advance

ED

Dry cleaning is slow and expensive in Poland but getting better. You will pay about 80 zloty for a weeks worth - most shopping malls have a place with convenient hours. I don't know of any Service where they pick it up from your apartment.

Thanks cms.. roughly how much would 5 shirts be to be dry cleaned if you know?

About 50 zloty - get a loyalty card

Who dry cleans shirts?

People for whom time is valuable and don't like wasting the weekend ironing ! They always look better if they have been dry cleaned and properly pressed

cms- 100% agree

For an extra 50zl you could not only get five shirts ironed but also get your flat cleaned. And that's at Warsaw prices, I'm sure in Gdansk a maid charges less.

Yes possibly - but they would struggle to wash, dry and iron in 100 zloty session ? With a dry cleaners you just dump the mess on their desk and let them do their thing. I guess I am normally dropping off a few other things - suits, ties etc that I wouldn't trust my cleaner with :)

any other tips for poland/gdansk gents?

I don't know if there are members who live in Gdansk, but if you want tips on living in Poland, be more specific.

Bring a long coat and the Goretex. Not known as the windy city for nothing. Excellent transport links. A car is a waste of money if not for lifestyle. Live in Gdansk if young, Gdynia if older, Sopot if rich/daft.

What sort of accomodation? Depends what you like. Try to get a flat with a sea view. Otherwise, what is the point of living here? If monied, condos in Gdansk Jelitkowo or Brzezno if you like the coast I guess....Wrzeszcz or the Old Town if you like older type buildings....or the other side of the ring road if you like forest and countryside (then you need a car....)

My experience? Gdansk is great in summer, tedious in winter.

Thanks Dougpol ... some good points.... trying to work out a few things before i move

If you ask more specific questions, you'll get better answers.


Personally I love it most in late autumn (all those gorgeous foggy nights wondering round the old town) and mid spring.