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Currency

Polish currency is złoty (short: zł, int. code: PLN). Current rates can be found here: http://www.xe.com/ucc/

Prices

Beer 2 - 10 zł (0,25 - 2,5 €)
Dinners at snack bar 8 -15 zł (2 - 3,5 €)
Dinners at pizzeria 20 - 25 zł (4 -5 €)
Dinners at restaurant 50-100 zł (12 -25 €)
Bread 1 - 2 zł (0,25 0,5 €)
Cigarettes 7 zł (1,5 €)
Lodging in a hotel 30 - 200 zł (6-50 €)

Restaurants (polish dishes)

Bigos (Hunter's Stew)

A savory stew of sauerkraut, cabbage and meat. Typical ingredients include white cabbage (sauerkraut, kapusta kiszona in Polish), various cuts of meat and sausages, often whole or puréed tomatoes, honey and mushrooms.

Gołąbki

Gołąbki is a hearty traditional Polish dish consisting of boiled cabbage leaves stuffed with ground beef, chopped onions, and rice, baked in a spicy tomato sauce; similar to a Cabbage roll.

Pierogi

Pierogi are semi-circular dumplings of unleavened dough, stuffed with sauerkraut, twaróg, mashed potatoes, cabbage, onion, meat, hard-boiled eggs, or any combination thereof, or with a fruit filling.

The Cucumber soup

The Cucumber soup is a soup based on cucumbers, known in various cuisines. The two major varieties are the fresh cucumber soup and pickled cucumber soup.

Emergency phones

Police 997
Fire 998
Ambulance 999

Mobile phones emergency # 112

Embassies

Full embassies list

Consulates (Gdańsk, Gdynia, Sopot)

The United Kingdom
Honorary Consul of the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
80-244 Gdańsk, ul. Grunwaldzka 102
tel. (+48 58) 341 43 65
fax (+48 58) 344 16 08

France
Honorary Consul of the Republic of France
81-704 Sopot, ul. Kościuszki 16
tel. (+48 58) 550 32 49
fax (+48 58) 551 44 43

Germany
General Consulate of the Federal Republic of Germany
80-214 Gdańsk, ul. Fahrenheita 3
tel. (+48 58) 341 64 28
fax (+48 58) 341 82 75

80-219 Gdańsk, al. Zwycięstwa 23
tel. (+48 58) 341 43 66, 341 22 45
fax. (+48 58) 341 60 14

Italy
Honorary Consul of the Republic of Italy
81-372 Gdynia, ul. Świętojańska 32
tel. (+48 58) 620 15 61
fax (+48 58) 620 74 50


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