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“Baltic - a small sea with big management problems”
National Marine Fisheries Research Institute
05th October 2016 Gdynia, Poland
What you need to know - meeting details
Meeting dates:
Wednesday 05th October 2016
Contact:
Ewa Baradziej-Krzyżankowska, e-mail: [email protected]
How to get to Gdynia
Gdynia is part of a 3-City complex (Gdańsk + Sopot + Gdynia) in the Pomeranian Region.
Gdańsk is a city with a long history and a beautiful old town. Sopot is a famous seaside resort.
Gdynia is a relatively young city (born out of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919) with a sea port.
PLANE
There is only one airport covering the 3-city complex: Gdańsk Lech Walesa airport
(in Gdańsk Rębiechowo).
To get to Gdynia from the airport you can take a taxi (cost approx. 120-140 PLN; time: 30 min).
There is also a good and cheap bus connection between the airport and Gdańsk Wrzeszcz;
Gdańsk Główny or Gdynia Główna. Direct connection to Gdynia Główna - bus line 4A (ticket
price 4 PLN; time: 45 min).
Recently, a high speed train has been created and runs from the airport to Gdynia
(cost 3-6 PLN; time 20 min). On the timetable Gdansk Lech Walesa airport is indicated
as "the Gdansk Airport."/„Gdańsk Port Lotniczy”.
https://www.skm.pkp.pl/en/
FERRY
There is a direct ferry connection to Gdynia from Helsinki or Karlskrona.
TRAIN
Gdynia and Gdańsk are also important railway stations for international trains (for example from
Berlin, Vienna or Kaliningrad).
BUS
There is also an international bus connection from many European cities to Gdańsk or Gdynia.
3-CITY TRAIN
The easiest, the fastest and the cheapest way of travelling between the 3-city complex is the
Urban Fast Train (SKM). You can buy a ticket in the ticket office, newsstand or directly from the
ticket machine that is on (or nearby) every SKM platform. Please be aware that the tickets bought
in the ticket office or newsstand need to be validated in the ticket puncher that is on (or nearby)
every SKM platform BEFORE You enter the SKM train. Tickets bought from the ticket machine
(available language versions on the screen: English, German, Polish) are already validated. The
tickets are validated only for the next SKM train. The price for the ticket from Gdynia Główna
“Baltic - a small sea with big management problems”
National Marine Fisheries Research Institute
05th October 2016 Gdynia, Poland
to Gdańsk Główny is 6 PLN; time: 40 min. Every city also has its own bus line network. Tickets and
prices differ between the cities.
ZKM Gdynia http://www.zkmgdynia.pl/
ZTM Gdańsk http://www.ztm.gda.pl/en/index.php/ztm/more/about
Meeting location:
VENUE - NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE
KAZIMIERZ DEMEL CONFERENCE ROOM
ADRESS: ul. Kołłątaja 1, 81-332, Gdynia, Poland
Conference room
“Baltic - a small sea with big management problems”
National Marine Fisheries Research Institute
05th October 2016 Gdynia, Poland
HOTEL - MERCURE GDYNIA CENTRUM
ADDRESS: ul. Armii Krajowej 22, 81-372 Gdynia, Poland
RECEPTION DESK (reservation inquiries):
phone. +48 58 666 29 10
fax. +48 58 666 28 50
e-mail: [email protected]
http://www.mercure-gdynia-centrum.com
Accommodation:
Special rates available when quoting “Baltic Conference” during the booking:
Single room with breakfast: 260 PLN
Double room with breakfast: 300 PLN
Superior Room : +35 PLN to the basic rate
Privilege Room : +70 PLN to the basic rate
Check-in 14:00. Check-out 12:00.
“Baltic - a small sea with big management problems”
National Marine Fisheries Research Institute
05th October 2016 Gdynia, Poland
A few hotels to your decision:
Nadmorski Hotel: http://nadmorski.pl/hotel-en/
Różany Gaj Hotel: http://www.rozanygaj.pl/
Hotton Hotel: http://hotton.pl/en/
Villa Admirał: http://www.admiralvilla.com.pl/pl/
“Gdynia is a city built of Sea and Dreams”.
You can find further information:
 about the Institute at http://www.nmfri.gdynia.pl/
 about Gdynia Aquarium http://www.aquarium.gdynia.pl/
 about Gdynia http://www.gdynia.pl/eng/tourism/4585_.html
Gdynia by night
Hotel Mercure Gdynia Centrum, a seaside hotel situated in a prestigious location in the very heart
of Gdynia. The hotel is situated 100 m from the beach and 15 min walking from the Main Train
Station. The hotel offers 294 smoke free rooms.
The shopping district (Swietojanska Str.) is 5 minutes’ walk away. The Musical Theatre, Multikino
cinema-shopping complex, Kosciuszko Square, Seaside Boulevard, the Museum of the City
of Gdynia and the Naval Museum are all nearby and there are many pubs, taverns, coffee bars
and other attractions.
See you in Gdynia in October