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Port Lotniczy Gdańsk im. Lecha Wałęsy (aka Gdansk Lech Walesa airport) is 8km west of Gdańsk centre in the Rębiechowo district. The airport has seen a dramatic increase in traffic in the last couple of years created mainly by low-cost airlines. The UK now has numerous connections including London Stanstead and Luton as well as Glasgow and Liverpool. There are numerous connections to Scandinavia as well as scheduled Lufthansa flights to Munich and Frankfurt making Gdańsk easy to reach from anywhere in the world. LOT Polish airlines have a number of daily connections to Warsaw from where they serve other Polish airports and international routes. At present domestic and international flights leave from the same terminal. This small but pleasant airport has all the facilities you’d expect in an international airport. On the ground floor, as you leave customs and baggage reclaim, are the currency exchange (better rates are available in town), car rental services and a Gdańsk Tourist Organisation information point where you'll find In Your Pocket guides and free In Your Pocket mini-guides. You’ll find an ATM next to domestic arrivals. Upstairs is a newsagent, a (non-smoking) airport restaurant, and the airport chapel.

Getting to Gdańsk. You can reach the city by shelling around 50zł for a taxi from the rank in front of the terminal. Remember that taxis cost around 50 percent more at night. City Plus is the official taxi firm and can be trusted. Look out for their cars with the 9686 logo on the side. Be suspicious if offered a lift by any car not bearing their logo. The cheapest option is to take bus B to the main Gdańsk Główny train station or bus N°110 to Gdańsk Wrzeszcz train station. Journey time is 30 to 40 minutes. The journey requires a one-ride ticket which costs 3zł and is available from the driver. You can also buy tickets at the Gdansk Tourist Organisation Information desk in the terminal building on the ground floor opposite the check-in desks.

Getting to Sopot. There are no buses directly to Sopot so the most direct option by public transport is to take the 110 bus to Gdańsk Wrzeszcz station. From there take the local yellow and blue SKM commuter train from platform 1. You’ll need to get on a train running in the direction of Gdynia and boards on the platform show the time until the next train. Sopot (the train station in the middle of the town) is the sixth stop from Gdańsk Wrzeszcz. The most direct way to reach Sopot is by taking a 9686 City Plus taxi from outside the terminal building which will cost you around 60zł normally and more at weekends and at night.

Getting to Gdynia. By public transport you can take the bus 110 to Gdańsk Wreszcz railway station before boarding a local yellow and blue SKM train to Gdynia Główna. Alternatively there is bus 510 which runs to Gdynia 5 times a day (06:45, 10:00, 14:50, 17:05 and 20:35) and costs 3.50zł. You can buy tickets directly from the driver. The most direct way is by taxi and a 9686 taxi will cost you around 90zł to the centre of Gdynia with prices higher at night and at weekends. [...]

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