🇵🇱 For CHEAPER than a UK train I flew to POLAND
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- Опубликовано: 10 май 2023
- I visited Gdansk in Poland, went to the beach, drank some beer, ate some food and did the Lechia Gdańsk stadium tour.
Could I get everything in this video for cheaper than a UK train ticket? Watch until the end to find out!
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Kazakshtan,good friend Sam!!!🏋️♂️
I worked in Poland teaching English in 2012. Totally luck that year they hosted Euro 2012. All the train stations and infrastructure was like new in anticipation but the prices were so cheap. A 3 course meal was like £4 and a pint was £1 too. I stayed in Gliwice where WW2 kicked off and I went to many Piast Gliwice games. Now, Gornik Zabrze the local Derby team also play in the top polish league. They hate each other like Celtic and Rangers, I'm from Glasgow BTW... Now, the Gornik Zabrze stadium, kid you not, used to be called the Adolf Hitler stadium. Very tense game which I attended between them and might be worth catching. Poland is a great place to visit for the price still and my favourite place is Krakow and south of there is Zakopane. A beautiful region to see like a mini Swiss Alps with lots to do.
in countries with less famous leagues
Woking fc please I play for them
Might be to short notice but at the end of May try Krakow. Cracovia are at home Saturday 27th and Wisla Krakow are at home Sunday 28th. You need something called a Polish PESIL number to buy tickets. Maybe a Polish subscriber can explain what this is and how you can get the tickets for the games.
As a British guy into history, I’ve got a lot to thank the Polish for in the assistance they provided in WW2. Especially the Polish who helped in the Battle of Britain. Fantastic people and helped my country greatly!
For history man,
Ludogorets-Cherno More
over 2,5 goals odds: 1,9
Agreed. Also, epic recognition to 303 Squadron, who were absolute heroes.
.... Fantastic !!! ......Meh !!!.
Thank you very much bro 👍. Greetings from central Poland
best regards Suge!
Poland is underrated and I like it that way, means us brits who know about it can enjoy it more and cheaper!!
Wow!!!Poland is one of my favourite respective countries and I am a huge football fan of all the respective Polish men's teams and leagues daily and ever in this world and other planets,good friends!!!LONG LIVE POLAND AND POLISH FOOTBALL!!!🇵🇱
For polish:)
Ludogorets-Cherno More
over 2,5 goals odds: 1,9
Gdańsk wasn't Prussia, Gdańsk was occupied by German Teutonic order, and the architecture you see in Gdansk is Dutch. Dutch were protestant (mostly Frisians) refugees who found asylum in Poland during inquisition. Greengate for example was designed by Reiner van Amsterdam as a residence for Polish king. There were also others, like Abraham van den Blocke, Antoni van Obberghen, Izaak van den Blocke, Hans Vredeman de Vries, Willem van der Meer,. None of them was German, all of them were fathers to the most monumental landmark buildings in Town. Oh, and you might ask why Gdańsk. Well, because they are Dutch, and they know how to deal with water, so in fact they were present in whole Northern Poland, and after all assimilated being called "Olender".
Thanks for your explanation.Very interesting
Henzatic not Dutch
You are absolutely right. Besides, the city was almost completely destroyed during World War II. So what we see now was rebuilt after the war.
Basically Gdansk was founded by Poles. In middle ages it was controlled by Hanza. Architecture of Gdansk is hanzeatic. That's why Gdansk reminds Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Wroclaw, Lübeck or Riga. Hanza was an international medieval corporation, to which people of many countries belonged, mostly Dutch, Germans and Poles. After the fall of Hanza, Gdansk was developed by Poland until partitions, when Gdansk was controlled by Prussia, which turned to Germany. In interwar period Gdansk was an independent state. In World War II Germans defended in Gdansk during Soviet offence and city was almost completely destroyed. After World War II people decided to rebuild main part of Old Town.
Actually, Gdansk ..... a historical land called Pomerania, Prussia refers to the pagan lands of the Baltic Prussians, while Pomerania, the strip of land from Gdansk( Danzig) to Szczecin( Stettin), was inhabited by Christian Slavs.Prussia was the land where Crusades were organized under the leadership of the Teutonic Order, at this point Pomerania had already been Christian lands for several hundred years
I've never seen a brit with this much respect for Poland. Great video, cheers!
Poland on a glorious Spring/Summer weekend day...love it
Went to Gdańsk in December for the Xmas markets. Beautiful city and the war museum was brilliant value for money, so much to see! Great video, keep it up 👍
Great video! I live in Warsaw, but have visited Gdańsk on a number of occasions. As well as the WWII history, it also has an important part in more recent Polish history as the birthplace of the Solidarity movement, set up in the early 80s and an important step towards ending Communism in the country. It's just a pity that fabulous-looking stadium won't be hosting top-flight football next season.
Even if they keep the place in the Extraklasa the stadium wouldn't experience top class football (;
I think it's fantastic that you had a segment on the war - it's so important, especially when there'll be plenty of people watching alongside us who are maybe 10 or 12, or teenagers even, and don't know much about what happened, but will be able to come away with a deeper appreciation of what these people had to go through. That of course has a knock-on effect because you feel so much more gratitude for the life you have now. 🙂
Gdańsk looks amazing !! 🏴 love the poles
I'm envious. To catch a return flight from Auckland to Christchurch in New Zealand is about $600 NZ dollars, about 300 pounds. That's what it cost me in March. Looks like Central Europe is the place to go for reasonable prices, not to mention the history etc...When I think of Poland, I wouldn't normally associate it with beaches and sunshine. It's on my to do list.
I've been to Poland several times. It's very easy to get around and there's plenty to see and do.
you need Ryanair so cheap
@@rockerjim8045 I wish, that would provide serious competition, but we are probably too isolated for Ryan Air or Ezy Jet to be profitable for them.
To be true poland have almost everything - beaches, mountains and its have smal desert named "Pustynia Błędowska".
That's exactly the type of video I like the most, too.. a bit of exploration, a bit of history and culture and a fair bit of football-related content 👍🏻 .. there's so many more interesting places to visit.. I'd be very interested in places like Malta, Albania, Bulgaria etc. Cheers 🍻🙂
I spent just over 3 weeks in Gdańsk in 2019 what a great city and so cheap it’s crazy! Also Sopot beach is like Florida but way cheaper
Nowe ceny po covidzie zaskoczą Ciebie niestety negatywnie. Już nie jest tanio. Oczywiście nasz rząd walczy z inflacją, ale to nie jest łatwe. Przyjęliśmy 15 mln. Ukraińców, Białorusinów, Rosjan, Mołdawian i innych nacji. Popyt wzrósł, wzrosły i ceny.🤔
I did a similar trip a few years ago. I went to see Gdansk v Lechia Warsaw (only around 10K supporters though). Cracking stadium. It's a nice place for a few days away. The 2nd world war museum and the Solidarity museum are class. Food is brilliant and the beer is cheap. Some great real ale bars as well.
*Legia Warsaw
Lechia Gdańsk vs Legia Warsaw
A Ukrainian Uber driver...very common in Poland...long before the Russian invasion...my last Ukrainian Uber driver loved AC/DC and drove VERY fast...got to Warsaw airport pretty sharpish....shame... great stereo in his car blasting out 'Highway to Hell'...great stuff
Brilliant video Sam! Didn’t know anything of Gdańsk before this and now will have to add it to a future destination list. Keep up the great content - love your enthusiasm for football and visiting places and shining a light on the small teams. One of the best football channels around!
I am Polish and live in England last 15 years.Its great i know its expencive now but i just like my life.Wish you all the best.Poland is great😊
Always love your history asides! Great video, Sam. My grandma's family saw the winds of change coming and got out in spring of 1939; grandpa's family came over to the US between the wars. Both sides sailed from Gdansk
I'm a Polish-Portuguese person who was born in England and lived there for 12 years, now I live in Gdańsk and I really enjoyed your video.
Sam I live in Spain and everytime friends go back to the UK to see family they always say the UK is so expensive. Enjoyed the trip to Poland looks great.
LOL expensive... I used to live there for 11 years. Poland is expensive buddy
@@adolfmaotsestalin8753Poland is expensive if you work in Poland, it is way easier to say that it's cheap when your earnings are over 3x higher
British train tickets are only more cost-effective when using a railcard, but there are recent trip promotions, so you can still get a cheaper price if necessary.
I visited Warsaw in the 1990s and due to drastic changes in the exchange rates while I was there, I actually came back with more money than I went with 🤣
Polish economy grow Up, is not this same country like before
@@arkadiuszarczi1559 - I know. When I went there were 37 thousand zloties to one pound. A lot different now.
@@bobsteele9581 There was a cosmic inflation those days. Then, gov denominate currency (money).
many polish bilionaries got their billions this way
I’m into the 5th minute and I already think you’re great mate. Thank you for bringing up the war and the way you get invested in that really warms my heart. Good lad, a Man united fan wouldn’t make it so nice to watch ;) Greetings from a fellow Liverpool supporter born in Gdansk ;))
History Adventures! At last 😂. Top drawer as always
Haha cheers Ross!!
The club that won the Poland’s top league this season, Rakow Czestochowa, play in a stadium whose capacity is similar to Ross County’s Victoria Park. Here you visit the stadium of Lechia Gdansk, with a capacity of over 40,000, home to a club who are relegated. In addition, another team with a 40,000+ capacity stadium, Slask Wrocław, might get relegated too. Can’t imagine something similar happening in Scotland anytime soon with a smaller team winning the league and the Old Firm both getting relegated!
Lechia Gdańsk and Śląsk Wrocław may have quite a big stadium as they are from big cities, but these clubs are mid table at best. Also their stadiums are too big for them, because they have often less than half of tickets bought and it's rare to have 90% or more of tickets sold.
It would be probably the same if someone would build huge stadium in Edinburgh. In theory it would sound ok seeing size of the city, but without club that is good enough it would look quite sad.
Polish League Extraklasa is a proof that goods management is more important than size of stadium or expensive players.
@@_r4x4because the stadium was built for Euro 2012 , they won't demolish it only because Lechia is a mid team without many fans.
as a polish guy i was laughing when you were saying this is cheap while being in the one of the most expensive places in poland
I tried not to get laugh about prices in Gdańsk in front of prices on for example Białystok where you got to spend a lot more for the same quality. Gdansk is cheap even for Poles from other cities.
people with money will come, and you will become a beggar peasant in your own country...
That's what happens when you privatize the railways. 1st world prices for 3rd world service
Ty brexit
The railways are not ‘private’. The department for transport dictates the service rail companies can provide. You don’t know what you’re talking about
The railways would be so much better if the government run it
@@discopot and we all pay for it whether we use it or not? No thanks
@Stuart you do at the moment anyway . Please do a little reading on the subject.We subsidise the private companies and their shareholders ( which are in many cases the national railways of other countries)
You never fail to surprise us. Keep it up.
Thanks for such a great video Sam, Gdansk looks fantastic.
Watching your videos for a while. Im really happy that you enjoyed your time in my homeland coutry. Great video as usual, i really appreciate you are getting involved into the historical aspects as well. Best wishes from a Pole who live in Glasgow:)
It's good learning about other countries. I wish the people of Poland all the best. Their history says alot about how resilient they are as a nation. May God bless them.
I've love to go a game in Poland. I've spent quite a bit of time Warsaw a few years ago and loved it, shame there wasn't a Legia game on when I was there.
You should to go to Warta Poznan's old stadium. It's one of the most interesting abandoned grounds in Europe. It's called the Edmund Szyc Stadium.
Great idea! I've added it to the list!
Feel free to reach out if you ever come to Poznań. I’ll show you around - Warta, Lech, the city. Pints on me 🍻
Wow, my grandfather's old team. He supported them before he had to flee Poland in 1939.
I'm Dutch, living in Poznań. Feel free to reach out!
@@FootyAdventures Fun fact, Lech Poznań and Warta Poznań are a rare example of 2 teams from the same city in a top European league that don't hate each other but have friendly relations.
All the best for You and beautiful city of Gdansk⚓️❤(my born city) and Tricity.
Great video, interesting footy stuff and a stark reminder of the horror of WW2, the heroes who fought and suffered in that part of the world. Then we suddenly meet a modern 'hero'. "What did you do during the war when your country was invaded? " "Oh, I ran to another country and drove taxi".
Come back to Poland and visit Poznan, Zakopane and Lodz.
Great video Sam,i have been to Gdansk twice,great city ,hope to go back there soon. Was in the Irish pub in the town centre and there was a big group of Lechia fans in pre match,great atmosphere in the bar.
Great video, entertaining and informative. My son wants to go to Poland later this year, as like you he is interested in WWII history as well as being a footy nut - I have sent him the link to this and hopefully he might take me along on a similar trip ! 😉
Hi man, I'm a Polish fan of Celtic, having lived in Scotland for 11 years, and have been following your channel for over a year. Pleased to see you visited my country at last!
Well that's a massive surprise
a Polish person how has lived in Scotland supporting Celtic
I would never have guessed in
a billion years you would be
a Celtic fan.
@@alanfox691 I support Cheltenham Town FC
It’s so cheap to travel by train in Italy, we here in Britain are taken for a ride, that’s how thick we are
In the eastern part of Gdansk by the ferry terminal are Westerplatte. The place where the WWII started when German ships attacked. North of Gdansk are the town of Sopot. Very nice place and worth a visit. A seaside town with beautiful classic architecture and a pier
Went to Gdańsk for my stag do in 2017. Tremendous city.
I really enjoyed this video. I think my favorite videos are when you leave the U.K. In fact, the video that introduced me to your channel was your Braga stadium tour.
They will have the best stadium of all 2nd league teams in europe xDDDDDDD
Amazing video mate 👏👏👏
Poland has a tragic history; the country ceased to exist in the 19th century and didn't reemerge until after WW1. The present border is markedly different from the borders of the resurrected Poland. Poland's largely flat terrain made the country vulnerable to invasion. Surprised you didn't sample any Polish vodka, Sam. Old gits like me can remember when the Polish national side was a force to be reckoned with.
Great vid Sam.
First went to Poland ( Cracow ) in January ‘06 with 7 workmates. We bagged flights and accommodation from Sat - Tues for a ridiculous £80 each.
And we honestly couldn’t give our money away it was that cheap!
As i'm half Polish I am delighted that you enjoyed your time their. One thing is train tickets are a lot cheaper if you book in advance much like everyone does when buying an airline ticket. Off to visit my brother in Striling next month, the ticket I bought a few week ago is direct from London for £55.
Great video great to see that the beer is so cheap, me and my mates are going here in 2 weeks time, stopping for 4 nights. We're looking at traveling upto Gdynia on the Friday and watching Gdynia Vs Lodz
Great and informative video. Thanks
Glad you liked it here! We always like some recognition from abroad😄
you should go to Wisła Kraków match, it's very good atmosphere there :)
love the coloured transport lines showing how to find trains buses and taxis
Awesome my brother 💙👌🏻
Great video about the football club, the city and some of it's history, although Sam didn't mention anything of Solidarity
That food and beer on the beach looked the dogs. Great vlog Sam.
Feel you got the tone of the museum feature spot on.
Poland is great! Friendly to tourists, great people , great culture, great food.
You get about man meeting up the good work on your footy videos you are really getting good content about Scottish football out there.i know this video is not a Scottish kne still good 👍 keep up the good work.8🎉
Awesome video enjoyed it
@footyadventures awesome video mate, I went to Durham from Blackpool and you couldn’t get a train for under £200 at the time it’s a joke. Also not enough people know that it was Soviet Union as well as Germany that started the war, u don’t learn this at school.
For polish:)
Ludogorets-Cherno More
over 2,5 goals odds: 1,9
Nice video and a very beautiful city. Very well restored after WW2. Very surprising that Lechia have had such a bad season. Just a few years ago they finished 3rd or 4th I think.
The club was mismanaged badly, sold too many players bought muppets instead, also mess inside club, some investors lined up but lot to clear there is a looming bankruptcy scare. But investors seem to be keen so let's hope they come back next season
Amazing. You could make it even cheaper with earlier bookings on flights+hotel. Liked your video👍
In the Middle Century Gdańsk was very rich and it was kinda European Hong Kong.
I don't know if you know it but between 15 and 18 century Gdańsk was popular among Scotish setlers, merchants etc.
It 16 century it was estimated that one-third of the citizens were Scots.
There is one train station called Nowa Szkocja (New Scotland).
For instance an English word spruce is from that area.
British around 17 century we're buying lots of timber from that area and they found new type of timber- a tree that they did not know.
They asked locals what kind of wood it is and locals said in Polish 'Z Prus'.
Which means from Prussia. They wrote what they heard and for them Z Prus sounded like Spruce.
Just a story....
Very enjoyable video. Would endorse an earlier comment that whilst the significance of WWII in Poland's history can never be understated, for me the growth of the Solidarity Movement in the Gdansk Shipyards and the courageous leadership of Lech Wałęsa will be what Gdansk means to me!
The captured British POW's played football in the Stalag camps. I have a picture of my grandfather's unit from that. Keep up the excellent content.
Welcome to Poland :)
Very nice video - good job bro
A train ride from one major city to another within Poland is about £10 on average and the intercity trains have bars and they sell beers food too
21:38 I am glad you enjoyed your time in my country. I fly dozens of times a year. I'll give you a little lifehack. On low-cost airlines you can practically always choose to sit where you want for free, or even have a whole empty row to yourself. All you have to do is get on last. Planes are very rarely 100% full. I sit by the window for free every time.
Scheduled to visit krakow this weekend for a few games. New country for me too⚽
pls visit legia warsaw, best atmosphere in europe!!
You can thank the Major government for privatising the railways 30 years ago. That's why you have a crap, expensive railway system. Except in Scotland where the railways were re-nationalised by the SNP.
Yes and they are worse than they have ever been thanks to
the dunderheeds known as
the S.N.P.
The S.N.P. dont speak for me
It was NAW in 2014 & it's still
NAW now.
Next time I would also recommend you come to see Wisla Krakow in Krakow, Poland
Glad you enjoyed your trip to my home country! I also recommend Krakow for a value stay, can get as low as 10 quid each way from stansted :)
Last December I travelled door to door from my place in Poland to my mother's place (including fares in the UK) and back for PLN140 - less than GBP28 via RyanAir.
This was Town hall not cathedral at the back, there is one to the left from the vista you were pointing to
A went to the shakter game last year with celtic game was held in Warsaw Poland manage to get return flights for 80 quid and nights out where very cheap one of the best away trips I've went to
The nice English guys are my mates. One was best man at my wedding. Hope you cover some East Anglian grounds one day.
He asked me to share this with you
Gdansk stadium looks very very impressive.
amber arena,in the sun, these panels have amber color, the architects referred to the 1000-year history of extracting amber from the Baltic, one of the most beautiful stadiums in Europe
Is Glasgow not in Europe? I never knew...
Great video mate, really enjoyed it!
Glasgow is in the UK. You can come and visit if you have the chance. There are discounts on trip train tickets recently.
Good video 👍
That scene with the sea in the background a couple of Poznan’s 👏
If the team which is relegated has such a magnificent stadium, imagine what a stadium champions must have.
wow i know that tour guide lady did not show her face but she sounds gorgeous, easter european woman with an accent is pretty
Nice stadium. I've been there in 2021. But the last time they had only Polish guides. It was still decorated that time from the Euro League final between Villarreal and Man Utd.
Visit Kraków for a Wisła Kraków game, you'll see amazing atposphere at the game. Also city is beautiful at summer.
I've once stayed in Gdańsk near the big gate you've been to (the touristy place) in a shared hostel room for like 30zł (like 6 pounds), so yeah, you could probably get like 30 quid less just for the stay if you'd be fine with a shared room or just found something cheaper. 40 pounds is quite a lot I would say.
Zawsze jak wracałem samolotem z Norwegi ten stadion świecił jak jantar
Sam, are You still in Gdańsk?
Ok, I've watched till the end.
Good vid mate! In more modern times, Gdańsk is even infamous for Lech Walesa for his fight for freedom to end communism in Poland and Eastern Europe.
Lived in Poland in the past as an expat, and remember travelling by train about 600km from the Deep South of Poland to watch TS Podbeskidzie play Lechia Gdańsk away. Great city and stadium to watch a game.
Jak byś kiedyś jeszcze był w Polsce i chciał sprawdzać jakiś klub to polecam Pogoń Szczecin nowy stadion i wszystko oraz fajna atmosfera na meczach miasto tez całkiem przyjemne
no lechia ma teraz taki poziom, jak ta pani co oprowadzala tego kolege xd jak ona sie znalazla na takim stanowisku xd juz nie wspomne o angielskim xd ale typ pokazuje na Blaszczykowskiego i sie pyta, czy to on, a ona nie wie xd
Daaamn this train fare is ridiculous :P . Next time come to Warsaw, Wrocław or Cracow.
Great video
Thanks mate
My city ❤
super cool
Sopot is more fun especially SPATiF sitting outside on a summers late evening with a 750 bottle of vodka ice and mixers with a mate watching the ladies parade by.
Best RUclipsr RUclips messi😅😅😂😂❤❤
As many Poles I would highly recommend to come back in the summer😊
15:29 As a German, I'm quite amused about the fact that a huge signed Wolfsburg flag is hanging there right next to clubs such as Barcelona or Juventus. Wolfsburg definitely doesn't belong to the few German clubs that spread some kind of attraction when it comes to the history of European football.
In some period Wolfsburg recorded good results, he was on a visit to Gdansk and the flag is a souvenir from the match.