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Requires using public transport: yes
Take a train from Gdynia main railway station to ''Gdańsk Osowa''. For general information on railway transport in Tricity, look for ''Trains'' section below. From Osowa train stop station walk ''Barniewicka'' street northwards - the direction you've come from on a train. Then turn right into ''Kielnieńska'' street, then left into ''Spacerowa''. Go straight on at the roundabout. Pass ''Castorama'' store and see McDonalds and '''Lotos''' petrol station at your right side. Big, easily visible hitchhiking sign is recommended - Castorama store could probably provide a nice piece of cardboard.
====Spot nr 2: Shopping centre/Orlen petrol station in Gdynia Chylonia====
Coordinates: 54°32'18.4"N 18°27'12.1"E
Requires using public transport: '''no''', ~1hr walking from the centre, but you make may take a train as well.
From the main railway station either take a ''SKM'' train to ''Gdynia Chylonia'' or take a long walk down ''Morska'' street. If you took a train, exit to the left and walk down ''Kartuska'' street until you reach ''Morska'' and turn right, as if you were walking all the way from the main railway station. Pass a large road intersection where signs point to ''Szczecin'' and ''Łódź'' and get to ''Kcyńska'' street. Turn left. Pass ''Orlen'' petrol station on your left side, turn right and walk along the parking. Use a big hitchhiking sign, you can ask for a piece of cardboard in '''Tesco''' supermarket or '''OBI''' store.
'''Note''': most of the drivers shopping here are probably locals. It might be a good idea to use a sign for '''Gdańsk Osowa''', that is the spot nr 1 described above and once you get there make another sign for the city you're goingto. In this case if a driver stops and doesn't speak English, you can show this message: ''Chcę się dostać na Lotos pod Castoramą w Osowie, stamtąd będzie łatwiej łapać stopa dalej''.
Coordinates: 54°32'43.2"N 18°26'49.3"E
Requires using public transport: '''no''', ~1hr walking from the centre, but you make may take a train as well.
From the main railway station either take a ''SKM'' train to ''Gdynia Chylonia'' or take a long walk down ''Morska'' street. If you took a train, exit to the left and walk down ''Kartuska'' street until you reach ''Morska'' and turn right, as if you were walking all the way from the main railway station. Pass a large road intersection where signs point to ''Szczecin'' and ''Łódź'' and get to your spot.
Requires using public transport: yes
From Gdynia main railway station take a train to ''Reda'' (for a guide to trains in Tricity, look for ''Trains'' section below). Exit to the right and get to the main road, turn left and keep walking. Cross the street when it's possible. After a few minutes you'll spot a sign pointing to the right for ''Hel'' and ''Władysławowo''. Turn right and reach a bus stop.
'''Note''': It's not illegal in Poland to hitchhike on a bus stop, but it is for a driver to stop there. Police most often tolerates it, but may ask you to move somewhere else. If you decide to hitchhike on a bus stop anyway, keep your backpack handy to get into the car immediately and thank your driver for taking the risk!
Coordinates: 54°32'43.2"N 18°26'49.3"E
Requires using public transport: '''no''', ~1hr walking from the centre, but you make may take a train as well.
From the main railway station either take a ''SKM'' train to ''Gdynia Chylonia'' or take a long walk down ''Morska'' street. If you took a train, exit to the left and walk down ''Kartuska'' street until you get to ''Morska'' and turn right, as if you were walking all the way from the main railway station. Pass a large road intersection where signs point to ''Szczecin'' and ''Łódź'' and get to your spot. Large hitchhiking sign is recommended. If your driver isn't going to Hel but continues on the national road, ask to be dropped off near the intersection - there is a bus stop right before the intersection and another one right after. Go on the road 216 and find a bus stop in a momentafter few minutes of walking, which is a nice place to hitchhike (coordinates above - this is the spot nr 1)
'''Note''': It's not illegal in Poland to hitchhike on a bus stop, but it is for a driver to stop there. Police most often tolerates it, but may ask you to move somewhere else. If you decide to hitchhike on a bus stop anyway, keep your backpack handy to get into the car immediately and thank your driver for taking the risk!
Online schedules: https://rozklad-pkp.pl/en . Works for entire Poland and all types of trains.
==== SKM ====
SKM ('''Szybka Kolej Miejska''') connect Gdańsk, Gdynia and neighbouring towns: Rumia, Reda and others. SKM trains run on a separate railway track, have separate ticket offices and separate timetables - not those blue with white inscriptions, but these yellow/brown ones. SKM trains stops at every station, including these ones described above in ''Hitchhiking out'' section: ''Gdynia Chylonia, Rumia Janowo, Reda''.
Buy the ticket either in a ticket machine or at the ticket office. If you buy a ticket at the office you need to '''validate''' it before you board a train. Validate in a little yellow machine situated most often '''in a tunnel''' or on a platform, but '''not''' in the train. After validating / purchasing ticket from a machine you need to board the first SKM train that goes where you want to go or you will need to buy another ticket. Controls are frequent.
==== PKM ====
PKM ('''Pomorska Kolej Metropolitalna''') trains go from Gdynia to Gdańsk Airport. Use this one if you are going to ''Gdańsk Osowa'' - buy the ticket at the office or in a machine at the main railway station, you don't need to validate this one. PKM's final station is most often ''Gdańsk Wrzeszcz'' and that's what will be displayed.
====Regio and PKP====
Regio (regional trains) and PKP (long distance trains) can be used to travel from Gdynia to Gdańsk or Reda, but they stop only at the main stations (so, for example, you won't get to Rumia Janowo). Route Gdynia-Gdańsk takes ~20min (Regio) or ~30min (PKP), while for SKM it's more than 40min. Tickets can be purchased in a machine or at the office. For Regio, tickets are most often valid for 6 hours and during this period you can board any Regio train going to the station specified on your ticket. In case of PKP, you buy a ticket for an exact train.
===Wild camping ===
Gdynia is surrounded by hills covered with forests. Most of them are protected as '''Tricity Landscape Park''' (''Trójmiejski Park Krajobrazowy''). It's illegal to camp in most of these forests, but this law is most often not enforced and if you don't make a campfire, it's going to be fine. From the very centre it takes no more than half an hour walking to find yourself in a forest.
If you prefer to camp on a beach, this is perfectly possible as well. Just don't go to the city beach, choose the one at the foot of ''Kępa Redłowska'', somewhere here: 54°29'30.6"N 18°33'54.7"E. Local youth refer to this place as '''wild beach''', as opposed to the city beach which is usually crowded. Once you reach the wild beach, have some fun on one of the 'swings' hanging on the trees and in the morning climb the ''Kępa Redłowska'' to spot a beautiful sunrise.
