{"id":1496,"date":"2026-09-28T05:07:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T05:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/?p=1496"},"modified":"2026-09-28T05:07:33","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T05:07:33","slug":"sleeper-to-gdansk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/index.php\/2026\/09\/28\/sleeper-to-gdansk\/","title":{"rendered":"Sleeper to Gdansk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The sleeper to Gdansk (and beyond) arrived on time.\u00a0 I’d paid for a proper bed, rather than just a couchette. This was a bargain \u00a330 (without interrail; I’ve saved those days for more expensive countries) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I didn’t meet any other emfcamp attendees on this one. One guy was heading to Gdanya, north of Gdansk, the other guy went straight to bed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unlike the couchette class sleeper I’d got to Krakow, they delivered a (packet) croissant and (instant) coffee for breakfast, in addition to the extra dry wafer biscuit (a bigger, chocolate flavour equivalent of a pink wafer), I’d got previously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We arrived a few minutes late, while it was still dark, but with plenty of time for me to catch my connection to Elblag. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s a misty dawn as we head through a flat landscape that reminds me of Norfolk<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The last photo shows the Tczew bridge. It looked like the adjacent bridge was only half built. Turns out it’s being renovated<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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