ONE DAY IN HEL, POLAND! (Almost didn't make it.) A fun seaside day-trip from Gdansk.
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- čas přidán 7. 06. 2024
- Due to a error on a platform sign, I almost headed off at Gdynia in the wrong direction, ending up in some random part of Poland. Fortunately there was another train two hours later. Hel was a delightful place, long wide beach, quiet forests, and just enough points of interest to fill a full day.
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00:00:00 Introduction
00:01:19 Departure from Gdansk
00:01:51 Gdynia arrival
00:04:50 Departure from Gdynia
00:06:12 Wladyslawowo
00:06:49 Hel arrival
00:07:21 Hel town centre
00:08:55 The beach at Hel
00:10:57 The lighthouse
00:12:55 A fish lunch
Regional bus line 666 is operates in the summer season from Dębki (a small village on the seafront) via Władysławowo to Hel. Operator is PKS Gdynia.
AFAIK, it used to be 666, but they changed the number to something else.
And of course the 666 has no any connotations to the fact this is Hel xD Complete coincidence LOL.
I'm Polish BTW.
@@Vengir Yeah, sadly some right wing media kicked up a fuss over this number a few years ago and it got changed :(
There was some screeching from christian fanatics about this, but PKS Gdynia bus map actual on 1.01 2023 lists 666 line as still going to Hel in summer.
@@Michal_Bauer Ah, yeah, I think I know why I thought that they changed it. The line 666 only goes there in the summer, while outside of that, there is a different line there. If you visit their website outside of summer, it doesn't mention the line 666 anywhere, except on the map. If you don't look at the map, then any summer lines basically don't exist.
"Smaczna ryba?" (tasty fish)
"Sorry, what? "
"Good ryba?"
"👍".. and Cheers 🍺
Bless you 😀
My son has been to Hel and back. Said it was a lovely place
Oh that's creepy.
Again how is that creepy? It's not literall hell.
Very popular Polish destination, that shine during summer. In fall, well...
for non-americans -> fall = autumn 😉👍
@@peteroz7332No way Sherlock
Once took a flight from Copenhagen to Hel (Helsinki), it’s flight number was 666, and it was on halloween.
You're a Zombie?
Each year for the Copenhell metal music festival, the Copenhagen bus agency runs an extra service to Refshaleøen numbered 666, but that's a very blatant and intentional example.
As an Aussie, I loved the AC/DC references
Hi Being a fellow Scot, I enjoy Poland like yourself. Keep the blogs coming. Very enjoyable. Suggest you consider visiting Wroclaw, a city with beautiful Architecture. Just watch out for the small Bronze Knomes. You can trip over them. There are over 350 of them. City was called Breslau until post war. Nice place to visit. Been there a few times. Plenty of choice for Hotels, food, and of course, as you correctly got in Hel, Occocim beer. Lovely pint. Keep posting, great to see. Thanks.
Breslau to tylko niemiecka nazwa pochodząca wprost od polskiego Wrocław... czyli przed zdobyciem przez Prusy tego miasta nosiło ono nazwę Wrocław...
gnomes, of course 😉👍
Agree it's a nice place.
I could only imagine that bus 666 to HEL, if there is that bus, and the town itself would mean that Halloween should be very big here. Haha! Those shipyard cranes use to remind me of what I saw in Belfast all those decades ago.
Actually, there is
Of course there is. Route 666 to Hel
There is a bus service 666 to Hel, most of local pensioners are really dissapointed with tripple 6 on a service number. Actually, some time ago there was a petition to change a service number...
There is one, how ironic that its upholded by gdynia!
Very nice place indeed. Sopot is also really nice, surprised me in a very good way!! Thanks for the video Scott
Another good journey Scott. Thanks for taking us with you. I love the way you captured the different types of trains passing Gdynia. Liked the heritage EMU at 4:39. All the trains you travelled on in Poland looked so clean and well maintained. Oh, and Hel looked very nice too! Cheers. Vivian
That (Model EN57) isn't a heritage EMU at all. Those operate regional trains on almost every electrified railway in Poland, and will likely be operating for decades to come.
Got me fancying going to Poland, that meal was crazy cheap
Just to let you know, the meal wasn't that cheap. The price given (7 pln) is per 100 grams of fish, you pay after it's been fried and weighted plus extra for fries/ salad/ drinks etc. So it ain't exactly Bangkok in 1995 ;) . That being said, 7 pln for plaice (it is a plaice not a turbot!) is a fair price. During holiday season prices are getting ridiculous and people have a sort of national game of "bills of terror" , showing on social media how much they (over)paid for a simple meal at a restaurant in a seaside resort.
to Hel and back
Nice to see places off the beaten track. Looking forward to seeing next film 😀
Love your vids Scott
One of my worst nightmares, even as a Pole, to get on the wrong train. I did that once in my life, it was a terrible experience. It was at a time when trains and platforms weren`t so modernly marked... and all trains looked the same without any information...
I`m glad that we are already more technologically prepared and the train journey is no longer such a nightmare ;) You just have to be careful, all information is fortunately in front of your nose.
Good travel choice, Hel is beautiful. You can even meet seals there ;) A wonderful place, good warm people... worth every money to spend at least a week there.
"in front of your... eyes" 😉👍
4 years after the fall of the wall I visited my grandma in Saxonia. No signs for guidance or anything..felt like I'd drop out of time..
Great to see the regions of Poland near the Baltic sea. Been to the southern more hilly/mountainous parts of the country and its interesting to observe the differences.
I had to rewind the price you paid for the turbot. In Ireland, you need to be taking out a second mortgage for that fish.
He's on the wrong train to Hel! 🎸
Wow hel is my hometown, beautiful place❤️❤️
hey that lifthouse is like that the subway station in london those stairs down
Hel yeah.
Nice one and I'm glad to see the trains to Hel have improved. Last time I did the rail journey it was a pair of very tatty carriages attached to a massive diesel shunting loco, the line not electrified then. It was in July and half empty - nice ride through the forest. The peninsula is nice too, some great beaches on both sides and pretty little fishing villages all along - Jastarnia is particularly good IMO. Look forward to the ferry video too - I took it from Hel to Gdynia once.
Kitesurfing!!!!!
It's still not electrified and this diesel locos are still in use with double deckers but only in summer due to larger demand
I like the tune you have in the video. I was wondering if you could tell me who the artist is please?
Good evening buddy from Alan in Lowestoft buddy
I went to HEL on flight 666, but that was a different HEL.
chris rea drove there once. got stuck so long in traffic he was able to write a song about the road to Hel
Beat me to it. I think it was the ring road around London.... maybe M25?
Love your videos! We only went to Cracow though...but after seeing your videos, I can't wait to go again!
Seeing poland's past i think it's a bit disrespectful to still call it cracau after all of those years. Its Cracow in English and Krakòw in Polish
@@user-df3ty8ei2u how saying Kraków in german can be disrespectful? Then I guess everyone from country like Österrreich (Austria) or Deutschland (Germany) for example is disrespecting the city.
@@blocky_8799 Its direspectful because we were talking in English so german has no place here. If anything you can call it the Polish way, but english is just fine in an English conversation, just how german is in a german one. Also do i need to teach you some history aswell?
@@user-df3ty8ei2u great remarks!
@@ipodman1910 thank you.
Hel is an old Polish word meaning an empty or exposed place
And possible protoindoeuropean word hel, empty, dead place , is now hell in English as " place for dead". .
and also a chemical element He... 👍
Thanks Scott
Last time I tried to go to Hel was 1974 and it was blocked off by the military half way down the spit. Finally got to take a look. Many steam trains in Gdynia in those days but you could be arrested for espionage if you tried to take a photo.
Not now, the punishments for taking pics of that ended with communism, and yes when you tried to go to the hel in 1974 and you couldn't it was because back then it was huge military place, now its not anymore, its open to everyone
Damn that was long ago
Those were the days.
@@xxxxxx-ze3vr okay so in April I could go there?
@@susannabonke8552 why not? haha just check and book a place in the hotel and welcome to the Hel city ;)
Should‘ve gone there in the summer season. At that time there is a train which is made up of a good old diesel loco and a few of one of the last East German double decker cars in Poland, it is called Tur, usually bearing the numer 55314/5 and it starts in Chojnice, which means you could ride it directly from Gdańsk Główny to Hel. Then there are also the fast, long distance Intercity trains, so a lot more to choose from
Thanks for the invite along Scott. G I'm glad that's not a home with the bedroom at the top. I must ask my other half if she would like to go to Hel. If she says no, I go alone😉 Things are not always what they seem.
Loved going to Hel and back!BTW,Lech Walesa traces lineage back to a Scottish family named Wallace.
I was there in 1980. The contrast between the water in the Bay of Gdansk and the other side, the Baltic side, was like Hel and Heaven.
Literally, yellow sandy (not rocky) beach and crystal clear, warm water, with little salt.
Thanks, friend, for visiting us.
Fantastic video once again Scott
Yes this is summer destination , the area is quiet when you filming as most of Polish people work don’t wonder around parks 😉
Lovely, can really say after all that heĺ is a place on earth . Very quaint and cosy right now ,mebbe during peak times it heaves and bursts at the seams . Thanks for the ride Scott.
Love the facial expressions 😂😂😂❤❤
Best ever, what a find. Amazing condition. Well done boys. And geordie boy Tony bmw.
Love your videos. I lived in Poland as a British expat for many years, and your Polish stuff brings back many happy memories for me. Keep up the good work!
Expat? You mean immigrant. Or are the boat people trying to reach England also 'expats'.
this flat fish is flounder, cod fillet is much better and available in every good bar
BTW. I sincerely recommend a waffle with whipped cream and strawberries or blueberries on the Polish coast. I do not eat such things but I made an exception to try something traditionally famous for good quality locally and delighted me with the taste
Great video Scott
Brave man going too hel 😀 you do know its a one way ticket you can't return too hell , lovley place
Great video :) Looks like you had a good time :) I must say though, Hel is rammed busy in the summer season, after Sept most of the little towns on the Baltic become almost like ghost towns. So paths will be very well maintained, but empty out of season...Noel Coward said mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun, and its the same sort of thing on the Polish coast....not many Poles venture up there outside of the Summer Seasons unless its for medicinal purposes rather then holiday. Also the Baltic sea has very strict fishing quotas and laws, so it is VERY hard to find fish to eat that was fished there in the local restaurants. I know the pain, been there and done it. Plus the stuff is for some unknown reason priced per 100g rather then priced per piece of fish. Looking forward to the next video :)
Scott, as a Scot, I just knew you were going to salute 3 of your homelands favorite son's, Bon Scott & Angus & Malcolm Young.
She told me to go to Hell,
Shot down in flames !! 👿⚡🤘
I am living in Poland for many years but I have never seen that place. After your advise I see that I have to.
As always great adventure Happy Halloween 👻👻👻👻
Greetings from Poland, sir! I am glad you enjoyed your trip. Just a few weeks ago I walked to Hel on foot from Puck, the peninsula is great for long-distance walks.
The pint 🍺 looked good 🌟
Nice.
Thank You.
That fish and beer looked liked the best part of Hel :)
Such places on the coast are best visited in summer, not in autumn or winter. Now all the attractions are closed unless someone simply wants to get away from the city and have peace and quiet and breathe the fresh sea air. I don't understand why this man travels around Poland when he doesn't know anything and then complains. I saw a video of English people who also went to Hel in autumn and had a great time, they made nice videos.
£1.27 for a fish is a bargain.
@@serevinvukele8046 thats probably it was 80% bones like he said ^^
@@serevinvukele8046 hello 1,27 for 100 g he didn't say
Thank you Scott. I had a Heluva good time going to Hel with you. Out of the hustle and bustle at the end of a sandy spit jutting out from
Poland into the Baltic Sea. The pace of life there was so obviously more conducive to relaxation. And, you seemed more relaxed as you
strolled through the sand there too. I simply love quiet little nooks off the beaten track. With my wife, sister, and brother-in-law, when we
got lost driving around Scotland due to a faulty sat-nav in our hire car, it resulted in a bonus for us. Scotland is full of cozy little nooks
off the beaten track. May they never get gobbled up by developers chasing big bucks from big spenders sucking cigars and gin.
Hel, Sopot, Gdańsk or Gdynia in autumn are sad, not encouraging. But the period of July and August is completely different. Charm of Polish weather. Full of people and lots of open seasonal shops and stalls that add charm in the summer and concerts every bit, people also playing in the street. I recommend Polish summer.
Good morning
Bus line 666 runs from Hel to Karwia only during the summer holidays.
Kind regards from Dublin.
P.S. Until the age of 38, I lived in Gdynia and Rumia, the cities through which you were going to Hel.
You should totally do a Patreon/Kofi. You're one of my favourite you tubers and I think you'd get a decent following on it.
I really enjoy your videos, it is nice to see places I have never been to. I would love to see Scotland but having osteoarthritis and spondylitis I do not think that will ever be possible. I if someone told me that one of the places to see in Scotland is Dull it would not put me off.
Nice video Scott as always with a slight of humor. very curious to the ferry-video.
For us Dutch people Hel is real hel as we spell it like hel🤣🤣
This is first negative exp.among many good one,food is fantastic,what unfortunate experience,feel sorry for you.😊
@@andrewfabia4638 Andrew,
I do not understand your reaction, mine was absolute not negative at all
@@peterhonig4954 I am very sorry ,I misanderstood .
@@andrewfabia4638 No problem, thanks fot the correction.
In fact the origin of the name is suppoused to come from Dutch and that from earlier germanic influences hel root to call a peninsula in Slavic language (today’s city Elbląg was supposedly called Helbląg). Also the name hel in Polish is the name for helium which has a greek origin.
Gdansk is amazing. Just been. Loved Sopot. Westerplatte etc. I need to go back and go here to
Love the title!!!!
I loved the place so much it was so beautiful and clean.
Thanks for the video. I think I will give Hel a miss. I saw some remnants of gun emplacements. Were these a relic of WW2?
Yes
13:09 the "good ryba" was the best
There IS a 666 bus service. Actually at 8:08 is where I found them parked up, by the warehouses. You missed a trick by not going to Sopot which is the middle town of the Tri-city area. Plenty of places to eat, a nice beach and brilliant train access to Gdynia and Gdansk.
Welcome to city Kielce :)
13:08 Smaczna ryba ? GOOD RYBA ? 😂😂😂
Good one, Scott. Thanks for going there, now we don't have to. Cheers.
I love this place, like to go there on vacation
Hel may be aptly named. Maybe it’s more appealing during sunny weather.
Looked fine to me quiet and on a nice stretch of not a rip off tourist trap full of lemmings.
Półwysep a właściwie mierzeja helska jest bardziej atrakcyjna jesienią jeśli podróż odbywamy rowerem a nie pociągiem;)
Urokliwa ścieżka rowerowa prowadzi aż do Sopotu.
I believe you're the only person that took InterCity train between Gdynia and Gdańsk, most of us would probably use SKM or Regional one, also nice to see someone from different country on railway that I see every day
I do that too and it's cheaper if you only take it occasionally
@@crazyjerz8689 It is cheaper however there's a bigger risk of delay, I wish there were more PolRegio trains going through whole Tricity and further to Słupsk
Well done chap, Poland is a unusual tourist destination for most Brits. Can't say you have sold it to me but nice to see somewhere other than the usual suspects.👍
Mate, given the crowds of drunk Brits on the Main Market Square of Kraków I remember from before the Brexit i have to say I'm genuinely surprised by this statement :D
@@zegarp I didn't say Brits never visit Poland as a tourist destination, just that it is not a usual one. My boss (a Brit) sometimes has a holiday in Poland but he is married to a Polish woman. I'm sure Poland has some really nice places to visit, just not sure Hel is one of them!
Hej Scott, I get such a kick from your vlogs of Poland. I've been living here for 15 years. So funny to see some of your misadventures. A few tips... everything in Poland ends up in a surprise. It seems the national motto is nie dziala (knee jawa) once you accept that it's all good. It means... it doesn't work. Looking forward to more vlogs. If your in Zywiec we should meet up I've got stories to tell. :)
I have been considering Hel, from Google Earth it looks amazing
Have you been to Hell in Norway? not far from Trondheim.
Offseason is actually the best time to visit Hel, but I would strongly recommend doing it by bike (there is a route going from Gdańsk, around 110 km one way), but the views are beautiful and you can start from Władysławowo so it shouldn't be more than 30 km one way). The route goes on the inside side, however there are also great views on the other side. It's quite magical to see the beach that is empty up to the horizon line, which is very common to see, but of course not in the actual Hel, because in my opinion the peninsula is the best thing to discover, not the actual Hel city
Jurata is nice. 👍
there is also hell in norway and usa
I laughed at the waitress asking "Good ryba?".
Great content. Btw is yours scotish accent? Luv it.
Have you visit sealarium on Hel? Place with seals?
Only in Poland, you can go to Hel and back!!😀
I remember long ago when I was in the army, we had a topographic map of this area.
Good ryba ?? od razu radośniej mi ....... 🙃😁😛
You waited for train 90305 2:09 and what arrived 2:18 was 96305 - a TOTALLY diferent one, how could you miss that :)))
I'm sorry for this situation. But you had to look at the ARRIVALS board. You would not go far, you would return to the airport in Gańsk. What exists today is New Hel. As a result of the disaster, StaryHel was almost completely absorbed by the Baltic Sea. It was a large port settlement, even at that time larger than Gdańsk. The tourist season is June, July and August. It's crowded there then. You must have been to Hel either before or after the tourist season
Turbot is 40 EUR per kg in Norway... that was an awesome price!
I had a Turbot in the Isle of Man, It wasn't like your,s Scott. It was pan fried in butter. Soft, plump and tasty.
I’m pretty sure there is a handcart service from the station to the town centre. It’s the only way to travel. 😂
I've taken trains from Gdynia to Hel many tames. That service is always confusing and unreliable. And also - it's heavily overcrowded in the summer - practically all the villages and towns along the line are very popular holiday destinations.
Hi, do you know Charlie Veitch from Manchester?
Soo many hilarious words here. What the hel..
At least Chris Rea was right, "this is the road to Hel(l)"
My friend died in Hel at the waves of the Baltic see on August 12th, in 2010.
Good Ryba would be a cool restaurant name
Wrong board informations are common in Poland
Last time in Wrocław - they display information on board for destination i was going, but instead they sent train terminating there.
Unhappy train crew has not easy task to get rid off train passengers from train, because peple trying to enter from crowded platform.
And usually with few trains per day - missing one can be painfull.
Plus Your ticket may be not valid for other train company. Or when train leave station outside "time window" for short journeys.
I got on wrong train in Prague and ended up in some suburb... Was typical suburb as any country, bit rough but people were good and got a cheap pint...
I like you say what you really think. Many youtubers praise everything while they visit Poland to get more polish likes 😅
You can go to Hel by bus , line ...666 ( From Gdynia to Hel)