🍽️ Where to Eat Without Overpaying
Want to dine out in Gdańsk without blowing your budget? These 3 free apps will help you enjoy great food — with up to 70% off.

✅ Finebite app for restaurant
App store or Google Play
Up to 50% off at selected restaurants when you book a table through the app and order glass or bottle of wine.
Tip: Offers refresh daily at midnight — grab them early!

✅ Foodsi app (Polish app, easy to use even without Polish) take away
App store or Google Play
Restaurants, bakeries and cafes sell their unsold items for up to 70% off near closing time.
🥐 Great for breakfasts, pastries, and even sushi or salads from trendy places.

✅ Too Good To Go app take away
App store or Google Play
Similar idea: get a “magic bag” of food from good spots that would otherwise go to waste — for just a few euros.
🍕 Eco-friendly and budget-friendly.

🚤 Free River Cruise + Dinner? Yes, in Gdańsk!
Want to enjoy a sunset cruise through Gdańsk’s canals — without paying extra for the boat or standing in line for a trendy restaurant?
Here’s the insider tip 👇
🍽️ River cruise by Caleb I Wino restaurant lets you skip the queue, reserve a seat on a moving boat, and enjoy dinner right on the water — for the price of your meal only.
✅ How it works:

1. Go to 👉 rivercruisegdansk.com
2. Choose the floating restaurant cruise (Rejs restauracyjny)
3. Pick your date & time
4. Preorder your dinner (they offer full meals, drinks, and even desserts)
5. Show up at the dock and enjoy a relaxing dinner cruise — no extra cruise ticket needed!

🎁 What you save:

• 🚫 No separate cruise ticket (normally 40–60 PLN, 10-15 eur)
• 🚫 No waiting in line at the restaurant
• 💰 Pay only for food (which you would anyway!)
• 🌅 Bonus: Amazing sunset views & canal breeze

🧭 Insider tip:

• Book 1–2 days ahead — spots sell out fast in summer
• The food comes from one of the top-rated restaurants in Gdańsk — and yes, you can order craft beer too 🍺
• Best time: around 7–8 PM, golden hour ✨

✨ Favorite Spots in Gdańsk & Tricity – save this! ✨
These are my go‑to places — tried & loved, often visited. Bookmark this if you’re in Gdańsk or nearby 😊
All the place you'll find at this map - https://maps.app.goo.gl/SwX13ya449Hyvmey7

🍳 Tasty Stylish Breakfasts

• mimosa.gdansk 💔
• niemiesny_miesny
• pobitegary.wrzeszcz — Pobite Gary, Gdańsk Wrzeszcz
• lakahappybar
• bistro oliwa — A charming bistro with a leafy terrace, perfect for slow lunches and wine in the sun. Seasonal menu, relaxed vibe, and a touch of French flair in the heart of Oliwa.
• flowcafegdynia — FLOW Cafe, Gdynia
• calygawel — Cały Gaweł Cantine Bar Cafe, Sopot

☕ Cozy Cafés with Great Coffee
drukarniacafe — Drukarnia cafe is by far my favorite spot in all of Gdańsk! The old printing house turned craft coffee bar is located right on one of Gdańsk most picturesque streets, the Ulica Mariacka. They serve coffee as it should be and whip up some pretty good breakfasts too. I love the atmosphere of the hip, industrial setting. If my heart wasn’t so eager to try all of Gdańsk places-to-be, I would have gone back every day!
ratuszowa.caffe.cocktails — hidden gem in the heart of Old Town Gdańsk. Located inside the historic Town Hall courtyard under a glass roof, offering great coffee, pastries, and cocktails in a calm, elegant ambiance. Perfect for a relaxed break off Długa Street. Highly rated (4.8/5) with excellent service.
laba.gdansk — floral café and coffee in Garnizon, perfect light & ambiance.

💻 Café–Coworking Vibes

• Plenum space — creative event venue with café & coworking energy (at their instagram you can find interesting activities)
• Kompozyt cafe — art‑coffee blend at the shipyard museum area
• Kolonia Artystow — Kolonia Artystów — café-gallery-event space in Dolne
• Sztuka Wyboru — bookshop-café-gallery with wine & live events

🌇 Best Rooftops & Views in Gdańsk

• Hilton Gdańsk Rooftop Bar — river & Old Town view
• Olivia Star Observation Deck — highest view in the city (32nd floor) + Michelin restaurant ARCO at 33 floor
• High 5 Terrace, Radisson Blu Sopot — seaside sunsets
• PURO Hotel Gdańsk Rooftop — cozy rooftop with canal view
• Nikka Restaurant — chill vibe, right above the river
• Sassy Gdańsk — stylish rooftop & DJ parties, cocktail bar&club
• Sky Bar Galeria Metropolia — local favorite, hidden rooftop in Wrzeszcz with relaxed vibe & skyline view

Other ways to see Gdańsk from above
🚢 Crane M3 – Stocznia’s industrial lookout
Climb 30 meters up this iconic shipyard crane for sweeping views of the Baltic, the historic Gdańsk skyline, and the docks below. Best visited at sunset for the perfect photo and a taste of the city’s industrial soul.

🌇 Best green zone at the city center
The coziest green area in the city center. Under the trees, you’ll find sun loungers belonging to various cafés and restaurants — just pick the one you like and relax in their zone.

🤝 Where to meet locals
Looking to meet open-minded locals and expats in Gdańsk?
Timeleft is a social app that organizes group dinners with strangers — like speed-friending, but over real food.
📍 Every Wednesday evening in Gdańsk
You join via the app, get matched with 5–6 people, and meet at a local restaurant. No small talk, just real connection. (English-friendly & solo-traveler approved)
App store or Google Play


🎭 Summer Events & Outdoor Films
🎬 Kino na Szekspirowskim — Rooftop Open-Air Cinema
Watch cinema under the stars on top of the city
Every Friday and Saturday this summer, the Gdańsk Shakespeare Theatre hosts rooftop film nights with festival-quality European movies. Films begin at 21:30 and are shown in original language with Polish subtitles. Tickets: 20 PLN

🎬 Orłowo Summer Cinema — Gdynia, Beachside Screenings
From late June to mid-August, the elegant Orłowo Beach transforms into an open-air cinema on the sand. Films include Cannes, Berlin and Venice winners—shown in original language with Polish subtitles. Screenings usually take place in the evening at around 9:30 PM on Mondays and select Tuesdays. Tickets must be booked online or on-site shortly before the show.

🎬 Summer Cinema at Sopot Pier (1 Jul – 31 Aug, daily after sunset)
Experience cinema under the stars on Europe’s longest wooden pier. All screenings are free — just pay the pier entrance (10 PLN). Films start at 22:00 in July and 21:30 in August, with themed evenings: family movies, Oscar winners, Polish cinema, inspirational titles and more.

🇬🇧 For more local events in Gdańsk, Sopot & Gdynia
Check the website 👉 trojmiasto.pl
It’s the go-to calendar for concerts, festivals, markets, workshops, cinema nights and more across the Tricity.

Free walking tour in the center of Gdańsk

That’s it — a local’s take on how to enjoy Gdańsk smart, slow and with soul.
You’ve got the hacks, the rooftops, the deals, the hidden gems.
Use the map, try what feels good, skip what doesn’t — this is your trip.
And hey, if this guide helped you save money or discover something special — I’d love to hear about it.
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