# Gdansk to Kaliningrad prep **URL:** \ **Category:** Travel to Russia\ **Created:** [December 3, 2024, 4:38pm UTC](https://forum.russiable.com/t/gdansk-to-kaliningrad-prep/196 "2024-12-03T16:38:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![KO11](https://forum.russiable.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/f4b2a3/32.png) [@KO11](https://forum.russiable.com/u/KO11)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2024, 4:38pm UTC](https://forum.russiable.com/t/gdansk-to-kaliningrad-prep/196/1 "2024-12-03T16:38:24Z")
Hello. I’m preparing to do this bus trip in early January. Can anyone offer insight to the transport options I’ll find when I arrive in Gdansk? Can I find a website for the bus companies? And when I arrive in Kaliningrad finding a decent currency exhange to get a few rubles for a taxi to my hotel? Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![phoebe](https://forum.russiable.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/41988e/32.png) [@phoebe](https://forum.russiable.com/u/phoebe)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2024, 9:21am UTC](https://forum.russiable.com/t/gdansk-to-kaliningrad-prep/196/2 "2024-12-04T09:21:21Z")
@KO11 You can book your ticket here and pay with any international card [https://busfor.pl/buses/Gdansk/Kaliningrad](https://busfor.pl/buses/Gdansk/Kaliningrad) However arrival into Kaliningrad Bus Station you will find no currency options in this area. I would suggest getting a small amount of RUB in Gdansk then change your currency in a bank in the city centre. Ensure you have new dollar bills to transfer. Any further questions let me know as I travel this route monthly. ---
**Author:** ![KO11](https://forum.russiable.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/f4b2a3/32.png) [@KO11](https://forum.russiable.com/u/KO11)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2024, 2:44pm UTC](https://forum.russiable.com/t/gdansk-to-kaliningrad-prep/196/3 "2024-12-04T14:44:14Z")
@phoebe Very good. Thank you. I’ll have a look. You think I can find some RUB in Gdansk? For now I have plenty of clean $50 and $100s but my concern is getting to my hotel from the bus station as I’ve never been to Kaliningrad. And working on a plan for Tinkoff bank card soon after I arrive. ---
**Author:** ![phoebe](https://forum.russiable.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/41988e/32.png) [@phoebe](https://forum.russiable.com/u/phoebe)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2024, 6:31pm UTC](https://forum.russiable.com/t/gdansk-to-kaliningrad-prep/196/4 "2024-12-04T18:31:18Z")
Yes thats potentially a problem as taxi ordered via app and would only take RUB anyway. Lots of places in Central Gdansk to change your dollars to RUB. Ask your hotel would they arrange a taxi pick up then pay them in RUB ---
**Author:** ![KO11](https://forum.russiable.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/f4b2a3/32.png) [@KO11](https://forum.russiable.com/u/KO11)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2024, 5:25am UTC](https://forum.russiable.com/t/gdansk-to-kaliningrad-prep/196/5 "2024-12-05T05:25:31Z")
Great. Thanks for the insight. I’ll make that part of my plan. ---
**Author:** ![KO11](https://forum.russiable.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/f4b2a3/32.png) [@KO11](https://forum.russiable.com/u/KO11)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2025, 5:08pm UTC](https://forum.russiable.com/t/gdansk-to-kaliningrad-prep/196/6 "2025-01-03T17:08:07Z")
@phoebe You were right, plenty of currency exchange options in old town Gdansk for RUB but I sure hope the exchange rate is better inside Russia. ---
**Author:** ![phoebe](https://forum.russiable.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/41988e/32.png) [@phoebe](https://forum.russiable.com/u/phoebe)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2025, 3:47am UTC](https://forum.russiable.com/t/gdansk-to-kaliningrad-prep/196/7 "2025-01-04T03:47:43Z")
I’m afraid not, true dollar price today is around 110 RUB for 1 Dollar, you would be lucky to get 100 RUB from most Russian Banks. ---
**Author:** ![KO11](https://forum.russiable.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/f4b2a3/32.png) [@KO11](https://forum.russiable.com/u/KO11)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2025, 12:46pm UTC](https://forum.russiable.com/t/gdansk-to-kaliningrad-prep/196/8 "2025-01-04T12:46:03Z")
@phoebe I’ll be okay with that. The best I could find in Gdansk was about 80 to 1. Oh well. ---
**Author:** ![phoebe](https://forum.russiable.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/41988e/32.png) [@phoebe](https://forum.russiable.com/u/phoebe)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2025, 11:17am UTC](https://forum.russiable.com/t/gdansk-to-kaliningrad-prep/196/9 "2025-01-05T11:17:49Z")
80??? Omg that’s criminal