GDANSK: THE RANDOM TRAM GAME - throw the dice and that determines which tram route to explore

[@naruciakk]

As Gdańsk's my home city, it's interesting to watch someone explore the places that are so well-known for me in a random and slightly clueless fashion. And 8 is even the line I use on a regular basis! :D

[@torspedia]

I know what you mean, from when I stumbled across a video of someone exploring one of the main areas of my home town! 🙂

[@PouLS]

Although I don't usually travel on route 8, I travel to Brama Wyżynna, the stop Scott was taking the tram from, everyday.

[@gotohellyoutube]

"Gdańsk's my home city" widać po profilowym.

[@sjkurczak]

Wyobraź sobie, co by było jakby wylosował linię 7. Najpierw zobaczyłby najbrzydszą dzielnicę Gdańska, a potem znalazł by się na totalnym zadupiu bez niczego. Wtedy ten odcinek nie byłby sukcesem

[@kolu2D]

Fun fact i also use the 8 to get to school on a daily basis

[@christinecoates2499]

Poland seems more and more fascinating with every vlog.

[@Marcin-L]

2:18 the Polish child said "ale fajna droga / whan an great road" Love from Poland 🇵🇱

[@jerzyblinowski5177]

"Stogi" is the plural of "stóg", meaning a pile of hay or unthreshed grain (a haystack). Jelitkowo probably from the old knightly coat of arms Jelita (intestines), like Alexandria from Alexander the Great. Jelita, three cross spears in a field of red bears. A family born in Poland. From it, a brave soldier, Florian Szary, in the battle for King Władysław I Łokietek (an elbow - he was low) near Płowce was pierced in the stomach (his intestines came out) when he bravely fought with the Teutonic Knights, and the next day he was lying and healing his wounds when he noticed king him, then he was taken and cured by his order, and then he and his family were given another name, Jelita.

[@poziomkax5985]

Jerzy Blinowski @ you want to say ( I think) king Władysław Łokietek elbow size was short .. not low. Low po ang ...nisko ,ale nie wzrost może być nisko urodzony

[@jerzyblinowski5177]

@@poziomkax5985 Za przekład odpowiada translate.google.com

[@mitiara]

i have to admit, it's so cozy to watch someone exploring the city i've been living my entire life, it just really makes me smile and seeing how big excitement you have for travelling by tram (as well as i dislike it after going by it every day to school) and for visiting the beaches i've been on many times before.. gosh, this video is full of happiness for me, i swear

[@steve-marsh]

Does the Random Tram Game have a patent or can other KZbinrs use it (under license of course)? :D Fantastic mate, this is what travel is all about, thanks for keeping us all entertained :)

[@jeffreystoddard7201]

From Gibraltar to the Baltic (via Montrose, no less) in less than 2 hours. You gents really made my day interesting! Thanks Steve and Scott!

[@steve-marsh]

@@jeffreystoddard7201 Haha cheers mate!

[@carolinegreenwell9086]

that was fun I used to do something similar but with buses - just take the first bus that comes along and ride it to the terminus, fascinating to see the outskirts of a city, not just the tourist centre

[@gabeg5815]

I've done that too!

[@peshelpower]

Those dices were very fortunate for you. It's one of two tram lines that provides you to the beach in whole Poland :)

[@dorithegreat6155]

I like how the supid numbers of Gdańsk's trams are absolutely perfect for this challange. I have some experience with Gdańsk trams and it was not the best of experiences, especially that I didn't plan on using trams at all, so I'm happy to see someone else enjoying it more

[@andrewfothergill3336]

Fantastic and very different type of video. You landed on your feet really well there Scott. P.S: Liked the little touch of the Ukranian flags on the trams on the Network

[@John_259]

If you ever play the random metro line game in one of the huge Chinese cities, be sure to bring disdyakis triacontahedron dice :)

[@hondzyn]

Greetings from Gdańsk! Have a nice day :)

[@janetmackinnon3411]

😀"Random tram "game is an excellent idea!

[@Tobiasz931]

I like your idea and I'm glad you liked Gdańsk! Here's one thing to consider though: When using 2 dice like this, the probability of outcomes is not equal. 2 and 12 are least probable (only one way that could happen), 7 is most probable (six ways that could happen), 6 and 8 are tied for second most probable (five ways that could happen). You could use a single dice and then a coin flip to decide whether to add 6 to the dice.

[@darkec71]

I must say it is a great idea this random tram game of yours. :) I like trams,..., sadly in my country (Slovenia) there are not trams anymore. Trams that operated in Ljubljana were stopped way back (in 1958) and the tram lines were dismantled. There was a tram line also conecting town of Piran with railway station in Portorož but was also removed (together with narrow gauge railway from Trieste to Poreč). Anyway I like your videos and hope one day you will visit Slovenia too. Take care.

[@BarnieCowan]

Thoroughly enjoyed your game! Loved the video especially the wooden “ stones”🇨🇦

[@DaveCroft-w1d]

Absolutely loved this type of video ! You're right - you don't see this on other channels apart from maybe Steve Marsh I can see him and Alicja doing it. Love it.

[@varyar77]

Great video as always. Hope you try the dice experiment again soon!

[@davidjewood]

I travelled by rail around Italy on the toss of a coin. It’s a great way to travel and discover places you’d never visit.

[@stanross]

Grand Video ! Great Idea the Tram Game ! Thank You !

[@alimitchell5346]

Random travel is a game changer! I go random without trying!..or sense of direction 🤣🤣...seen lots of places I never wanted too or planned on... Try three dice and flight numbers!... Came across you randomly, been subscribed since👍

[@QornyIsBack]

Hi, thanks for visiting my city ! That`s funny you`ve been in the places I usually walk everyday ! I hope you`ve like it ! Besides that, i`ve spotted that there are not much English subtitles on our signs etc in the less tourist places. I think we should change that in our cities / country in the next years as we are still developing country but the numbers of foreign tourists are drasctically increasing over the last years.

[@DaveP668]

We did similar in Prague, just picked a tram and went to the end of the line. The bar we found was brilliant and much cheaper than the central area. Spent too long in there, came out to about 2 inches of snow! Didn't affect tram operation in any way.

[@stefanwerdekker]

I really enjoyed this video. Plenty of humor and adventure. Wonderful.

[@kevinellis8869]

Great game, you need a portable random number indicator to cover numbers higher than 12 (or more dice). Could also include buses. Another fascinating video, keep them coming.

[@kafk625]

I love the way you say Jelitkowo :D and it's so cool to see so well known to me places on the YT

[@bobbythomas200420032]

Hi Scott another excellent video and i really enjoyed seeing you going an exploring different places. The random tram game is fun and please keep doing it on your channel.

[@ctyl5686]

Magic Glasgow Dice - you are on to something.. Many thanks for yet another entertaining and informative video.

[@xsylwiaboox]

Wow! I live near to Jelitkowo but nearest to Park Przymorze and... u show my block 10:43 Yay! . Great video from my town.

[@gwenmonty]

That was fun! Cheers from 🇨🇦!

[@DateTwoRelate]

Fun trip. I did the same in Amsterdam years ago and no matter what tram I took or where we ended up, it was magic.

[@paulhoughton5266]

Will certainly play the random game, what a good idea to make you go somewhere you may not have thought of

[@prostakuk]

Sweet kid on the bike at 2:20 something was commenting on how good the pavement quality is, future travel vlogger right there

[@giro5875]

You are a very positive person, I like your videos!

[@marygarner5249]

Made my day love your video's Scott thank you for taking us along

[@kurduar3785]

Great video, i myself live in stogi, glad you liked the beach, keep up great work!

[@lloydstrips7586]

I do enjoy your videos, I just wish they were longer, I'm sure you could fit more in.

[@roytabberer7427]

Loved the video as always and your dice game.

[@mary-janejenkins9560]

Love the random destination fantastic idea such fun ❤❤

[@robert357900]

Not gonna lie, it's interesting game. I'd like to see more!

[@baloobear7838]

Fascinating, Scott. You get to the places other KZbinrs don'y reach.

[@anneadam8322]

Loved it I met you on Friday night it was nice surprise ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@crazyfroggie6546]

Can't help thinking you need to invest in a folding bike to take with you as you seem to do a fair mileage on foot. Great video Scott.

[@dougfurniss734]

I really enjoy your videos, you have a wonderful sense of adventure, keep up the good work

[@thedoczekpl]

You should check out Gdynian trolleybuses too Althrough there aren't many interesting places in Gdynia except beach, forest and city centre which you have already explored But still, there's line 27 which 1. drives through basically whole city, 2. is being operated by articulated trolleybuses, which is cool I still remember times when they were new and suprising here

[@evelevin7667]

Love this idea!!!!

[@johnledingham852]

Well, Scottie, route 8 was a lucky dip situation. You sucked me right in, and I wasn't disappointed. At each end of the tramline was a quite respectable beach environment. My wife likes Nutella, from her early days in Italy. But to have it dripping from your tucker aint my cuppa tea at all. Those Polish crows aren't anything like the crows here in Australia, as you would know. But when I was in Scotland the gulls were massive compared to Aussie gulls. Almost as big as emus mate. Looking forward to more of your Polish capers. Keep it up Scottie!

[@martaszepietowska2960]

This was my route to school for 4 years,I am from Stogi,and now I live in Bedford UK :)

[@cilldublin07]

cant wait to you do a video on the Luas tram in Dublin and the Red Line.

[@Brua58]

I'd be up for watching that too 😊

[@flyingmyles]

You've got to love the flags on the trams ! Wish they had them in the UK. Great game, might have to try that out myself!

[@AC-db4ek]

in the UK would be the rainbow flags.

[@ChrisWar666]

Lmao, great idea and vid; and I agree, many councils around the world could learn from putting more bins around!! You theoritically could do something similar here in Rio, but you'd only need a 1d4, I think theres 3 light rail lines (bus station - ferries/local airport) the centre is much more interesting. I'm not sure about the tram itself, only one line (perhaps a second, longer, route?) up into a hilly, Bohemian area. Metro only has 2 (and an extension to one, which they called number 4?!?!?). There are four train lines, but they all go to the suburbs and sleeper towns. There really is nothing interesting reached by rail, just people's housing! 😑

[@johnpeck4473]

love your video,s great work

[@jarekweckwerth1390]

That was one lucky roll! From beach to beach. Makes you think "from disco to disco" ;)

[@luisstransport]

Great video Scott

[@miloszruczynski1230]

awesome, greetings from Jelitkowo

[@qsilver88mq]

I love random exploring too!!

[@Listenerandlearner870]

Gosh. You do get around. I went to Dresden from southern England in the days when there were helpful people by platform 1 at Victoria BR station from whom one could buy tickets to europe and ask questions. These days I wouldn't even know how to book.

[@Torchy777]

My goodness Scott, your dice game reminds me of The Diceman which was on the Discovery channel late nineties. Great series with just the presenter and a cameraman. Their travels depended entirely on the dice. Brilliant... 😁👍🏻

[@jostep]

Absolutely brilliant!

[@davidoliver1169]

Scott. Really love these videos. Lots of fun.

[@mike_frances]

Loving your travel videos, Scott ! A fascinating insight into various countries and their cultures. Brilliant 👍👍👍

[@katherinetucker4265]

There was a TV programme years ago called The Diceman,. Basically a bloke with a set of dice and a cameraman does all sorts travel wise

[@jonriding332]

Love the dice game! Great vid! 👏👏👌👍

[@gekonz1129]

Hello! Found your channel totalyl by accident and I love the content so far! Been a bit into travelling before Covid struck us, but I suppose your channel is a good way to get back to my plans. Also been to Gdansk, or more specifically - The Tricity as they call it a few times and I pretty much enjoyed it probably as much as you do. Tho I haven't seen those areas which you showed in the video. I honestly love how cruddy looks the sign at 13:49 Looks like it's been standing there for 40+ years and never been renovated since then XD

[@twierchola]

I got this recommended to me. Its fun to see my home city from the perspective of a tourist/traveller It is common in Gdańsk for the tram lines to end near the sea. You need to have in mind the different numered routes are arranged to cover a big area of the city. Since gdańsk is pretty thin and long many of them run on the same route most of the course with minor changes :D

[@przemys4466]

Love your videos!

[@aileenmarzanna]

Had you ended up on tram 10 you could've ended up in my street, and the local supermarket in Galeria Morena sells IRN-BRU

[@elle7193]

Best game ever! Next time I'll be in Gdańsk I'm gonna play it!

[@aupra9010]

Love it! Thank you

[@rafalkaminski6389]

Pebbles of Wood are fantastic :)

[@arctic_haze]

Plaża means beach which would be a giveaway, if you knew this. Also, you were lucky to get a line which goes from a beach to a beach! Well done, sir! 👍

[@KarolOfGutovo]

2 dice still have the problem of strongly favoring numbers closer to the center of the range, especially 7. This is noticable when you make a table of 6x6, with rolls from first die correspinding to rows and the second one - columns. You'll then notice that in the 36 possible combinations si of them are 7, there are five 6s and 8s, and four 5s and 9s and so on, so overall there was a much larger chance to land on 8 than, for example, 12. You can also test it by well, rolling the pair of dice and counting how often the results turn up.

[@gavinbrien9351]

Thanks Scott. Really enjoying your Poland adventure. Makes me want to visit soon.

[@przykran]

Ahh you ended up on the beach to beach line (I kind of wish you ended up on something going through Opera Bałtycka though, I would have loved a reaction to the singing stop announcement 😁)! Stogi is my favourite beach in the city, the sand goes way further than anywhere else, seems so much more spacious. I feel tempted to do this one day and take my sketchbook with me, whichever end of line the dice and trams take me to ;) By the way, your map might have been outdated, they got rid of line 11 quite some time ago and the end stops of some lines change every now and then, especially 8 and 9.

[@briocheoleary5043]

as steve lister comments. i loved: The Diceman. discovery channel. late nineties, early noughties..would love to see more videos using this format.. cooo#l vlog

[@cennethadameveson3715]

Dice role travel sounds fun! May have to number bus and train routes out of Wrexham to match a pair of dice to the routes and then let the chaos ensue!

[@PouLS]

A bit of rolling stock trivia, when you were travelling from Jelitkowo to Stogi you got on a Bombardier NGT6 tram, there are only 3 of those in Gdańsk.

[@WhoElseButMeNumbaOne]

What a lovely video!

[@5tone_10]

I really loved the video, thank you. I like

[@jjk9o9]

that so cool ! i will do something like that in other city's. thanks

[@grash4435]

Going to Jelitkowo pronunciations YELYTKOVO. I grow up in Gdańsk and never question name of the places but now you made me think and oh boy the closer to the nam of yelitkowo in English would be,, intestines,, oh this is terrible 🤣🤣🤣

[@lordwunglerbeckett]

Ah, the ticket machines of Gdańsk. Truly, the bane of public transportation

[@soulaavgeris412]

Another awesome adventure. Keep up the good work. Luv from Melbourne 😊

[@nataliaxyz5102]

Śmiesznie, facet pojechał na dwie najpiękniejsze plaże w Gdańsku i nawet o tym na początku nie wiedział xd

[@ronaldreaganreagan3883]

amazing film!!!

[@marcinklimas2670]

Game is ok. Tray to visit all loops, and tram streets, like a tram geek😄 Gdańsk have a very coll network, Stogi Plaża, Nowy Port, and Jelitkowo loops are the best.

[@izabela1961]

Jelitkowo you should pronounce Ielitkovo. "j" is pronounced like "i". Stogi means "stacks" like haystacks. Probably there were fields some time ago. I don't know how it works in Gdańsk but in Warsaw you can by a tram/bus ticket online, use an app and scan it when you are on the bus. Loved your video as usual!

[@jkardez4794]

Before you set off on this game did you even check whether gambling is kosher in Poland ? Drew a fine number anyways and were rewarded with a route bookended by beaches . Surprised you didn't eat a fishy snack in the circumstances. Another lovely Trip to make your day .

[@mikolajozzz]

It was fun. I live there. ❤

[@gregvideo07]

Excellent video well done ! Looks as if you did plenty of walking !

[@bartoszzrombkowski1389]

Hi scott, living in Scotland but from gdansk, its pronunciated "Leet kovo". Very interesting video

[@Pingijno]

ye leet kovo

[@jarcinmarocki7722]

Fun fact - Stogi is considered one of the most dangerous parts of Gdańsk. I'm from Gdańsk and we used to say Stogi is a separate city, that was run by Tygrys (tiger), an ex-gangster whose gone crazy after his son's death. It's easy to get mugged there due to high drug usage among the youngs who migrate to that part of the city because of lower living cost then center or Przymorze for example.

[@mikeysoft7]

Have you been reading The Dice Man? Great to see the beaches of Poland.

[@koos48]

Just a tidbit: Stogi plaża has a dot on the ż, which is pronounced as zj. Which makes plaża sound like plage, French for beach.

[@Drachselhuberjoschi]

My Grandpa was born in "Danzig" ( WWI) as it was German. Now Living in Wuppertal (you know from Schwebebahn).seems to be very Beautiful in Gdansk🤔

[@peterisgoogling9998]

tram # 1 used to go to Stogi beach from Siedlce...

[@pronto3_]

Please do one in Wrocław, it's known as the tram capital of Poland. There's even a song about them.

[@92matik]

🤣 Przeciez w Warszawie i w GOP jest wiecej

[@pronto3_]

@@92matik No kurwa bez jaj, tylko że Wrocław jest bardziej znany z samych tramwai, a GOP to konurbacja, więc wiadomo że ma więcej km szyn. Tylko że tramwaje w GOP-ie nie są kultowe.

[@tomaszsyrek3728]

KZbin finally recommended me something valuable

[@torspedia]

Might have to do this with the Tube, next time I'm in London.

[@sendraboot77]

i am loving it!