abstract: The Gross-Pitaevskii equation exhibits a large variety of regimes and special solutions. In this talk, I will focus first on the existence and properties of traveling wave solutions in dimensions 1,2 and 3 (this part of the talk is based on recent joint work with Philippe Gravejat and Jean-Claude Saut). I will stress in particular the transsonic KP-I limit for small energy traveling waves in dimension 2. In a seconf part, I will discuss another, though related regime, which, from a certain point of view, might be considered as a long wave length limit of the problem (this part is based on a joint ongoing work with Raphaël Danchin and Didier Smets).