STUDY IN  Poland - getting to Poland

By Air    |    By Land    |    By Sea

National Airline

Polish LOT Airlines LO Website: http://www.lot.com

Other airlines serving Poland include Aeroflot, Air France, Austrian Airlines, British Airways, Easyjet, El Al, Lufthansa, Ryanair, SAS and Swiss.

Approximate flight times

International Airports

Warsaw Chopin Airport WAW Website: http://www.lotnisko-chopina.pl

Warsaw Airport (WAW) is 10km (6 miles) southwest of the city (travel time – 20-40 minutes by bus; 20-30 minutes by taxi). Full duty free facilities are available. Airport facilities include post office, banks and bureaux de change, bars and restaurants, left-luggage facilities, tourist information services and car hire (Avis, Budget, Hertz, National and Thrifty).

Krakow Airport KAK Website: http://www.krakowairport.pl/en/

Kraków Airport (KRK) (Balice John Paul II) is 16km (10 miles) west of the city center. Buses and taxis are available. Airport facilities include bar, bureau de change and car hire (Ann, Avis, Budget, Europcar and Hertz). There are duty free facilities in the departure hall.

Wroclaw Airport WRO Website: http://www.airport.wroclaw.pl

Wroclaw Airport (WRO) (Strachowice) is 8km (5 miles) from the city center. Airport facilities include a bank, duty free shop, post office, restaurants and shops. Buses, taxis and car hire are also available. There is a daily connection to Frankfurt/M and twice weekly (Thurs and Sun) to Düsseldorf. Katowice (KTW) is 34km (21 miles) from the city. There are connections to Copenhagen, Frankfurt/M and Munich daily.

Gdansk Airport GDN Website: http://www.airport.gdansk.pl

Gdansk Airport (GDN) is the most common entry point into northern Poland.

RAIL

Polish State Railways PKP Website: http://www.pkp.pl

Polish State Railways (PKP) operates EuroCity trains between Poland and a number of major European cities. All services from Western Europe to Poland pass through the Czech Republic, Germany or the Slovak Republic. The main routes link Warsaw with Berlin and Cologne, Budapest, Prague and Vienna. There is a car-sleeper service from the Hook of Holland to Poznan/ Warsaw.

ROAD
Poland is best reached from the Czech Republic and Germany or the car-sleeper rail service from the Hook of Holland to Poznan/Warsaw. There are extensive bus and coach services. Eurolines, departing from Victoria Coach Station in London, serves destinations in Poland. For further information contact Eurolines (tel: (08705) 143 219; e-mail: welcome@eurolines.co.uk; website: http://www.eurolines.com).

Pol Ferries operates between Poland and Sweden, Denmark and Finland. For further information, contact the Polish National Tourist Office (see General Info section) or Pol Ferries, ul. Chalubinskiego 8, 00-613, Warsaw (tel: (22) 830 0930; fax: (22) 830 0071; e-mail: info@polferries.pl; website: http://www.polferries.com). Tickets can also be purchased from travel agents or the ferry terminal (tel: (58) 343 1887).