Arrival day: June 10 (Sunday);
in exceptional cases it will be possible to arrive on June 9 (Saturday).
Departure day: June 16 (Saturday);
in exceptional cases it will be possible to depart on June 17 (Sunday).
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How to travel to Warsaw:
- Fly to Warsaw. The price of the ticket from the U.S. during the summer:
if you look around a little bit, then it would be possible to find a ticket
for $1000 - $1200, depending on which city you fly.
It is advisable to buy the ticket at least 6 weeks in advance.
From cities in Europe, there are many air connections to Warsaw by regular
airlines or "cheap airlines" and, if you are lucky, you can buy the ticket
for few euros, usually well in advance.
- Fly to Berlin, then take a train to Warsaw;
(train Berlin - Warsaw;
takes about 6 hours)
- By train from many European cities.
For possible train connections, you can look at the official web pages of
Polish Railways
or
German Railways.
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After arrival to Warsaw
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Travel by car
If you travel by car, you can plan your route using
Map of Poland , where you can get
more or less detailed maps of regions of Poland (choosing an option zbliz - oddal
in the upper-right-hand corner).
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Visa requirements
Information whether you need visa to Poland or not can be found
on the official web page of the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs .
If you need a visa, then please find the closest Polish embassy or
consulate in
Polish Missions Abroad , where you can apply for visa
either personally or by mail.
Of course, citizens of European Union do not need visa to enter Poland,
however should have "... a valid travel document or another document certifying
his/her identity and citizenship."
More precisely you can read on
Advisory for citizens of the EU countries traveling to Poland.
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Currency information
In Poland you should pay either using Polish currency (zloty = PLN) or credit cards.
You can exchange euros or dollars at the airport or train station, but the exchange
rate at these places could be pretty bad, up to 20% lower than the current average (sell/buy)
exchange rate.
The closest exchange rate to the average can be obtained converting foreign currency
in Polish banks or taking PLN at ATM machines from your account or credit cards.
Also at places called kantor (but not located in train stations or airports)
a not bad rate can be obtained.
The (average) exchange rate usually is: 1$ ~ 2.8 - 3.2 PLN; 1€ ~ 3.7 - 4.0 PLN.
Current exchange rate can be found in
Polish National Bank .
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Weather in Poland
In the second half of June, usually the weather in Poland is pleasant
with high temperature during the day around 25C (~80F) and low in the night
around 15C (~60F).
Occasionally can be showers and thunderstorms.
The current weather in the Warsaw; area can be found on
Yahoo weather web page
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