PRACTICAL INFORMATION
Hotel | Travel | Money | Electricity | Telephones | Weather
You will be staying at the Hotel 500, which is located in Tarnowo Podgórne, about 20 km west of Poznań, on the E30 route from Berlin. There are regular bus services between Poznań's western district of Ogrody and Tarnowo Podgórne (timetable here - click "rozkład jazdy mapka"). A map showing the location of Tarnowo Podgórne is available here [205 kB]. Conference participants will also be offered additional transportation on the first and last day of the Meeting. Room prices:
single: 220 PLN
double: 250 PLN
VAT and breakfast included. Current exchange rate for the Polish zloty (PLN): see here.
TO AND FROM POZNAN
By Train [By Air]
Poznań is located about half way between Warsaw (320 km) and Berlin (280 km), and there are good, frequent rail connections between those two cities and Poznań.
From Berlin: Example connections on 17 May:
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Departure |
Arrival |
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Berlin Zoo |
12:31 |
15:42 |
Poznań Gł. |
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13:41* |
18:16 |
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16:31 |
19:42 |
*Change at Frankfurt/Oder
From Warsaw: Example connections:
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Departure |
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Arrival |
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Warszawa Centralna |
11:20 |
14:12 |
Poznań Gł. |
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12:20 |
15:58 |
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13:20 |
16:15 |
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14:20 |
17:19 |
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15:20 |
18:07 |
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16:05 |
18:52 |
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16:20 |
19:12 |
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17:20 |
20:20 |
To verify these connections, and to find more, visit the timetable of the Polish Railways, or German Railways.
Poznań's Ławica airport has frequent daily connections with Warsaw (LOT Polish Airlines), as well as flights from Vienna (LOT and Austrian Airlines), Copenhagen (LOT and SAS), Frankfurt/Main and Munich (LOT), and Cologne/Bonn (European Air Express). The timetable is available here. However, please verify with the respective airlines whether the flights are available.
For those not requiring all the frills of a regular airline (or official tickets and invoices), the low-cost carrier Air Polonia offers very affordable prices on connections between London Stansted and both Poznań and Warsaw.
The zloty (abbreviated PLN or zl) is the official currency in Poland. The approximate exchange rate (6 Mar 2004) is 4.7 zloties to a euro (or 3.9 zloties to a US dollar). The latest exchange rates for all major currencies are available here.
Polish sockets are standard European sockets, with a voltage of 230 V. All visitors coming from countries using appliances/plugs that do not work with such sockets/voltages (especially American and British guests) are advised to bring adapters.
All European mobiles will work without problems. Polish operators use both of the two standard European GSM bands, 1800 and 900 MHz.
The international code for Poland is +48, the area code for Poznan is 61.
Polish weather can be quite changeable in May, although traditionally the conference has enjoyed fair, sunny weather with temperatures between 15 and 25 Centigrade during the day. Nights can be cooler. With worse luck, a raincoat and umbrella may find some use. Current forecast available here.