Travel Information
Important Visa and Travel information
Click on below links to find out if you require a Visa to enter Poland and to apply.
Visa Information
If you would like to request a Visa Invitation Letter for your trip to Warsaw, please indicate this when you register for the meeting on the online registration form. Near the end of the online registration form there is an option to request a Visa Invitation letter to be created and sent to you.
Poland’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Visitors entering Warsaw, Poland are bounded by the Schengen Agreement, in which Poland is a part of. For citizens coming from Schengen-member countries, no visa is required to enter Warsaw, but national ID must be ready to show at all times. Three months (90 days) is the allowable stay for tourists only.
Useful Tips
Here are some useful tips and information about Warsaw and getting there
Power sockets and Plugs
Voltage: 220V
Frequency: 50Hz
Sockets: Type E
Currency
Zloty (PLN)
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Expected Weather
In Warsaw the month of May experiences daily highs of 19°C and a low of approximately to 9°C.
Getting to Warsaw
The easiest way to get to the capital of Poland is, of course, by plane. The international Warsaw Chopin Airport is located around 10 kilometres from the city centre. It is served by five bus lines, two of which reach the city centre directly – 175 and night bus N32. A railway connection with Chopin Airport is also available. If you decide to take a taxi, for safety reasons it is advised to use the licensed taxi services offered at Chopin airport. A fare to the centre should be around PLN 35-40. There are direct flights to Warsaw from most European destinations, as well as major US cities and other long-distance destinations like Dubai, where Emirates Airlines fly once a day. A smaller airport servicing only budget airlines is situated in Modlin, 35 km from Warsaw, where the easiest way to get to the centre is to take a bus – ModlinBus. The trip takes around 40 minutes.
Warsaw is also well connected by rail to other European cities. There are three train stations in Warsaw that provide international and domestic train services: Warszawa Centralna (Central Warsaw) – situated in the city centre and well connected to public transportation network; Warszawa Zachodnia (West Warsaw) which is set next to the international bus terminal; and Warszawa Wschodnia (East Warsaw) located on the east bank of the Vistula River (Praga).
Situated in the heart of Europe, Warsaw is also easily accessible by road. The main access roads to the Polish capital are sections of three principal European routes: route E77 – north-south European route running through Central Europe; from the south-east: route E67 – a north-south European route connecting Central Europe with Scandinavia; and from the west: motorway A2, route E30 – an East-west European route.
Warsaw
Taste of Warsaw
Palace of Culture and Science
Palace of Culture and Science, is a notable high-rise building in central Warsaw, Poland. With a total height of 237 metres it is the tallest building in Poland, the 6th-tallest building in the European Union and one of the tallest on the European continent.
Chopin monument in the Royal Łazienki Park
Łazienki Park or Royal Baths Park is the largest park in Warsaw, Poland, occupying 76 hectares of the city center. The park-and-palace complex lies in Warsaw's central district on Ujazdów Avenue, which is part of the Royal Route linking the Royal Castle with Wilanów Palace to the south.
King Jan III’s palace at Wilanow
The Museum of King John III's Palace at Wilanów is a museum in Warsaw, Poland considered to be one of the oldest in the country and the repository of the country's royal and artistic heritage.
Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle
Space with permanent collection & temporary exhibitions, plus workshops, live performances & films.
Warsaw Tourist Office
Grzybowski Square
Grzybowski Square is a triangular square in the Śródmieście district of Warsaw, Poland, between Twarda, Bagno, Grzybowska and Królewska streets.
Warsaw Barbican
The Warsaw Barbican is a barbican in Warsaw, Poland, and one of few remaining relics of the complex network of historic fortifications that once encircled Warsaw. Located between the Old and New Towns, it is a major tourist attraction.