How to get there
3rd GIONET Summer School is held at the Institute of Geodesy and Cartography (IGiK) in Warsaw.
The address: 27 Modzelewskiego St, 02-679, Warsaw (marked on the map below).
All of you will be staying at Belwederski Hotel (11 Sulkiewicza St., 00-758, Warsaw) LINK
FLIGHTS:
flights to Warsaw arrive at the Chopin Airport, located in the southern part of the city.
PUBLIC TRANSPORT FROM THE CHOPIN AIRPORT TO BELWEDERSKI HOTEL: LINK
For public transport (bus/tram/metro) you should buy the ticket in advance in one of the airport newspaper kiosks or in a vending machine located at the airport (SEE LINK).
Full ticket price-list is available LINK. We recommend you to buy 3-day pass (Standard price, Zone 1) - 30,00 PLN. The tickets become valid when are punched in a yellow box located inside the bus/tram.
Info from Belwederski Hotel website:
From Warsaw Chopin Airport: get on a Route 188 bus, get off at “Metro Politechnika” bus stop, take a Route 131 bus to get off at “Spacerowa” bus stop, and walk towards Belweder along Belwederska Street.
HOW TO GET FROM BELWEDERSKI HOTEL
TO INSTITUTE OF GEODESY AND CARTOGRAPHY
Walk from Hotel to bus stop SPACEROWA 04
Take bus 167 direction CHOMICZÓWKA (końcowy). Other possible bus 119, 168.
Get off at METRO POLE MOKOTOWSKIE 02 (3. stop)
Take bus 174 direction Boserska and get off at SMOLUCHOWSKIEGO 01 (9. stop)
Walk about 3 min (110 m in a straight line in the direction of travel)
USEFULS LINKS:
WARSZAWA.JAKDOJADE (ENG.HOW TO GET THERE) is very useful webiste to find connections with public transport entering start point and destination. LINK
PUBLIC TRANSPORT STEP BY STEP LINK
Very useful guide about:
- how to ride the bus/tram/metro
- how to buy and validate ticket,
PUBLIC TRANSPORT FROM THE CHOPIN AIRPORT LINK
Please mind your personal belongings at bus no.175 - the airport-city center line due to reported pickpockets.
SURVIVAL POLISH LINK
Useful for everyone who is in Poland for the very first time.
To learn some basic polish words. (thanks to Shailesh)
OFFLINE APPLICATIONS
http://www.use-it-warsaw.pl/
both for iphone and android. it has nice offline maps of warsaw with major attraction mapped.
Also majority of Metro stations are mapped as well. (thanks to Shailesh)
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