Official Warsaw Web Portal - http://warsawtour.pl/en/main-page-2/

OTHER USEFUL INFORMATION

• Local time: GMT + 1h
• Currency: PLN (Polish Zloty). Exchange rate:

       1 USD= 3,35 PLN (January 2018)

       1,00 € = 4,15 PLN (January 2018)

• Average temperature in June is 16°C. To check the current weather condition in Warsaw, please refer to: http://www.weathercity.com/pl/warsaw/#.

• Electricity: 230 volts
• The majority of credit cards are accepted

• Information about travel documents for non-EU nationals visiting Poland: https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/travel/entry-exit/non-eu-nationals/index_en.htm

• Shopping centres: In the city center you will find two big malls: Arkadia and Złote Tarasy.

USEFUL TELEPHONE NUMBERS:

- Police 997, 022 669 99 97, from a mobile phone: 112
- Ambulance 999
- Fire Brigade 998
- City Guard 986

Warsaw’s municipal transport consists of trams, city buses, suburban buses and the underground (metro). For more information please visit:  http://warsawtour.pl/en/getting-around/

To check the current prices of tickets of municipal transport in Warsaw, please refer to: http://www.ztm.waw.pl/index.php?c=110&l=2.

In Warsaw
- Taxis in Warsaw can be booked by telephone or hailed on the street. Further details

Chopin Airport

Most of aircraft heading to Warsaw land at the Chopin Airport (www.lotnisko-chopina.pl) about 10 km from the city centre.
Important telephone numbers:
• Information on arrivals and departures +48 22 650 42 20 (24/7)
• Information of LOT Polish Airlines +48 22 577 77 55, www.lot.com 
• Information about Customs at the airport +48 22 650 28 73

To reach the city centre you can use public transportation:
- Bus number 175 runs to the centre and around the Old Town (Stare Miasto)
- Bus numbers 148 and 188 run to the 'other' side of the river, to Praga, Grochów and Gocław
- Night bus number N32 runs to the city centre
- by train - more information
Transport tickets are needed to use all lines.

In front of the Terminal is a taxi stop, with selected and reliable taxi companies: Ele Taxi, Sawa Taxi, Super Taxi.
Avoid people in the arrivals hall who encourage you to use some random form of 'taxi' transportation. They often do not have a license to carry people in their cars, and their fees are several times higher than a registered and legal corporate taxi.
There is a multilevel car park at the airport where you can leave your car for several hours or several days.


Warsaw Modlin Airport
The Warsaw Modlin Airport (modlinairport.pl) is located around 35 km north-west from the city centre. Most of the flights handled by Warsaw Modlin Airport are operated by charter airline companies and Ryanair airlines.The airport offers international connections on short- and medium-haul routes. Flight take place 24 hours a day.

Important telephone numbers:
• The airport information: +48 801 80 18 80, +48 22 315 18 80 (for mobile phones and connections from abroad)

Access to the city from the airport:

• By train:
Departures of Koleje Mazowieckie trains take place from Modlin railway station. In order to get there you can use a special airport bus which leaves from the airport terminal at times coordinated with KM trains timetable. Special airport ticket at the price of 19 zlotys can be purchased in the airport hall.
Estimated time of the journey: 1 hour 15 minutes

• By bus:
OKbus
Departures of OKbus take place 24 hours a day at times coordinated with the schedule of flights. The line offers direct connection with the centre of Warsaw with a bus stopping in front of the main entrance to the Palace of Culture and Science (Marszałkowska street) between Centrum metro station and Świętokrzyska metro station. The tickets are available in the arrivals hall, in the bus (payment in foreign currency, by cash or by card is accepted), at the point of sale in the Palace of Culture and Science and online at www.okbus.pl. For more information call +48 22 290 50 90 or email: info@modlinbus.pl.

Estimated time of the journey: 45 minutes.

Modlinbus

Departures of  Modlinbus take place 24 hours a day at times coordinated with the schedule of flights. The bus stops in Warsaw are in the car park in front of the Palace of Culture and Science (Marszałkowska street). The tickets are available in the arrivals hall, in the bus (payment in foreign currency, by cash or by card is accepted), at the point of sale in the Palace of Culture and Science and online at www.modlinbus.pl. For more information call +48 22 290 50 90 or email: info@modlinbus.pl.

Estimated time of the journey: 45 minutes. 

• By taxi:
The airport recommends the services provided by the two taxi companies Sawa taxi and Taxi Modlin. The costs of the transfer to the centre of Warsaw range from 100 to 200 zlotys (depending on a district.)

CAUTION ! Avoid people in the arrivals hall who encourage you to use some random form of 'taxi' transportation. They often do not have a license to carry people in their cars, and their fees are several times higher than a registered and legal corporate taxi.

The information comes mainly from the official tourist portal of the Capital City of Warsaw