HomeTourist information on Warsaw is available at http://www.um.warszawa.pl and http://www.warsawtour.pl .
Warsaw at Glance
Warsaw, the capital of Poland, a city with a population of nearly 2 million, is the country's largest university and research centre with an enormous and highly skilled workforce. There are also 10,000 to 20,000 western managers, specialists working in the capital, deployed by consulting and development companies recognised world-wide, along with the hundreds of Western businesspeople visiting the city daily. Foreigners working here appreciate good working conditions and a favourable attitude of the people of Warsaw.
We are pleased to invite you to Warsaw, the city that is also attractive in cultural and tourist terms. A number of well-known cultural events of international importance are held here. The extensive repertoire of scores of theatres, numerous concert halls and cinemas will satisfy even the most exacting audience.
Finally, we would like to invite you to Warsaw of numerous historic buildings and reminders of its glorious past, the capital that is changing rapidly from a drab city into a modern metropolis, as young as the people who live here, and becoming more beautiful by the day.
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Practical Information
- Polish currency is Złoty Polski, PLN. Current exchange rates table is available at National Bank of Poland web site. Credit cards are accepted in most stores and restaurants. ATM are widespread (one of them is available at the Conference venue, in the main building of Warsaw University of Technology).
- Buses, trams and one subway line connect every part of the city. Various kinds of tickets are available. The detailed information is available at http://www.ztm.waw.pl.
- The international telephone access code for Poland is +48, and the city/area code for Warsaw is 22 (example, +48222347517 for reaching the Conference Secretariat).
- Poland belongs to the Central European Time Zone (CET), which is 1 hour ahead of the Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Therefore, its time offset is UTC+1 during standard time and UTC+2 during daylight savings time (the latter being the time in use during the conference).
- Warsaw climate is continental humid. Weather in Warsaw in late June and beginning of July is generally clear and hot. Average daylight high: 23° C (73° F). Average daytime low: 13° C (55° F). The temperatures may often reach 30 °C (86 °F) at this time.
- Electricity in Poland is 230V, 50Hz. Electric plugs in use are of the continental European type with two circular metal pins.
