Getting to and from Warsaw
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Flights and airports in Warsaw
Warsaw Chopin Airport is a relatively large airport located in the city centre of Warsaw, with frequent connections to most major European cities. In addition, the city is has the discount airport, Modlin Airport, which is dominated by Rayanair. Note that Modlin Airport is a little outside the city, but there are fast and cheap train connections (from 40 minutes to an hour to Warsaw city centre) directly from Modlin to the city centre.
If you are creative and thrifty, you can also combine flights to other Polish cities and trains/planes to Warsaw, e.g. from Krakow or Gdansk, where the train journey takes less than 3 hours.
Modlin Airport
Modlin Airport is a discount airport about 40 km from Warsaw city centre with limited supply, but with fast and regular trains to Warsaw city centre.
Chopin Airport
Chopin Airport is about 10 km from the city centre. A taxi to the city centre costs around 50 zlotys on weekdays during daytime. There are also fast and efficient trains several times an hour. Tickets can be purchased from vending machines; a 20-minute ticket for Dworzec Zachodzi, and to be on the safe side, a 90-minute ticket for Centralny or Wschodni. The ticket must be stamped in the stamp machine on the train.
The airport has a good selection of bars, restaurants and shops, so there’s no problem spending an hour or more in the airport while waiting for your flight. There are also a number of executive lounges (free for business class passengers, additional 180 zlotys for monkey class) where you can relax and work. For the thirsty, there are vending machines with water and coffee at about half the price of the shops, and water can be tapped for free by hand or brought in bottles from water dispensers.
Train to Warsaw
If you’re elsewhere in Poland, all roads lead to Warsaw, the central hub. It typically takes no more than 3-4 hours by train to get to Warsaw from other major cities in Poland.
No matter where you’re travelling from, Berlin is a typical place to change trains if you’re heading towards Warsaw. There are 5 direct trains daily between Warsaw and Berlin and the connection takes around 6 hours.
Car in Poland
If you’ve been to Poland “back in the day”, you probably don’t want to drive along the small, potholed and crowded country roads. But – the EU has been here, and since 2004 Poland has built an excellent motorway network.
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