practical information
Poznań is situated in the western part of Poland, on the route from Berlin to Warsaw.
You can easily get here by train, by plane or coach.
By train:
The main train station (Poznań Główny) is situated next to the Poznań International Fair and it is a 10-minute walk to get to Collegium Novum from there. It is
a busy train station which offers frequent connections to all the main cities in Poland as well
as various international connections to cities like Berlin, Frankfurt (Oder), Moscow, Minsk,
Kiev, Cologne, Utrecht or Amsterdam. In order to find your connections, please visit the
website of Polish Railways
By plane:
Poznań Airport (Ławica) is around 8 km from the city centre and is linked with it by the City
Public Transport Company (MPK). To get to the centre, take the 48, 59, L or 242 (night bus)
line. You may also take one of the taxis that are parked in front of the arrival hall.
The
airport offers connections operated by traditional carriers such as LOT, Lufthansa, SAS, British Airways,
or Jet Air, as well as low-cost ones: Ryanair, Aer Lingus and Wizz Air.
The timetable is available on the airport’s website .
In order to book tickets, please visit the website of the respective airline.
By coach:
The PKS bus station is situated near the main train station, on Towarowa Street and opposite Collegium Novum. The
timetable is available here (Polish
version only). The PKS station also serves as an international coach station.
How to get around Poznań
The most convenient way to travel around Poznań is to use the public transport. The maps of connections are available here (schemat sieci) and the timetables can be found here. Day trams and buses operate from 5 am till almost 11 pm. Night lines operate from 11 pm till 5 am. All night buses start their routes every 30 minutes at Rondo Kaponiera which is situated at the junction of Święty Marcin and Roosevelta Street .
Phones:
The international dialling code for Poland is +48, the local code for Poznan is 61. All
European mobile phones will work without any problems.
Coin-operated phone boxes do not exist in Poland anymore; in order to use a public phone,
one needs to buy a telephone card (karta telefoniczna) at the post-office, in any kiosk or
shop (ask at the cash desk).
Money:
The official currency in Poland is the zloty (zł or PLN). Currency exchange bureaus can be easily found in the city centre as well as the shopping centres and hotels. Credit and debit cards are widely accepted; the most popular card systems are Visa, Maestro and MasterCard. In some places it is possible to pay in
euros; however, the change will be given in zł and the exchange rate is not very favourable.
Below is a map on which places important for YLMP2009 participants were marked.
conference venue
YLMP2009 is going to take place at Collegium Biologicum, which is situated at AMU campus in Poznań, in Morasko district (the northern part of the city). The campus offers all the necessary conference facilities (full audio-visual equipment). Two lecture halls as well as a computer room will be at our disposal. AMU Campus is surrounded by attractive green belts and it is within a 10-minute-walk from the Intersport hotel where YLMP participants will be accommodated.
The most convenient way to get to the conference venue from the city centre is by tram (Quick Poznań Tram “PESTKA”: 12, 14, 15, 16) and then by bus (87, 98). Trams 12, 14, 15 leave from Rondo Kaponiera tram stop. Tram 16 leaves from ‘Most Teatralny’ stop (see the map below). You need to change to 98 bus at ‘Os Sobieskiego’ stop, or 87 bus at ‘Kurpińskiego’ stop.
Timetables are available here
From the airport to the centre:
Poznań Airport (Ławica) is around 8 km from the city centre and is linked with it by the City Public Transport Company (MPK). To get to the centre, take the 48, 59, L or 242 (night bus) line. All lines stop at ‘Rondo Kaponiera’ bus stop.
You may also take one of the taxis that are parked in front of the arrival hall.
Should the above information turn out to be indigestible, here is another map:
Additionally, you can also plan your trips around Poznan with the help of this useful application
