Important adresses:

Consulate of Great Britain

Consular Agent – Marek Grzegorzewicz
Olawska St. 2
50-123 Wroclaw
tel. /fax (+48 71) 344-89-61

Embassy of Ireland

ul. Mysia 5
00-496 Warszawa
Tel: (48 22) 849 66 33
Fax: (48 22) 849 84 31
E-mail: ambasada@irlandia.pl

Important phone numbers:

COUNTRY EXIT CODE 0048 + CITY AREA CODE( 71 for Wroclaw) + NUMBER. If you dial within Poland it's 071 for Wroclaw.

Exchange rate:

Cheap Flights

Wroclaw International Airport is located 15 miles from the city center. Now many low-cost airlines fly into Wroclaw directly. Don't pay high commissions to any travel agencies to book your flight. You can easily do it by yourself and save a lot of money. Flight time – approximately 2 hours 30 minutes.

Here are the best flight connections:

UK:

• Bristol (BRS) with: Ryanair
• Doncaster/Sheffield (DSA) with: WizzAir
• Glasgow Prestwick (PIK) with: Ryanair
• Liverpool (LPL) with: Ryanair
• London Gatwick (LGW) with: CentralWings
• London Luton (LTN) with: WizzAir (soon)
• London Stansted (STN) with: Ryanair
• Nottingham – East Midlands (EMA) with: Ryanair

Ireland:

• Cork (ORK) with: CentralWings
• Dublin (DUB) with: Ryanair – CentralWings
• Shannon (SNN) with: Ryanair

Time Zone

Central Europe/GMT + 1 hour

Custom Regulation

A person over 18 is allowed to take from Poland:

• 1 liter of spirits
• 2 liters of wine
• 5 liters of beer
• 250 cigarettes or 50 cigars or 250g of tobacco

Polish Holidays

National Holidays:

• May 1 – National Holiday – Labor Day
• May 3 – National Holiday – Constitution Day (the anniversary of Polish Constitution proclamation – 1791)
• November 11 – National Holiday of Independence – The anniversary of regaining independence by Poland – 1918 after 123 years.

Other Bank Holidays:

• January 1 – New Year's Day
• No fixed dates: Easter Sunday and Monday
• No fixed date: Corpus Christi
• August 14 – The Virgin Mary Assumption
• November 1 – All Saints' Day
• December 25, 26 – Christmas

Smoking / No smoking

In most of the restaurants in Poland there is smoking and non smoking area. Smoking is allowed in most of the pubs and clubs. During the night, when the shops are closed you can buy cigarettes in at the bar in pubs and clubs (the average price – 1,50GBP per package).

Clubs and Pubs

Wroclaw has nightlife that can suit your needs. Pubs are open form late afternoon till 2/3am, clubs from 9pm till around 5/6am. Most restaurants and good pubs require paid reservation, so booking with us saves you the hassle. Entering to clubs can sometimes be tuff for big groups of guys, unless you go there with one of our guides. We have chosen the clubs for their quality and safety, so you can be sure, we will take you to best places in town.

Dressing Code/Door selection

In Wroclaw – in opposite to Warsaw or Krakow – the dressing code is not strict, but please avoid wearing trainers to the clubs (in some clubs T-shirts are sometimes frowned at too, depends where you go). In most of the places there is a door security, so please keep your voice down while entering. No one expects you to stay sober, but remember – if you are as drunk as the lord, you won't enter the club.

Toilets

For the toilets in Eastern Europe are sometimes confusing for UK tourists, we will clear you out. It's a circle for the ladies and a triangle for the gentlemen.

Tips

The tips are not included in the service in pubs, clubs and restaurants, but they are very welcome and appreciated. Normally a tip is about 10% of the total bill.

Social insurance

If you are entitled to health care under EEA rules on coordination of social security systems, during a temporary stay in Poland you are entitled to receive free health care services from health care providers who have concluded contracts for health services with the National Health Fund (NFZ). Please remember about European Health Insurance Card (EHIC). To receive one contact Department of Health www.dh.gov.uk/travellers. You can apply online and should receive it in a week time.

Weather

Generally, summer is usually warm and the most pleasant time to visit. Spring starts in March with temperatures varying from -1 to +20 °C, until about April or May. July is the hottest month, but the rest of the summer is also quite warm with temperatures from 21 to 32 °C. Initially warm September is the beginning of Poland's autumn. Thereafter, the days become more cold until December, when winter begins and the temperature drops below zero. Winter lasts from December to March and includes shorter or longer period of snow. In the high mountains snow lies till May.

To check the weather in Wroclaw for next couple of days go here.

Some usefull phrases:

Yes = TAK,
No = NEE-AE
Hello / Bye = TCHE-SHTCH
Good = DOBRI
Goodmorning / goodafternoon = JEN-DOBRI
Goodevening = DOBRI-V-YEAH-CHOOR
Please = PROSHEA
Thanks = JENCKY
Thank you = JENCKOO-YEAH
Help = POMOTZI
Sweetheart = KOHANEE-AE
Whore = KOORVA
Rude world = KOORVA
You have beautifull eyes = MUSH P-YEAH-KNEA OTCHI
Have you got any avaible sisters = MUSH YAKYESHVOLNE SYOSTRI
Beer = PEEVO
Cigarrets = PUP-YEAH-ROSI
Wine red / white = VEENO CHERVONE / BYAWE
My name is Peter = NAZIVAM SHEA PYOTRECK
How do you do = YAK SHEA MUSH
I'm having a heart attack = MAM ZAVAW SERTCA
Fuck you = P-YEAH-RDOL SHEA
Are those teeth false = CHI TE ZEWBI SOU SH-TOO-CHNEA
Good work = DOBRA ROBOTA
1 = YEAH-DEN
2 = DVA
3 = TSHI
4 = CHTERI
5 = P-YEAH-CH
6 = SHEA-SHTCH
Wroclaw = VROTCWAV