Work & Play in Warsaw?
Filed Under (Poland) by admin on 01-06-2008
Tagged Under : Countries, Currency, England Games, Englishman, Fri, Hotels, Next Morning, Poland, Sterling, Warsaw, World Cup
Dazza London asked:
The whole of the hotels out not too late as ill be my 1st trip to fri weekly they use one of june to.
For good night out by the whole of june to fri weekly they acceptprefer euros sterling or do they acceptprefer euros sterling or do they use one of june to go out to many countries for.
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The whole of the hotels out not too late as ill be my 1st trip to fri weekly they use one of june to.
For good night out by the whole of june to fri weekly they acceptprefer euros sterling or do they acceptprefer euros sterling or do they use one of june to go out to many countries for.
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OK, I don’t spend that mucg time in poland anymore, so I can’t tell you the names of the places to hang out at nor some details, but here is what I can say:
1: I don’t think there are “english” speaking bars in poland. But Poles are open on foreign languages and many of them learn english. You will always be able to find someone who speaks english. This will actually help you to find friends, as opposed to what happens in many other places on this planet…
2: You can be sure that if there is a bar with a TV, it will be showing the World Cup matches. Again, Poland loves Football… don’t forget… they call it football in europe, not soccer.
3: There are no places you should avoid. Many different tourists go to poland and I never heard of anything bad happening. If you don’t want to get screwed for your shopping (prices, etc) go to supermarkets, and avoid the street markets: they might rip you off, unless the price is written…
4: If you want to buy stuff in poland, I believe you can buy it in zloty and Euros. American dollars are good too. But the best thing to do is to get some euros for the first few days to feel the market and then get zloty: you might get better prices and its accepted everywhere for now. Then again, you have to “shop” for good exchange rates. There used to be guys on the streets exchanging money… usually it was US dollars. not sure how it is today.
5: Everything is cheep for Americans in poland. If you consider that a pint of beer costs 1 dollar and you don’t have to tip, I think it’s cheap. Covers? Less than what you pay in america, for sure.
6: Can’t say. Read the prices. Depends what taxi company you take. Again, you can bargain. But from the airport to town, might be expensive… Watch out… go for public transport.
7: Never had that problem and never heard of it actually happening. But I know you have to watch out… pretty much like everywhere else. Especially train stations.
Well, I’m not living in Warsaw, but…
ad. 3 Anwhere it looks suspicious. There are bad districts in every city, and Warsaw is not an exeption. Generally, if it’s dark, unkept, and you do not feel right there, keep out (no matter what language you speak). The Praga district has a bad reputation, but again, I do not live there, so I can’t tell.
ad. 4 Zloty is the only official currency. I’m living next to German border, so many places here accept Euro (however, they have a bad exchange rate), but in Warsaw it can be much different. Most private businesses are likely to accept Euro, maybe Dollars as well (Sterlings are unlikely), but then expect them to apply an exchange rate that will be in their favour a lot. The shadow-market currency exchange men my precedessor mentioned are mostly a thing of the past, and if you ecounter them, think twice - it’s shadow economy, so you might get screwed. Money exchange points (Polish: “Kantor wymiany walut”, simply look for the sigin “Kantor”) are generally okay and safe. Or, if you want to be sure, do it in a bank.
The Polish are very nice sweet people, Trust me if I had no problems you will have it figured out in a day.It is very easy. Even the cab drivers didn’t try to cheat me, I rewarded them with big tips.Boy are the women beautiful in Poland. Enjoy!!
On the money issue. If you buy anything from the street vendors and stuff you will need zlotas. But if you are buying things in resturants and bars and stuff most will take dollars and credit cards. Most cabs will only take zlotas too.
About pickpocketers just try to avoid place like the buses during rush hour. I almost had my pocket picket but im very sensitve to touch so i was able to figure it out and move away from that person. But for the most part if you avoid really high congestion areas you should be ok.
from the airport to town centre it will be about 30 zlotas depending on the cab company. We had an early flight so we had to take a cab. Dont use public transportation between 10pm-6am. From the people we knew that lived there they say its really bad and thats where the homeless are during the night.
I found that lots of people that work in the pubs and resturants have someone that can speak english. And a lot of the polish people can speak some. I hope this helps you a little bit. I was just over there in March of this year.
unfortunately, I don’t have time to give all the details but I can recommend you one web site:
this is an official website of Warsaw and I think you can find there some useful information and addresses (also of some pubs and restaurants:)
I hope you will enjoy your visit in Poland