Travel information

How to reach Piaski

By conference bus

Bus transportation will be organized to convey the participants from Warsaw to Piaski on August 31st and back on September 6th. The bus ride to/from Piaski takes about 3.5–4 hours.

On Sunday August 31st the buses will leave at 14:00 from the Cyclotron Laboratory (HIL) of the University of Warsaw (Pasteura Street 5a). On Saturday September 6th the buses will leave at 7:30 and go first to the airport in order to allow participants to reach the airport in time for the afternoon flights. The buses from Piaski to Warsaw will go first to Warsaw Chopin airport, then to the Department of Physics and the Cyclotron Laboratory at the University and finally to the Central Railway Station in Warsaw.

To reach the University of Warsaw Ochota Campus  from Chopin airport (airport code WAW), the most convenient way is by taxi. On Sunday morning it is about 10 minutes ride and the cost is approximately 50-60 PLN (~15 USD, less than 15 Euros). Most taxis accept credit card payments (they usually have the relevant stickers to highlight it).

The alternative is to take bus 175 or 188 just outside the arrivals terminal and get off at the stop BANACHA SZPITAL. Tickets for the bus can be bought at the automatic ticketing machines at the bus stop (some buses have them on board as well). The cost is 4.40 PLN. If you arrive by train, we suggest to arrive at WARSZAWA ZACHODNIA (Warsaw West Railway Station) as a valuable alternative to Warszawa Centralna (Central Railway Station) – there are trains connecting the two stations if your train does not stop at Zachodnia station. It is located within easy (20-30 min walking) distance from  the buses meeting-point at the HIL within the University of Warsaw Ochota campus. Several buses are also available for reaching HIL: 523 (direction PKP Olszynka Grochowska, 2 stops), 187 (3 stops, direction Stegny), 182 (direction Witolin, 3 stops). The start bus stop is in front of the station, on the other side of the large alley (Aleje Jerozolimskie), to be reached by an underpass. The end bus stop is WAWELSKA. The ticket (20 min ticket) costs 3.40 PLN, and can be purchased at the automatic machines. Taxis are available as well just outside the station.

Public transport is also available from the central railway station: buses 175, 128 (bus stop BANACHA SZPITAL).


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By Car from Warsaw

We suggest route S8 to Ostrów Mazowiecka, then 677 to Lomza, 63 to Pisz and 58 to Ruciane Nida.

GPS coordinates: N – 53.685813, E – 21.581018

Hotels in Warsaw

In case you need to overnight in Warsaw before and/or after the conference, you can choose one of the hotels from the list below or use common online reservation tools. Participants need to reserve the hotels on their own.

Some hotels in the vicinity of the Physics Department and the airport/central railway station: