Basic information

 

Capital city	Warsaw
Language	Polish
Population	about 38 mln
Currency	złoty (1 złoty = 100 groszy)
Land code	0048 (+48)
Voltage	230 V

 

Cash dispensers, credit cards

You can use all the popular credit cards in Poland:

• Access/Mastercard
• American Express
• Diners Club
• Eurocard
• Visa

 

Important phone numbers:

Help number for foreigners	118 811 (po angielsku, niemiecku, rosyjsku)
Alarm number (from mobile phone)	112
Police	997
Fire brigade	998
Ambulance	999

Holidays

1st of January	New Year
March/April	Easter
1st of May	Labour Day
3rd of May	Day of the Constitution
June	Corpus Christi
15th of August	Mary Annunciation Day
1st of November	All Saints’ Day
11th of November	Independence Day
25, 26 of December	Christmas days

 

Zakupy

The supermarkets
are open every day
Monday to Friday 9:00–21:00
Saturday and Sunday 10:00–20:00

 

For Drivers see here

 

 

Embassies, consulates

 

	Dutch Embassy in Warsaw www.nlembassy.pl ul. Kawalerii 10, 00-468 bWarszawa tel  +48 22 599 12 00
	Dutch Consulate in Gdansk   Ul. Chmielna 101/102 80-748 Gdańsk Tel./ fax +48 58 346 98 78 e-mail: nlconsulate.gdansk@ima.pl   Monday, Wednesday, friday 9.00-11.00
	Dutch Consulate in Poznan ul. 27 grudnia 13, 61-737 Poznan  +48 61 852 78 84
	Dutch Consulate in Wroclaw http://konsulat.centrum-niderlandzkie.pl/ ul. Legnicka 32, 53-674 Wroclaw  +48 71 344 49 85
	Embassy of Belgium in Warsaw www.diplomatie.be/warsawpl ul. Senatorska 34, 00-095 Warszawa  +48 22 551 28 00
	Polish Embassy in the Netherlands www.polamb.nl Aleksanderstraat 25 2514 JM Den Haag Tel 070 799 01 00
	Polish Embassy in Belgium www.bruksela.polemb.net Gallierslaan 29 1040 Brussel Tel  01 739 01 11
	Polish consulate in Belgium www.konsulat.be Frankenstraat 28 1040 Brussel Tel 02 739 01 00

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