Warsaw Transport

The Warsaw Municipal Transport Board, ZTM, operates the main public transport network, connecting all stations to all areas of Warsaw including a night bus operating from the Central Station. Though more investment is still needed to operate a fully comprehensive system, the service is generally cheap and reliable and is the best way to travel the city.

All tickets (except those for the night bus) must be purchased before boarding and can be bought from post offices, city hotels and most restaurants. Passes are also available, with the weekly pass offering the best value for those enjoying a longer stay. Ask the City Transportation Office at ulica Senatorska 37 for other cheaper tickets especially where travelling with children, in a group or as a student as good discounts are also available these.

Cycling is not one of Warsaw’s favorite pastimes or modes of transportation by all accounts. The heavy traffic levels and complicated road network goes some way to explain this. Should you be particularly determined however, cycles can be hired from ‘Bike Renta’l, ulica Ostrobramska 73.

Day trips

Kampinoski Park offers those in search of natural beauty a real treat with expanses of forests, lakes and mountains. Lying immediately to the northwest of the city, regular departures by PKS bus leave from Warsaw's main bus station, al Jerozolimskie 144.

Torun, lying on the banks of the Vistula River, has been listed as a World Heritage Site and is certainly worthy of its status. The ruins of the thirteenth century Castle of the Teutonic Knights, the grand Town Hall and the famous gingerbread bakery all add to its charm. Leaving from Warsaw Centralna by train or by Polski Express bus from next to Centralna station, you can be there in just three hours or three and a half hours respectively.