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Visiting Poland – practical tips
Time zone
GMT/UTC +1 (Eastern European Time)
Electricity
The voltage is 220V, 50 Hz. Plugs are the same as in the rest of Continental Europe. If you travel with your own electric appliances you will need current converter and different plugs.
Weights & measures
Metric
Weather
It might surprise everyone. Generally, summers are usually warm but the plentiful of sunshine is mixed with rain.They can be cold and rainy but also hot and dry. July is the hottest month, but the rest of the summer is also quite warm with temperatures from 21°C (70 F) to 32°C (90 F). The beginning of September is still pretty warm.
Money
The national Poland's currency is called the zloty polski , literally, the gold. The zloty is abbreviated as zl or PLN (1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200 zl), and is pronounced 'zwo - ti'. The smaller unit is called grosz, 1 zloty = 100 groszes (one, two, five, 10, 20, 50 gr). The zloty is converted to the EURO at 1 EUR = approximately 4 PLN. Foreign currencies can be easily exchanged in banks and exchange offices. There are exchange offices in hotels, in all cities, at the airports, the railway stations and many other places.
Most hotels, restaurants, larger shops, travel agencies, airlines and petrol stations accept payments with credit cards. In Wroclaw there are lots of ATM machines so withdrawing money should not be a problem. The best card to bring is VISA because it is honored by numerous banks.
Prices in Poland – examples
- 1.5 litres of mineral water - 2 PLN
- 1 litre of milk – 3 PLN
- cocal-cola (2 litres) – 5 PLN
- butter - 4 PLN
- a loaf of bread - 3 PLN
- hamburger at McDonald’s – 4 PLN
- 1 litre of petrol - 5 PLN
- beer (0.5 litre) - from 5 PLN
- cafe meal 10 - 20 PLN
- restaurant meal 25-100 PLN
- a single tram/bus ticket in Wroclaw – 2.8 PLN
For visitors keen on learning Polish
- yes - tak (tahk)
- no - nie (neh)
- Thank you - Dziekuje (dzhehnkooyeh)
- please - prosze (prosheh)
- I'm sorry - Przepraszam (pshehprahshahm)
- Excuse me - Przepraszam (pshehprahshahm)
- Hi -Czesc (cheshch)
- Hello - Dzien dobry (dzhehn dobri)
- Goodbye - Do widzenia(do veedzehnah)
- Good morning - Dzien dobry (dzhehn dobri)
- Good night - Dobranoc (dobrahnots)
- How are you? -Jak sie masz? (yahk syeh mash)
- vegetarian - wegetarianin (vehgehtahryahneen)
- Cheers! - Na zdrowie! (nah zdrovyeh)
- coffee - kawa (kahvah)
- tea - herbata (hehrbahtah)
- juice - sok
- water - woda (vodah)
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