How to get to Poznan


By train


Eurocity trains from Berlin take three hours as does the train journey from Warsaw. There are convenient rail connections with all major towns and cities in Poland. The view of the railway station is shown below (state 2001).

Main railway station

For time-tables please consult
Deutsche Bahn Site
PKP (Polish State Railway) Site

By plane


From the city's airport, Lawica, you can catch regular flights to Copenhagen, Dortmund, Frankfurt, Hannover, Koeln, Munich, Warsaw, Zurich (as of 2005). Below you can see the front of the airport (click to enlage)

Airport1

Please consult
LOT (Polish Airlines) Site
Poznan Airport Site
A gallery of the airport photographs

The airport is 7 km away from the city centre, but still within the city limits. The city centre can be reached from the airport by bus line No. 78 (leave the bus at "Rondo Kaponiera" stop, which is in the city centre near hotel Mercure), or by line 59 (you have to get on the bus at a stop accross the street in front of the airport (approx. 50m).
The city can be also reached by a taxi cab.

By car


Poznan has convenient road connections with major Polish cities, and with the Western Europe. The nearest places to cross the Polish-German border are: Kostrzyn-Kietz, Slubice-Frankfurt/O., Swiecko-Frankfurt/O. You can use A2/E30 road to get to Poznan from Slubice and Swiecko, or a paid Autostrada Wielkopolska (which is under construction 2005).
Please be very careful while using Polish roads because their state is usually very bad, and Polish style of dirving is very aggressive.





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