Directions / Travel Details

(as of 4th November 2021 – will be updated if regulations change)

If your home nation requires a negative test result to board or re-enter you may pre-book a testing time at the airport by visiting this page.

All passengers arriving by airplane must complete a “Passenger Locator Form” – see information below.

ENTRY into Poland from a Schengen member state, anyone may enter Poland without quarantine if:

• They are fully vaccinated with all vaccine doses required and 14 days have passed since their final dose was administered (counting from the day following the last vaccination date). The vaccination must be certified by the EU digital COVID certificate or another document, in Polish or English, confirming vaccination with a vaccine that has been authorised in the European Union.
• They had been infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus (so-called convalescents), no later than 6 months before the day of crossing the Polish border. Persons must present a document confirming that they had indeed been infected, issued in Polish or English; acceptable documents include the EU digital COVID certificate.
• They present a negative COVID-19 test result, confirmed with an EU COVID certificate or another document in Polish or English. Such a test must be performed no earlier than 48 hours before crossing the border.
• They are children under 12 years of age who are travelling under the supervision of adults vaccinated against COVID-19 or have a negative COVID-19 test result.

The latest travel requirements can be found here.

Please note that upon ARRIVAL at Kraków Airport you will enter a queue prior to baggage claim, this is where the above requirements will be inspected, please have your paperwork or digital version ready. This queue can take up to 45 mins depending on arrival traffic.

(fill out the Polish COVID-19 passenger locator form)

There is a “passenger locator form” currently required to enter Poland by plane.

You can fill this in before your flight to save you time. After you submit the form save the confirmation to show at the airport or onboard (when they try to give you the paper form). You can also fill it out on the flight in paper form.

Below is a screenshot of how to fill in the “location” information for our meeting:

(will be updated if regulations change)

The hostel and conference room is considered a private location, and generally, masks will not be required except perhaps if a large group of people is mingling in the lobby. During our meetings and meals, masks will not be required. Masks are not required outside.

It is mandatory to cover your mouth and nose in such places as:

• in buses, trams and trains
• in shops, malls, banks, markets and post offices
• in cinemas and theatres
• at physician’s offices, in outpatient clinics and hospitals, in massage and tattoo parlours
• in churches, at schools and universities
• In government offices (when going there to take care of certain matters) and other civic centres.

How to buy train tickets:

• There are ticket machines at the train platform, on board the train, or you can pre-purchase online here.
  • When buying at the machine or online: Your starting station is “Kraków Airport (Lotnisko)”, your arrival station is “Kraków Głowny” (Also called “Kraków Main Station”).
  • All tickets are valid for 3 hours based on the desired “start time” (typically the departure time of your desired train), if your flight is delayed up to 3 hours, your ticket will still be valid.
• You can search the train schedule (roughly every 30 mins) by following the same link as above.

The train station is located directly next to the terminal behind the parking garage.

All trains leave from the airport to the city center train: “SKA 1” direction “Wieliczka Rynek-Kopalnia” or “Kraków Główny” – there are no other trains, so you can’t get on the wrong one.

1. From arrivals take the escalator (moving ramp) to the upper level.
2. Turn left into the covered footbridge and walk to the end.
3. At the end go through another pair of doors and down the escalator to the train platform.

[See location and address on Google Maps for live walking directions on your phone]

1. From the train or bus station (see map below)
   • From the train platform (blue circle) take the stairs, elevator, or escalators DOWN.
   • From the bus station (orange circle) exit towards the plaza which is to the left of the bus station building (when looking at the building from the bus platforms) go DOWN the large set of stairs and enter the train station.
2. Follow signs for “Old Town – Stare Miasto” (towards platform 1) or “Galeria Krakówska – Shopping Center/Mall“. (do not go through the exit to the bus station)
3. Go through the double-set of doors into the shopping center.
4. When you get to the escalators going up, turn LEFT
5. Go all the way to the other end of the mall until you get to more escalators, go UP
6. Turn left and go around the escalators past Zara, exit the shopping center on your RIGHT
7. Walk across the plaza and past the “Vienna House Hotel”
8. Follow the path to the left past Starbucks
9. The tram stop (Named: “Teatr Słowackiego”) should be in front of you (do not go under the street) (see map below) – Buy tickets at the tram stop, be sure to validate your ticket when you get onboard the tram with the ticket validator at each door.
10. Tram number “20” to “Cichy Kącik” is the tram you want – details in next step.

 [See location and address on Google Maps for live tram schedule and directions on your phone]

1. Buy your tram ticket at the platform ticket machine, a single “20 minute” ticket is good (4zł, 1€) (you can buy on the tram, but not all trams take cards), be sure to validate your ticket when you get onboard the tram with the ticket validator at each door.
2. Take tram number 20 towards “Cichy Kącik”
3. Ride for 5 stops, and get off at “Oleandry”
4. Walk to hotel (160 m). The hostel is one block from the tram stop, see map below.
5. See list of stops below: