Warsaw, Poland — City Information
City Facts
- Location
- Mazowieckie province, east-central Poland.
- Time Zone
- GMT + 1 (GMT + 2 from last Sunday in March to last Sunday in October).
- Electricity
- 220 volts AC, 50Hz; round two-pin plugs are standard.
- Language
- Polish is the official language, but travellers will find that many people, especially those in business or the tourist trade, will speak some English, German or French. Most Poles were required to learn Russian in school, however, it was a matter of pride not to learn it, and speaking Russian may give offence. Polish is a West Slavic language, related to Czech and Slovak. The following are the Polish characters and their nearest English equivalent: a–u, aj–i (as in bike), c–ts, cz–ch, dz–ds or j, ej–a (as in bake), h–ch (as in loch), j–y, l (with a slash through it)–w, sz–sh, u–oo, w–v, rz–s (as in pleasure). The second-last syllable of a word is always the one stressed. PhrasesYes - TakNo - NieHello - Dzien dobryGoodbye - Do widzenia / Do zobaczeniaPlease - ProszeThank you - DziekujeMy name is … - Nazywam sie ...How are you? - Jak sie masz? / Jak sie pan ma?I’m very well - W porzadku / Miewam sie dobrzeI feel ill - Jestern chory(a)How much does it cost? - Ile to kosztuje?Do you speak English? - Czy mowi pan po angielsku? (to a man) / Czy mowi pani po angielsku? (to a woman)I don’t understand - Nie rozumiemWhere is …? - Gdzie jest …?Entrance - Wejscie Exit - Wyjscie Danger - Niebezpiecznie / NiebezpieczenstwoOpen - OtwarteClosed - ZamknieteToilets - ToaletyDoctor - DoktorHotel - HotelRestaurant - RestauracjaBeer - PiwoWine - WinoMenu - JadtospisToday - Dzis / Dzisiaj Tomorrow - JutroMonday - PoniedzialekTuesday - WtorekWednesday - SrodaThursday - CzwartekFriday - PiatekSaturday - SobotaSunday - NiedzielaOne - JedenTwo - DwaThree - TrzyFour - CzteryFive - PiecSix - SzescSeven - SiedemEight - OsiemNine - DziewiecTen - DziesiecTwenty - DwadziesciaThirty - TrzydziesciForty - CzterdziesciFifty - PiecdziesiatSixty - SzescdziesiatSeventy - SiedemdziesiatEighty - OsiemdziesiatNinety - DziewiecdziesiatOne Hundred - StoOne Thousand - Tysiac
Cost of Living
| 1.00 GBP = 4.6 PLN |
| 1.00 USD = 2.86 PLN |
| 1.00 EUR = 4.04 PLN |
| Currency conversion rates as of 19 July 2011 |
Special Events
Mozart Festival
Mid-June-July
Mozart's 26 stage productions are featured in this celebration of the great composer.
Warsaw Opera Kameralna
Website: www.operakameralna.pl
Art of the Street Festival
July
Five days of street theater, open-air concerts and unusual art performances.
Throughout Warsaw
Website: www.sztukaulicy.pl
Warsaw Summer Jazz Days
July-August
Accomplished jazz musicians from Poland and abroad descend on the city to perform.
Palace of Culture and Science
Website: www.adamiakjazz.pl
Anniversary of Warsaw Uprising
1 August
Concerts and remembrance parades to commemorate the 1944 uprising against the Nazis.
Throughout Warsaw
Website: www.1944.pl
Warsaw Autumn International Festival of Contemporary Music
September
The latest and greatest in world avant-garde music over 10 days.
Website: www.warsaw-autumn.art.pl
International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition
September-October every five years (next 2010)
World-renowned piano competition.
Website: www.konkurs.chopin.pl
Warsaw International Film Festival
October
Showcases independent film from Poland and the greater international community.
Website: www.wff.pl
JVC Jazz Festival Warsaw
October
One of Europe's best jazz festivals, attracting a host of jazz greats.
Website: www.festivalproductions.net
