'''Lublin''' is a city in eastern Poland. and the capital of Lublin Voivodeship with a population of 355,954 (2004). In the middle ages Lublin played important role in the life of the Polish state as a trade center and as a city with military significance.
Understand
Get in
By plane
There is an international airport in the nearby town of Rzeszow, but more flights go from Warsaw. Polski Express [http://www.lotnisko-chopina.pl/katalog/dojazd/en/dojazd_autobus_express.php] provides bus service for those travelling from Warsaw.
By train
The Polish State Railways [http://www.pkp.pl/] have train connections from Warsaw and other major Polish cities (Wroc?aw, Krakow, Pozna?, ?od? and Gda?sk). There aren't any fast ''InterCity'' connections provided to Lublin, but the train journey from Warsaw takes 2 hours.
Buses to the city center: ?'''1 '''?, ?'''13 '''?; trolleybus to the city center: ?'''150 '''?
By car
You can easily get there by car:
from Warsaw ?'''17'''?, '''E372'''?: Warsaw - Otwock - Garwolin - Ryki - Lublin
from Rzeszow ?'''19'''?: Rzeszow - Nisko - Janow Lubelski - Krasnik - Lublin
from Kielce '''74''', ?'''19'''?: Kielce - Opatow - Ozarow - Annopol - Krasnik - Lublin
Lublin, like other Polish cities, doesn't have a ring road, so to transit the city you must use ''Trasa W-Z'' Route: Warsaw ?'''17'''?, '''E372'''? - ''aleja Warszawska'' - ''aleja Solidrano?ci'' - ''aleja Tysi?clecia'' - ''aleja Witosa'' - Lviv (UA). There's is also south-north route: Svidnik (SK) ?'''E371'''? - Rzeszow ?'''19'''? - ''aleja Kra?nicka'' - ''Sikorskiego'' - ''aleja Solidarno?ci'' - ''aleja Smorawi?skiego'' - ''aleja Spo?dzielczo?ci Pracy'' - Bialystok - Hrodna (BY)
By bus
Many international connections - from Main Bus Station (''Dworzec Autobusowy G?owny'') with Birmingham, Bradford, Bremen, Cologne, Flensburg, Freiburg, Geneva, Hamburg, Karlsruhe, London, Lviv, Lutsk, Mannheim, Paris, Rotterdam, Rome, Stuttgart, Venice, Vilnius and Zurich. There is also the South Bus Station (''Dworzec Autobusowy Po?udnie''), but it's only for local transport.
Buses to the city center: ?'''5 '''?, ?'''10 '''?,'''18 '''?, ?'''31 '''?, ?'''32 '''?, ?'''39 '''?, ?'''52 '''?, ?'''57 '''?
See also: Poland - By bus
Get around
By bus or trolleybus
In the city center or the Old Town you can easily reach every worthseeing place by foot. You can also use the public transport. It's worth to try trolleybus journey, especially tourist route ?'''156 '''? from Majdanek Nazi Camp, near Old Town and Chachmei Lublin Yeshiva. The city has 50 bus lines and 8 troleybus lines (served by ''MPK''). There's also commercial city transport (buses with ''Komunikacja prywatna'' or ''AKL'' signs).
To use public transport [http://www.mpk.lublin.pl/rozklady.php] you should buy tickets in "kiosk" - such "kiosks" are situated near bus stops. There is price system for ''MPK'' tickets: one ride ticket costs 1.80z?; student with ISIC identification pay 0.90z? for one ride. In commercial city transport (''AKL'') you're paying for the ticket in the bus (1.50z? and 1.00z? - student with ISIC identification). Children under 4 can use public transport for free. Timetable for both can be found on their website.
Routes 1-57 - normal buses
Routes 7x - mini-buses (suburban buses)
Routes 150-160 - trolleybuses
Routes 3xx - night buses (3.60z?/1.80z?); available only on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, not available in Summer
Buses and trolleybuses are the best place for pickpockets, especially routes from Railway and Bus Stations.
By taxi
Taxi services are quite cheap, but sometimes taxi drivers want to cheat abroad tourists, so it's good to know the prices in taxi corporations:
5.50z? for starting service
2.20z?/km
Charges are higher after 10pm, on Sundays, and public holidays.
Damel Taxi - +4881 9626
Dwojki - +4881 9621
MPT - +4881 9191
Lublin - +4881 9628
Echo - +4881 9662
Rytm - +4881 9667
Do not take taxis from taxi stands near bus and railway Stations. There are often non-regulated taxi drivers who overcharge. It's better to call one of taxi companies.
See
Lublin Castle and St. Trinity chapel. amkowa St. 9. ear Main Bus Station. 4881 532 50 01. tt://www.zamek.lublin.pl. uesdays - Saturdays: 10am-5pm, Sundays: 10am-6pm (September - May: Tuesdays, Thursdays - Saturdays: 9am- 4pm, Wedensday, Sundays: 9am-5pm). icket's price: 6.50z? / students, children: 4.50z?. One of attractions of Old Town from the fourteenth century. The castle also has a gallery with unique paintings.
'''Lublin Cathedral and Trinitarian Tower''', Katedralny Sq. (''take bus 1, 11 or 17''). A unique baroque church with wall paintings. The tower provides a beatuiful city panorama. 10am-5pm (October- April: only Saturadys and Sundays: 10am-5pm). Tickets price: 5.00z? / students, children: 3.00z?. '''?
'''Krakowska gate''', ?okietka Sq. An entrance to the Old Town, this is a remnant of walls from the seventeeth century.
'''Grodzka gate''' - A second entrance to the Old Town, and way to Lublin Castle. In pre-war times it was symbol of the border between the Polish and Jewish parts of the city, Grodzka St.
'''Crown Tribunal''', Rynek (Old Town Square). Built in the 1400s, it was the highest court in Lesser Poland.
'''Po Farze Sq.''', Old Town. Square with the uncovered foundation of the 14th-century St. Michael church.
Museums
Skansen Museum. uzeum Wsi Lubelskiej. l. Warszawska 96. rom city center take bus no. 5?, 18? or 20. 4881 533 85 13. kansen@skansen.lublin.pl. ttp://www.skansen.lublin.pl/. pril 9am-5pm; May-Sept. 9am-6pm; Oct. 9am-5pm. .00z? / students, children: 4.00z?.
Lublin Province Museum. uzeum Lubelskie na Zamku. amkowa St. 9. ear main vus station. 4881 532 50 01. ttp://www.zamek.lublin.pl. ues.- Sat. 10am-5pm, Sun. 10am-6pm (Sept.-May: Tues., Thurs., Sat. 9am- 4pm; Wed., Sun.: 9am-5pm). .50z? / students, children: 4.50z?. Gallery with Polish historical and modern painting, plus folk and weapon expositions.
Lublin History Museum. uzeum Historii Miasta Lublina. okietka Sq. 3. ear Krakowska gate; bus nos. 1?, 2, 11?, or 17?. 4881 532 60 01. ed-Sat 9am-4pm, Sun 9am-5pm. .50z? / students, children: 2.50z? .
Gestapo Jail Martyrdom Museum. uzeum Martyrologii Pod Zegarem. niwersytecka St. 1. ehind the main building of Catholic University of Lublin; bus nos. 5, 10, 13, 18, 31, 57 or trolleybus no. 150. 4881 533 36 78. ree..
Vincent Pol Manor. worek Wincentego Pola. alinowszczyzna 13, St.. ear old Jewish cementary; bus no. 1. 4881 747 24 13. ed.-Sat. 9am-5pm, Sun. 9am-6pm. .50z? / students, children: 2.50z?. Exhibitions concerning the life of Polish poet Vincent Pol and his hobby, geography. Housed in his former manor.
Jozef Czechowicz Literary Museum. uzeum Literackie im. Jozefa Czechowicza. ?ota St. 3. ld Town. 4881 532 30 90. ednesdays = Saturdays: 9am-4pm, Sundays: 9am-5pm. .50z? / students, children: 2.50z?. Exhibitions concerning the poets and authors from Lublin city and the region.
Majdanek State Museum. a?stowe Muzeum na Majdanku. roga M?czennikow Majdanka 67. us no. 28 or 47; trolleybus no. 153, 156 or 158. 4881 74 426 40. ekretariat@majdanek.pl. 4881 74 405 26. ttp://www.majdanek.pl. uesdays - Sun. 8am-4pm (Nov.-Mar. 8am-3pm). Former Nazi concentration camp.
The '''TV tower''' at Raabego St. has a very unconventional design.
Do
Cinemas
There are 8 cinemas in Lublin. The biggest - Cinema City - has 8 screens.
Events
'''International Festival of Theater "Confrontation"''' (''Mi?dzynarodowy Festiwal Teatralny "Konfrontacje"''), [http://www.konfrontacje.pl/], May
'''Festival of Theater "Neighbors"''' (''Festiwal Teatralny "S?SIEDZI"''), [http://www.festiwal-sasiedzi.pl], June
'''International Lublin Meetings of Theater of Dance''' (''Mi?dzynarodowe Lubelskie Spotkania Teatrow Ta?ca''), [http://www.dancefestival.lublin.pl], November
'''International Days of Documentary Movies "Bifurcation of Europe"''' (''Mi?dzynarodowe Dni Filmu Dokumentalnego "Rozstaje Europy"''), [http://www.rozstaje.ack.lublin.pl], March
'''Festival of Fashion "Provocations"''' (''Festiwal "Prowokacje"''), [http://www.prowokacje.pl]
'''International Folk Meetings''' (''Mi?dzynarodowe Spotkania Folklorystyczne im. Ignacego Wachowiaka'')
Parks
'''Saski Garden''', in the city center, near KFC restaurant
UMCS Botanic Garden. ?awinkowska St. 3. ear road to Warsaw and Skansen Museum; bus no. 5?, 18 or 20. 4881 537 55 40. otanik@hektor.umcs.lublin.pl. ttp://www.garden.umcs.lublin.pl. pril and September: 9am-6pm, Sat. and Sun. 10am-6pm; May and Aug. 9am-7pm, Sat. and Sun. 10am-7pm; June and July 9am-8pm, Sun. and Sat. 10am-8pm; Oct.-March 9am-5pm, Sat. and Sun. 10am-5pm. .00z? / students, children: 2.50z?.
'''Zemborzycki Lake''' - artificial lake, many restaurants and bars. It is possible to rent a boat or water skis.
Sport
'''Hala Globus''' is a place where you can enjoy ice-skating. From the city center take bus ?26? or ?31? or trolleybus ?150 ?, ?152?, ?155? or ?158 .?
Klub Tornado. 48 503 483 711. lub@tornado-paintball.com. very day: 8am-8pm. Paintball.
O?rodek Sportowy-Rekreacyjny RELAND. alew Zemborzycki. rom city center by bus take no. ?40 ? or the special summer lines ?''Marina''? or ?''Dabrova''. 4881 745 63 43. eland@poczta.onet.pl. ttp://www.nartywodne.pl. on.-Fri. 28.00z?/hour; Weekends 32.00z?/hour. Water skiing.
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Learn
You can study in one of the universities in Lublin. It's possible in all public high schools thanks to international cooperation (e.g. Socrates-Erasmus):
<listing name="Maria Curie-Sk?odowska University (UMCS)" alt="?" address="Maria Curie-Sk?odowska Sq. 5 " directions="Bus 13 or trolleybus 150 from the railway station?, buses ?10, ?18?, ?31, ?57 from the main bus station" phone="+4881 537 54 10" email="" fax="" url="http://www.umcs.lublin.pl" hours="" price="">Faculties: biology and Earth science, law and administration, mathematics, physics and computer science, humanities, economics, chemistry, pedagogy and psychology, philosophy and sociology, political science, arts</listing>
<listing name="Catholic University of Lublin (KUL)" alt="" address="al. Rac?awickie 14" directions="near Saski Garden and UMCS, bus 13 or trolleybus 150 from the railway station?, buses ?10, ?18?, ?31, ?57 from the main bus station" phone="" email="" fax="" url="http://www.kul.lublin.pl" hours="" price="">Faculties: theology, philosophy, law, canon law and administration, humanities, social science, mathematics and natural science</listing>
<listing name="Medical University of Lublin (UM)" alt="Uniwersytet Medyczny" address="al. Rac?awickie 1" directions="near Saski Garden, bus 13 or trolleybus 150 from the railway station?, buses ?10, ?18?, ?31, ?57 from the main bus station" phone="+4881 53 200 61" url="http://www.am.lublin.pl" hours="" price="" lat="" long="" email="" fax=""></listing>
<listing name="Agricultural University of Lublin (UP)" alt="Uniwersytet Przyrodniczy" address="Akademicka St. 13" directions="southern part of the university campus, bus 11 from Main Bus Station" phone="+4881 445 66 77" url="http://www.ar.lublin.pl" hours="" price="" lat="" long="" email="poczta@ar.lublin.pl" fax="">faculties: agriculture, horticulture, veterinary medicine, biology and animal breeding, production engineering, food sciences and biotechnology</listing>
<listing name="Lublin University of Technology" alt="Politechnika Lubelska" address="Nadbystrzycka St. 38d" directions="on the bank of Bystrzyca River, bus 39 from Main Bus Station" phone="+4881 53 84 719" email="biuro.rn@pollub.pl" fax="" url="http://www.pollub.pl" hours="" price="">faculties: civil and sanitary engineering, electrical engineering and computer science, environmental engineering, management and fundamentals of technology, mechanical engineering</listing>
Buy
City Shopping
The Old Town district offers plenty of small shops with souvenirs. Many shops with clothes, shoes, souvenirs are situated in city center on Krakowskie Przedmie?cie St. There are also Main Post Office, local divisions of biggest Polish and global banks. There is also trade city center on Tomasza Zana St. Near E. Leclerc shopping mall you can find
Shopping Malls
'''Galeria Olimp''', Spo?dzielczo?ci Pracy Ave. 34, buses form city center - '''17''', '''18''', '''31'''; over 130 shops with clothes and electronic equipment, also restaurants and bars
'''Plaza Center''', Lipowa St. 13, city center, over 100 shops with clothes, books, music, toys, also: club, cinema, restaurants and bars
Galeria Centrum. rakowskie Przedmie?cie 40. ity center. 4881 532 22 61 ext.125. ttp://www.galeria.lublin.pl. ondays-Saturdays 9:30am-9pm, Sundays 10:30am-4pm. clothes
Centrum Handlowe im. Tomasza Zana. omasz Zan Shopping Mall. ana 19. uses from city center - 9, 11, 14, 57. ondays-Saturdays 9am-8pm, Sundays 10am-9pm. market '''E.Leclerc''', shops with clothes, books, music, toys, also restaurants and bars; near '''MediaMarkt''' with electronic equipment
Galeria Orkana. rkana 16. uses from city center - 10, 57. aleria@orkana.pl. ttp://www.orkana.pl. clothes, perfumes, restaurants and bars
Eat
OLD PUB Bar & Restaurant. Grodzka St..
Drink
Sleep
'''Guest House Wytchnienie''' [http://www.noclegi-lublin.pl/] - Accommodation in Lublin.
''' Hotel Lublinianka''' [http://www.lublinianka.com]
''' Hotel Waksman''' [http://www.waksman.pl]
''' Hotel Unia''' [http://www.mercure.com] or [http://www.orbis.pl]
''' Hotel Victoria''' [http://www.hotel.victoria.lublin.pl/]
''' Hotel Europa''' [http://hoteleuropa.pl/]
''' Hotel Huzar''' [http://www.hotelhuzar.lublin.pl/]
''' Hotel Campanile''' [http://www.campanile.com.pl/]
''' Hotel Bellis''' - cheap, but web site only in Polish [http://www.hotelbellis.lublin.pl/]
''' Hotel Lwow''' [http://www.btm-lwow.pl/index1.html]
''' Hotel Korona''' [http://www.hotelkorona.lublin.pl/eng/hotel.php]
''' Hotel Focus''' [http://www.hotelfocus.pl/]
'''PZM Motel''' [http://www.lsi.lublin.pl/hot/h_motel.htm]
Contact
Tourist information in Lublin provides current information on the sightseeing, tourist, cultural and recreational attractiveness of Lublin and the Lubelski Region. Contact with Tourist Information Center: [mailto:infotur@loit.lublin.pl infotur@loit.lublin.pl] or ''+4881 532 44 12''. See also the web page: [http://www.loit.lublin.pl/]. There are three offices in the city center:
'''Old Town:''' Jezuicka St. 1/3, near ''Krakowska Gate'', 10 minutes from Bus Station and 30 minutes (by bus: ?'''1 '''?) from Railway Station; 9am-6pm, Saturdays: 10am-4pm, Sundays: 10am-3pm (Oct-Apr: 9am-5pm, Saturdays: 10am-3pm)
'''Old Town:''' Rynek 8 (''Old Town Square''), 8 minutes from Bus Station and 30 minutes (by bus: ?'''1 '''?) from Railway Station;
'''City Center:''' Krakowskie Przedmie?cie, main street of the city, near ''KFC'' restaurant, 30 minutes (by trolleybus: ?'''150 '''?) from Railway Station or 30 minutes (by bus: ?'''10 '''?, ?'''18 '''?, ?'''57 '''?) from Bus Station.
Internet
Access to Internet by Wi-Fi:
'''City Hall''' - ?okietka Square. Free.
'''Era Mobile''' - Krakowskie Przedmie?cie St.
'''Europa Hotel''' - Krakowskie Przedmie?cie St. Free.
'''Galeria Olimp Shopping Center''' - Spo?dzielczo?ci Pracy Ave.
'''Galeria Orkana Shopping Center''' - Orkana St. Free.
'''IBM - ?agiel Shopping Center''' - 1 Maja St.
'''Lublin University of Technology''' - Nadbystrzycka St. and Wapienna St.
'''McDondald's Restaurant''' - Krakowskie Przedmie?cie St.
'''Mercure Unia Hotel'''
'''Motel Na Rogatce''' - Sielankowa St., S?awinek. Free.
'''Na Strychu Pub''' - G?eboka St. Free.
'''Old Town Square''' - Free.
'''Orange Mobile''' - Krakowskie Przedmie?cie St.
'''Pizza Hut / KFC''' - Rac?awickie Ave.
'''Plac Litewski''' - Litewski Square, city center. Free.
'''Plac Marii Curie-Sk?odowskiej''' - Maria Curie-Sk?odowska Square - central place of Maria Curie-Sk?odowska University. Free.
'''Riley Snooker Club''' - Zygmuntowskie Ave. Free.
'''Saski Park and Leszczy?skiego St.''' Free.
'''Stolarnia Club''' - Stefczyka St., Bursaki. Free.
'''Victoria Hotel'''
'''Zemborzycki Lake''' - Free.
Help for foreigners
'''Consulate General of the Ukraine in Lublin''' (Konsulat Generalny Ukrainy w Lublinie), Kunickiego St. 24, phone: (+4881) 531-88-89, (+4881) 531-88-01, fax (+4881) 531-88-88, e-mail: gc_pll@mfa.gov.ua
'''British Consulate in Lublin''' serviced by the Honorary Consul Jan Danilczuk (Konsulat Wielkiej Brytanii w Lublinie obs?ugiwany przez Konsula Honorowego, Jana Danilczuka), Beskidzka St. 9, phone: (+4881) 742-01-01, fax (+4881) 742-91-30, e-mail: ukconsul@uren.com.pl
'''Honorary Consul of Brazil in Lublin, prof. Barbara Hlibowicka-W?glarz''' (Konsul Honorowy Brazylii w Lublinie prof. Barbara Hlibowicka-W?glarz), Maria Curie-Sklodowska Sq. 4a, phone: (+4881) 537-26-29, e-mail: barbara.hlibowicka-weglarz@umcs.lublin.pl
'''Honorary Consul of the Federal Republic of Germany in Lublin, prof. Andrzej Kidyba''' (Konsul Honorowy Republiki Federalnej Niemiec w Lublinie, prof. Andrzej Kidyba), Rynek 7, phone: (+4881) 743-65-43, fax (+4881) 743-73-26, e-mail: andrzej.kidyba@lfr.lublin.pl
Get out
Zamo?? - old town, so called Renaissance pearl, listed in the World Cultural Heritage List of UNESCO.
Kazimierz Dolny
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