Travel

FROM/TO KRAKÓW AIRPORT
General information can be found here: https://krakowairport.pl/en/homepage/

1. There is an airport train SKA1 that goes from the Kraków Airport station to the Kraków Główny station (Kraków Main Train Station). The train station is located approx 200 m from the terminal and the train runs every half hour from 4am until midnight (Timetable) and the ticket costs 20 PLN (around 4.7 EUR).

Where to buy a ticket:

• - ticket machine in the passenger terminal, level 0 (cash payment or payment with credit/debit card)
• - ticket machine at the train station (cash payment or payment with credit/debit card)
• - train conductor on board (cash payment or payment with credit/debit card).

2. There is also a bus (line number: 300) which goes from the Kraków Airport 1 bus stop to the Muzeum Narodowe 1 stop. From there you can either take a 14 min (1 km) walk to the accommodation (22 min, 1.6 km walk to the conference venue) or cross the street to the Muzeum Narodowe 5 stop and change into any of the following lines: 144, 173, 164, which go to the Kawiory bus stop just across the street from the conference venue. 

3. Uber and Bolt (~50-80 PLN, 11-19 EUR) are also popular options; there are taxis* as well, although they typically have higher prices.

FROM/TO KRAKÓW GŁÓWNY RAIL STATION

General information can be found here: https://portalpasazera.pl/en/KatalogStacji?stacja=Krakow+Glowny

1. Buses 501 and 511 go from the Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny bus stop to the Czarnowiejska bus stop. From there you can take a walk to the accommodation/conference venue.

2. Bus 179 and 304 goes from the Dworzec Główny Zachód stop to the AGH/UR bus stop.

3. Uber and Bolt will cost around 20–30 PLN (4–7 EUR), taxis* are available as well. Taxi pick up is next to Galeria Krakowska.

TICKETS (https://mpk.krakow.pl/en/kmk-tickets): 1-hour ticket costs 8 PLN (1.9 EUR). Make sure to validate the ticket inside the bus/tram! You can buy tickets at ticket machines at some bus stops (e.g. there is one just next to the Kraków Airport bus stop) and in the machines inside the buses, as well as in the apps such as jakdojade.pl. Keep in mind that some ticket machines are cashless. Kraków offers normal (“normalny”) and discounted (“ulgowy”) tickets. Students and PhD students with a valid student ID can purchase discounted fares.

Checking schedules: Google Maps are pretty good at showing estimated times of departure of buses and finding good connections. Apps like mobileMPK and jakdojade.pl are also very good, they include the current position of the bus/tram, and using jakdojade.pl you can buy a ticket as well. Finally, there is also an official bus timetable.

* The TAXI (https://taniataxi.com/krakow/) travel length and cost may depend on the current traffic! The taxi prices are also dependent on the company providing the service and the day time. Please ask for the price estimate before entering the taxi.