Poznań

Poznań is a city in western Poland with about 550 thousand inhabitants. It's a capital of Wielkoplskie region.

West towards Berlin, Germany

• By national road (droga krajowa) 92:

Go to Ogrody (last station of trams 2, 7, 17, 18 and many buses) and take a bus no. 61 (not any other with the same terminus!)in direction: Krzyżowniki. Get out at the ninth stop called Ul. Wichrowa and walk along the road for about 300 m then you will see petrol station and McD's Ask drivers there or stay on the road with sign or thumb. Also about 100 m after this place is a bus stop so it's more convenient for drivers to stop their car.

• By motorway (autostrada) A2, from toll booths:

Go to Ogrody (see above) and take bus no. 108 to Dopiewo/Lisowki. The bus stop in Ogrody is in front of Savoy Restaurant. Get out in Dopiewiec (don't mess it up as names are very similar). The ticket costs about 3 PLN and you can buy it at the bus driver. The ride takes about 40 minutes. Here's suburban bus network map and timetable. From there you have to walk for about 1.5km. Here's the route.

• By motorway (autostrada) A2, from slip road:

From city centre e.g from bus stop Zamek, near the Castle Art Centre (Centrum Kultury Zamek) take bus no. 71 and go to the last stop called Os. Debina. From there walk south for about 800m. Here's the route. Unfortunately there is no emergency lane at the entrence to the motorway, so it might be tricky.

Getting to Warszawa

The best way to get to Warszawa is to get out of the city first. Take the bus S1 and get off at a petrol station at the road E40. There you should ask people who already stopped at the station or the traffic light, for probably no one else will do it.

Go to place called MIŁOSTOWO (last station of trams no. 6 and 8) and walk along the road about 100 m and you will see ORLEN petrol station ... I saw many times people hh on the exit of this station (there is a place to stop the car) Second place is a bit further ... walk along the same road ... after 200-300 m you will see a bridge and Volkswagen factory ... hh straight after the bridge on the bus stop (there is plenty of cars and trucks who are going with the road around Poznan, so many of them are going for a longer distance, so you will avoid local traffic like its possible at first place i have mentioned ...)

Third place is actually my hometown :) ... You can reach this place by first taking a tram MIŁOSTOWO (last station of trams no. 6 and 8) and then taking a bus no S-1 from place called RONDO SRÓDKA (behind Lotos petrol station, direction Swarzedz) ... after about 20 minutes bus will turn left (near LIDL shop) ... go out, turn back to main road and hh some meters after crossroad, junction, traffic lights, whatever ... about 300 m further from this place its a Shell petrol station and huge parking for truckers ... if you are not lucky try there also :) even better, the traffic lights across from the petrol station

Getting to Gdańsk, Bydgoszcz (A1, E261/E75)

Take bus no. 73 from place called Rondo Sródka (towards Janikowo/Ogrodnicza) get out after something like 10-11 stops (about 15-18 minutes) at bus stop called BOGUCIN/BAŁTYCKA. Hitch on this bus stop, its on the road to Gniezno, Bydgoszcz and Gdańsk just after junction with Poznań ring road. You should notice railways nearby and crossed Poznań sign (end of city zone).

Eating

There is "a chain" of 3 Vegetarian Bars (Bar Wegetariański) called Green Way where you can get really good food in very reasonable price (big meals for about 2euros). Locations:

• ul. 23 Lutego 11
• ul. Taczaka 2
• ul. Zeylanda 3

Open:

• mon-fri 11.00 - 19.00
• sat 12.00 - 19.00
• sun 12.00 - 17.00 (bar on 23lutego street closed on Sunday)

very cheap and quiet good spaghetti bar "piccolo" on ratajczaka, garbary, wroclawska street and many others. small portion for about 4 zl