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Welcome to Wikimedia CEE Meeting 2017 in Warsaw! On this page you will find some practical information regarding your stay in Warsaw and your participation in the conference. For more general information about travelling to Warsaw and to Poland, compiled by our team, please look here.

Conference information

Time frame

Constitution Square in Warsaw, where CEE Meeting 2017 will start at 4pm on September 22 (MDM Hotel is the building with Samsung ad)

The main conference programme starts on Friday, September 22, at 16:00 (4pm) at MDM Hotel. Optional GLAM activities will start at 12:00 (noon) at the National Museum of Etnography. The main programme ends on Monday, September 25, with lunch at 15:00 (3pm) at MDM Hotel. This will be followed by optional GLAM activities at Zachęta Gallery and around the Polin Museum building.

For detailed information on programme, look here.

Accommodation & meals

For grant-funded delegates, the conference scholarship covers three nights at MDM Hotel (from Friday to Monday) and all meals from dinner on Friday to lunch on Monday. The same coverage applies to self-funded delegates staying at MDM Hotel. Self-funded delegates staying at other hotels should have breakfast at their hotels, at their own expense. Lunches and dinners will be provided as part of the programme.

Registration & Information Desks

Wikimedia Polska Registration & Information Desks will be staffed in the following time frames and places:

day	time	place
Friday, September 22	10:00 - 21:00	MDM Hotel
Saturday, September 23	9:00 - 20:00	Polin Museum
Sunday, September 24	9:00 - 18:00	Polin Museum
Monday, September 25	8:00 - 20:00	MDM Hotel

information e-mail: ceemeeting@wikimedia.pl
phone line for urgent assistance: +48 790 290 842

Conference badge

You can pick up your conference badge, which comes together with some CEE Meeting merchandise, at the Registration & Information Desk, starting from Friday morning. Please wear your conference bagde at all times while taking part in all of CEE Meeting's programme, including less formal evening events. Try not to lose it, but if you do, please visit the Information Desk as soon as possible.

Transport

An example of Raf Trans bus

Three bus transfers will be provided free of charge. Those can be used by all delegates. The conference badges will serve as tickets. The three transfers are:

Saturday, 08:15: buses departing from MDM Hotel and going to Polin Museum
Saturday, 20:00: buses departing from Polin Museum and going to MDM Hotel
Sunday, 08:15: buses departing from MDM Hotel and going to Polin Museum

There will be two tourist buses (coaches) for each transfer. Buses will be marked with large letters RAF TRANS on their sides (that's the name of the company we're hiring the buses from). There will be WMPL team member at each bus. Please make sure to be there on time.

All other transfers should be cared for themselves by the delegates. We recommend you use the Warsaw public transport system, which is explained below.

Security at Polin Museum

Please note that Polin Museum is a high-security facility. This means that upon every entry to the Museum building, you will be asked to go through a metal detector and to have your bags scanned. If the metal detector alarm sounds, you will be additionally checked using a hand-held device. The security staff at Polin generally do not touch the guests during those checks - everything is done using sensors and machines. We apologize for any inconvenience caused by this and we ask you for your kind cooperation with the Museum security staff.

Smoking and drinking

Please note that, while buying both beer and stronger alcoholic drinks is extremely easy in Warsaw, Polish law does not allow public consumption of alcohol outdoors, except for designated places, such as restaurants, bars etc.. Drinking in parks, on streets etc. may be subject to fine by police or municipal police. Smoking is generally allowed outdoors, but there are many exceptions to this, for example all public transport stations and stops. Please do not smoke inside any of the conference venues, including MDM Hotel. And just in case: all drugs, including marihuana, are totally illegal in Poland and if you get caught even with a small quantity, you may be temporarily detained and later summoned to court.

Internet access

Free internet access will be provided via wi-fi networks both at MDM Hotel and Polin Museum. If you wish to have your own access using one of Polish mobile networks, you can easily purchase a SIM card at most newsagents or even petrol stations. However, under current Polish anti-terrorism laws, each SIM card needs to be registered (you will be asked to show your passport or other ID) before it can be activated. Please bear in mind that if you're coming from any of the EU Members States, you won't be charged any extra by your operator for using roaming in Poland (that's thanks to the new EU roaming rules, which came into effect on 15 June this year). Some data transfer limits may apply, that's up to your home operator.

Getting around

Solaris Urbino, the most common type of public transport bus in Warsaw

Warsaw has a large and efficient system of public transport, which consists of over 300 lines. Most of these are bus lines, but there is also a number of tram lines and two metro lines.

Tickets

You can use any entrance!

Unlike to many other public transport systems worldwide, in Warsaw you can both enter and leave every vehicle (including buses) using every door. There is no obligation to use the front door when entering and you don't need to show your ticket to the driver. Tickets are checked only by the ticket inspectors, who appear randomly, in casual clothes, but they have special ID badges on them.

Where to buy?

Ticket vending machines at a Metro station

The tickets can be purchased from vending machines located at major stops, as well as from vending machines placed in most vehicles. Please note that while vending machines at stops accept both cash and card payments, most on-board machines accept only cards, while some of them (older ones) accept only cash.

Validation of tickets

Ticket validator

Tickets bought outside the vehicle need to be validated in a validator (see picture) immediately after you enter the vehicle. To validate, you need to insert the ticket into the validator, with the ticket's magnetic stripe facing down. When the ticket is validated properly, a green light flashes on the validator and an imprint is made on the ticket. There are at least 2-3 validators in each vehicle. You don't need to validate the ticket bought from the machine located inside the bus or tram - the machine automatically validates it for you. If you are using a 75 minute ticket, a 24h ticket or a weekend ticket, you need to validate it only once, in the first vehicle you're using after the purchase. There's no need to validate it on each trip. The only exceptions to this are the metro lines, where you need to insert your ticket into the station gate each time you pass through it.

Zones

The are two transport zones in the Warsaw system: Zone 1 and Zone 2. We recommend that you buy tickets only for Zone 1, which covers entire Warsaw. Zone 2 consists of the smaller towns and villages, which are served by the Warsaw public transport, but are not parts of the City of Warsaw in the administrative sense. We don't think you will have time to explore those during your short stay.

Types of tickets

We recommend that you use the following types of tickets, depending on your plans and needs:

ticket type	price	description
20 minutes	3,40 PLN	It gives you full access to the entire network for 20 minutes after validation.
single fare transfer	4,40 PLN	It gives you full access to the network in Zone 1 for 75 minutes after validation.
one-day ticket	15 PLN	It gives you full access to the network in Zone 1 for 24 hours after validation.
three-day ticket	36 PLN	It gives you full access to the network in Zone 1 for 72 hours after validation.
weekend ticket	24 PLN	It gives you full acccess to the entire network from 7pm on Friday to 8am on Monday.
group weekend ticket	40 PLN	It gives full acccess to the entire network from 7pm on Friday to 8am on Monday to a group of up to 5 people travelling together.

Types of lines

You can generally know the type of line by looking at its number:

M1, M2 - metro lines
xx (two digit numbers) - tram lines
xxx (three digit numbers) - bus lines
Nxx (letter "N" and two digits) - nightly bus lines

Travel planner

If you want to plan your public transport journey like a true Warsaw guy, we recommend the mobile app JakDojadę (which means "How do I get there?" in Polish). You can also use the official planner at the website of the Warsaw Transport Authority.

Directory of places

Here you can find out details about all the places that will host some parts of CEE Meeting 2017.

Polin Museum

Polish name: Muzeum Historii Żydów Polskich POLIN

role: main conference venue on Saturday and Sunday, GLAM activities meeting place on Monday (only for the walking track)

address: Anielewicza 6

coordinates: 52.249444, 20.992778

public transport stop: Nalewki-Muzeum

lines: 111, 180

MDM Hotel

Polish name: Hotel MDM

role: accommodation for all grant-funded and some self-funded delagates, conference venue on Friday and Monday (all day) and Saturday evening

address: Plac Konstytucji 1

coordinates: 52.221451, 21.016522

public transport stops: Plac Konstytucji and Metro Politechnika

lines:

from/to Plac Konstytucji stop: 4, 15, 18, 35, 118, 131, 151, 159, 385, 411, 501, 502, 514, 515, 525, N25, N31, N37, N81

from/to Metro Politechnika stop: 188 (recommended for transfer from/to Chopin airport), 10, 14, 15, 118, 131, 143, 151, 182, 187, 385, 411, 501, 502, 514, 519, 520, 522, 523, 525, M1, N25, N31, N37, N81

National Museum of Etnography

Polish name: Państwowe Muzeum Etnograficzne

role: GLAM venue on Friday

address: Kredytowa 1

coordinates: 52.238142, 21.012167

public transport stop: Plac Małachowskiego

lines: 102, 105, 107, 111, 116, 128, 175, 178, 180, 222, 503, 518, E-2, N44

Harenda Hotel & Club

Polish name: Hotel i Klub Harenda

role:: Sunday supper venue

address: Krakowskie Przedmieście 4/6

coordinates: 52.23859, 21.018522

public transport stop: Uniwersytet

lines: 102, 128, 178, 503

CopyCamp Warsaw

CEE Meeting 2017 will be followed by CopyCamp Warsaw, an international conference about open knowledge, free culture and copyright. The event takes place on 28-29 September and it is organised by Fundacja Nowoczesna Polska (Modern Poland Foundation), which is one of Wikimedia Polska's partner organisations. If you can extend your stay in Warsaw by a few days, we highly recommend that you take part! You can find all the details here.