{"id":1302666,"date":"2026-09-26T18:46:48","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T18:46:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/?page_id=1302666"},"modified":"2026-10-01T16:34:51","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T16:34:51","slug":"poland","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/europe\/poland\/","title":{"rendered":"Poland"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":0,"parent":1301190,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"hw-hub-country","meta":{"footnotes":"","hw_hub_hero_eyebrow":"","hw_hub_hero_h1":"","hw_hub_hero_intro":"","hw_hub_hero_image":"","hw_hub_hero_overlay":"","hw_hub_hero_cta":"","hw_hub_why_title":"","hw_hub_why_body":"","hw_hub_why_link_label":"","hw_hub_why_link_url":"","hw_hub_why_cards":"","hw_hub_stats":"","hw_hub_countries_title":"","hw_hub_countries_intro":"","hw_hub_featured":"","hw_hub_regions":"","hw_hub_hostels_title":"","hw_hub_hostels_intro":"","hw_hub_hostels_cta_label":"","hw_hub_hostels_cta_url":"","hw_hub_hostels_source":"","hw_hub_hostels_location_type":"","hw_hub_hostels_location_id":"","hw_hub_hostels_currency":"","hw_hub_hostels_count":"","hw_hub_hostels_cache":"","hw_hub_hostels":"","hw_hub_when_title":"","hw_hub_when_intro":"","hw_hub_seasons":"","hw_hub_costs_title":"","hw_hub_costs_body":"","hw_hub_cost_rows":"","hw_hub_cost_note":"","hw_hub_money_reads":"","hw_hub_rail_title":"","hw_hub_rail_body":"","hw_hub_rail_link_label":"","hw_hub_rail_link_url":"","hw_hub_rail_image":"","hw_hub_routes":"","hw_hub_events_title":"","hw_hub_events_intro":"","hw_hub_events_source":"","hw_hub_events_continent":"","hw_hub_events_count":"","hw_hub_events_cache":"","hw_hub_events_cta_label":"","hw_hub_events_cta_url":"","hw_hub_events":"","hw_hub_events_pills":"","hw_hub_reads_intro":"","hw_hub_article_rows":"","hw_hub_show_read_time":"","hw_hub_all_title":"","hw_hub_all_body":"","hw_hub_all_cta":"","hw_hub_trips_title":"","hw_hub_trips_note":"","hw_hub_trips":"","hw_hub_faq_title":"","hw_hub_faq_note":"","hw_hub_faqs":"","hw_hub_cta_title":"","hw_hub_cta_body":"","hw_hub_cta_buttons":"","hw_hub_newsletter_title":"","hw_hub_newsletter_body":"","hw_hub_newsletter_shortcode":"","hw_hub_hub_term":"","hw_hub_scope_rows":"","hw_hub_country_hero_eyebrow":"Poland country guide","hw_hub_country_hero_h1":"Things To Do In Poland","hw_hub_country_hero_intro":"The best value in Europe by a distance, and not only because it is cheap. Krak\u00f3w and Gda\u0144sk are as handsome as anywhere west of them, and a night out costs what a round costs in Amsterdam.","hw_hub_country_hero_image":"1302668","hw_hub_country_hero_overlay":"light","hw_hub_country_hero_cta":"Pick a city | #cities\r\nWhat it costs | #money","hw_hub_country_stats":"\u20ac10 | Dorm bed, from\r\n\u20ac2.50 | A pint of good beer\r\n2.5h | Krak\u00f3w to Warsaw by train\r\n16 | UNESCO sites","hw_hub_country_intro_title":"Cheap, and that is the least of it","hw_hub_country_intro_body":"Poland is the country people put on a list because of the prices and come back from talking about something else. Krak\u00f3w's old town is the largest medieval square in Europe and survived the war intact. Gda\u0144sk rebuilt its Hanseatic waterfront from rubble. Wroc\u0142aw has hundreds of bronze dwarves hidden around the streets and a market square most countries would build a tourist industry around.\r\n\r\nWarsaw is the one that divides people. It was flattened in 1944 and rebuilt twice \u2014 the old town as a careful replica, the rest in concrete and then glass \u2014 and it is a city about the twentieth century rather than a pretty one. The museums there are among the best in Europe.\r\n\r\nA week does Krak\u00f3w, Warsaw and one more by train. Ten days adds the Tatras at Zakopane or the Baltic coast, and everything is cheap enough that the extra days barely register.","hw_hub_country_facts":"Language | Polish. English is widely spoken by under-40s and in all tourist areas\r\nCurrency | Z\u0142oty (PLN), not the euro\r\nEmergency | 112\r\nTap water | Safe in the cities\r\nTipping | 10% in restaurants. Saying \"thank you\" as you hand over money means keep the change\r\nCards | Accepted almost everywhere, including small bars\r\nHow long to stay | A week for three cities, ten days with the mountains or the coast\r\nBest months | May, June and September","hw_hub_country_cities_title":"Where to go","hw_hub_country_cities_intro":"Trains are cheap, fast and comfortable. Krak\u00f3w to Warsaw is under three hours.","hw_hub_country_cities_live":"1","hw_hub_country_cities":"Krak\u00f3w | The medieval capital, untouched by the war, and the base for Auschwitz and the salt mines. Most people's favourite. |  | 1302669 | Krakow is amazing and beautiful, however travelled in a heatwave so couldn't explore the surrounding area as much as I liked. Would deffo love to come back and see more of Poland. | \nWarsaw | Rebuilt twice and defined by the twentieth century. The best museums in the country and a serious nightlife. |  | 1302670 | A mixed town of old, post war & modern architecture. Eating out isn\u2019t expensive at all and plenty of options. So much to see and do can easily run out of time! | \nGda\u0144sk | Hanseatic waterfront, amber, and the shipyard where Solidarity started. The Baltic coast begins here. |  | 1302671 | Great place for a weekend away especially if interested in world war history. | \nWroc\u0142aw | A market square to rival Krak\u00f3w's, a huge student population and hundreds of bronze dwarves to find. |  | 1302672 | The city is all walkable and can be covered in a weekend. If staying longer it\u2019s worth going on trips. Very colourful buildings and relaxed atmosphere. | \nZakopane | The Tatra mountains: hiking in summer, skiing in winter, and wooden architecture in between. |  | 1302673 | beautiful place. the mountains are beyond gorgeous, which so many hike trails. food is amazing as well. | \n\u0141\u00f3d\u017a | Post-industrial, cheap and increasingly interesting. One of Europe's longest shopping streets. |  | 1302674 | I was so impressed with \u0141\u00f3d\u017a that I will be singing its praises to all my friends and acquaintances for a long time to come. In a packed weekend I didn\u2019t manage to exhaust all of its attractions. But, I did manage an interactive science museum in a former power station, art galleries, a textile museum, magnificent palaces built by industrialists and, my highlight, the cinema museum together with a visit to an Falla aqua park. Litzmannstat ghetto, and in summer, the parks and forests next time. | \nPozna\u0144 | Between Berlin and Warsaw, with a market square rebuilt after the war and mechanical goats on the town hall at noon. |  | 1302675 |  | \nToru\u0144 | A Gothic brick city that survived the war intact, Copernicus's birthplace, and famous for gingerbread. |  | 1302676 |  | \nLublin | The eastern city: a castle, an old town, and Majdanek concentration camp preserved on the edge of it. |  | 1302677 |  | ","hw_hub_country_trips_title":"What kind of trip is this?","hw_hub_country_trips_intro":"Poland covers city breaks, history and mountains, all at the same low prices.","hw_hub_country_trip_types":"City break | blue | city | Three or four days, and cheap enough to add a fourth. | Krak\u00f3w's square at dawn; A milk bar lunch; Vodka tasting done properly | Krak\u00f3w old town; Kazimierz; Gda\u0144sk's Long Market | Krak\u00f3w; Warsaw; Gda\u0144sk | city-break\nCulture | purple | culture | Twentieth-century history told without flinching. | Auschwitz-Birkenau, booked ahead; Warsaw Rising Museum; POLIN museum of Polish Jews | Auschwitz-Birkenau; Wawel Castle; European Solidarity Centre | Krak\u00f3w; Warsaw; Gda\u0144sk | culture\nNightlife | pink | nightclub | Enormous student populations and drinks at a third of western prices. | A Kazimierz bar crawl; Vodka and herring, standing up; Warsaw's Praga district | Kazimierz, Krak\u00f3w; Praga, Warsaw; Wroc\u0142aw market square | Krak\u00f3w; Warsaw; Wroc\u0142aw | nightlife\nBudget | teal | coin | One of the cheapest countries in the EU for a traveller. | Milk bar meals for \u20ac4; Free walking tours; Trains that cost less than a taxi | Krak\u00f3w; Wroc\u0142aw; \u0141\u00f3d\u017a | Krak\u00f3w; Wroc\u0142aw; Warsaw | budget-travel\nAdventure | green | backpack | The Tatras, and lakes in the north nobody outside Poland knows. | Hike to Morskie Oko; Ski Zakopane; Kayak the Masurian lakes | Tatra National Park; Morskie Oko; Masuria | Zakopane; Krak\u00f3w | adventure\nFood | sunset | local-markets | Pierogi, milk bars and a food scene nobody expects. | Pierogi in a milk bar; Zapiekanka from the round market in Kazimierz; Modern Polish in Warsaw | Hala Targowa, Krak\u00f3w; Hala Koszyki, Warsaw; Gda\u0144sk fish market | Krak\u00f3w; Warsaw | food","hw_hub_country_do_title":"Things to do in Poland","hw_hub_country_do_body":"Auschwitz-Birkenau is an hour and a half from Krak\u00f3w and must be booked online in advance: since March 2026 there are no tickets on site. Self-guided entry is free in set time slots, guided tours cost 150 z\u0142oty, and both sell out weeks ahead in summer. Allow the whole day, and do not plan anything social for the evening.\r\n\r\nKrak\u00f3w's other attractions are gentler: Wawel Castle, the Cloth Hall in the main square, the Wieliczka salt mine with its underground chapel, and Kazimierz, the old Jewish quarter that is now the bar district.\r\n\r\nWarsaw's museums are the serious draw \u2014 the Rising Museum and POLIN both do difficult history exceptionally well. Gda\u0144sk has the European Solidarity Centre, which explains how the Soviet bloc ended, in the shipyard where it happened.","hw_hub_country_do_points":"Auschwitz | Online booking only since March 2026, no tickets on site. Free self-guided slots or 150 z\u0142oty guided tours. Allow a full day\r\nWieliczka salt mine | A day trip from Krak\u00f3w, and better than it sounds\r\nFree walking tours | Excellent in every major city. Tip \u20ac10\u201315\r\nMuseums | Many Polish national museums are free one day a week","hw_hub_country_do_tag":"things-to-do","hw_hub_country_do_more":"All things to do in Poland","hw_hub_country_food_title":"Eating in Poland","hw_hub_country_food_body":"Milk bars \u2014 bar mleczny \u2014 are the institution worth knowing. Subsidised canteens from the communist era that still exist, serving pierogi, soup and cutlets for \u20ac3 to \u20ac5. The queue moves fast, the menu is in Polish, and the food is the real thing.\r\n\r\nBeyond them, Polish food is dumplings, soups and pork, done well and heavy. \u017burek, a sour rye soup served in a bread bowl, and bigos, hunter's stew, are the ones to try. Zapiekanka \u2014 a long open toasted baguette \u2014 is the street food, and the round market in Kazimierz sells it until dawn.\r\n\r\nWarsaw has a modern restaurant scene that gets no international attention and is extremely good value: tasting menus for what a main course costs in Copenhagen.","hw_hub_country_food_points":"Milk bars | \u20ac3\u20135 for a full meal. Point at what you want\r\nZapiekanka | \u20ac2\u20134, and the 3am food of choice\r\nLunch specials | Zestaw obiadowy, \u20ac5\u20138 in most restaurants\r\nVodka | Drunk cold, in one, with food. Not mixed","hw_hub_country_food_tag":"food","hw_hub_country_food_more":"All food guides for Poland","hw_hub_country_nightlife_title":"Going out in Poland","hw_hub_country_nightlife_body":"Krak\u00f3w's Kazimierz has the highest density of bars in the country, most of them in old Jewish quarter buildings with courtyards, and drinks at \u20ac2.50 to \u20ac4. It is the best value night out in Europe and it goes until the sun comes up.\r\n\r\nWarsaw is bigger and more varied \u2014 Praga across the river has the warehouse clubs, and the city has a serious electronic scene that most visitors miss entirely.\r\n\r\nWroc\u0142aw and Pozna\u0144 have the student crowds and the lowest prices of all. Stag parties concentrate in Krak\u00f3w's main square, which is a good reason to drink two streets away in Kazimierz instead.","hw_hub_country_nightlife_points":"Prices | A beer \u20ac2.50\u20134, a shot of vodka about the same\r\nKazimierz | Krak\u00f3w's bar district, and where locals actually drink\r\nTiming | Bars from 21:00, clubs from midnight, home at dawn\r\nAvoid | The main square strip clubs and anyone handing out flyers for them","hw_hub_country_nightlife_tag":"nightlife","hw_hub_country_nightlife_more":"All nightlife guides for Poland","hw_hub_country_transport_title":"Getting around Poland","hw_hub_country_transport_body":"PKP Intercity runs fast, comfortable and cheap trains between the big cities \u2014 Krak\u00f3w to Warsaw in two and a half hours for around \u20ac15 to \u20ac25 booked ahead. The Pendolino services are the fastest; TLK trains are slower and cheaper.\r\n\r\nFlixBus and Polski Bus cover the gaps and undercut the trains on many routes. For Zakopane and the mountains, the bus is faster than the train.\r\n\r\nCity transport is cheap and good: trams in most cities, a single ticket about a euro. Taxis are inexpensive but use Bolt or Uber rather than hailing, which is standard practice here now.","hw_hub_country_transport_points":"Krak\u00f3w\u2013Warsaw | 2.5 hours, \u20ac15\u201325 booked ahead\r\nPendolino | The fast service. Book early for the discount\r\nBuses | FlixBus often cheaper, and faster to Zakopane\r\nCity transport | About \u20ac1 a ticket. Validate on board","hw_hub_country_transport_tag":"transport","hw_hub_country_transport_more":"All transport guides for Poland","hw_hub_country_money_title":"What Poland costs","hw_hub_country_money_body":"Poland is one of the cheapest countries in the EU for a traveller. Dorms from about \u20ac10, a milk bar meal for \u20ac4, a beer for \u20ac2.50, and an intercity train for the price of a sandwich elsewhere.\r\n\r\nA full day \u2014 bed, three meals, transport, a couple of drinks and a museum \u2014 lands around \u20ac35 to \u20ac45 without economising. That is roughly half of Spain and a third of the Netherlands.\r\n\r\nThe currency is the z\u0142oty, not the euro. Exchange booths marked kantor are everywhere and rates vary, so avoid the ones at the airport and in the main squares and use a bank ATM instead, declining any conversion offered by the machine.","hw_hub_country_money_points":"Dorm bed | From \u20ac10, and rarely above \u20ac20 outside New Year\r\nA day, all in | \u20ac35\u201345\r\nA beer | \u20ac2.50\u20134 in a bar\r\nMoney | Z\u0142oty, not euro. Use bank ATMs and decline conversion","hw_hub_country_money_tag":"budget","hw_hub_country_money_more":"All budget guides for Poland","hw_hub_country_safety_title":"Staying safe in Poland","hw_hub_country_safety_body":"Poland is a safe country with low violent crime, and the cities feel calm even late at night. The issues visitors run into are concentrated around the drinking economy.\r\n\r\nKrak\u00f3w's main square has strip-club touts who lead people to venues with extraordinary bills, and the taxi scam that goes with it. Ignore anyone handing you a flyer, and book cars through Bolt or Uber.\r\n\r\nVodka is the other one, and it is not a joke. Measures are larger than most visitors expect and rounds go fast. Pickpocketing exists at the usual level around main stations and on busy trams.","hw_hub_country_safety_points":"Emergency | 112\r\nKrak\u00f3w square | Ignore club touts and flyers. The bills are the scam\r\nTaxis | Bolt or Uber rather than hailing outside bars\r\nVodka | Poured larger than you think. Pace it","hw_hub_country_safety_tag":"","hw_hub_country_safety_more":"","hw_hub_country_entry_title":"Entry and documents","hw_hub_country_entry_body":"Poland is in the Schengen area but not the eurozone. EU citizens need an ID card. UK, US, Canadian and Australian passport holders get 90 days in any 180 across the whole Schengen zone.\r\n\r\nPassports need three months' validity beyond departure and to have been issued within the last ten years. ETIAS has been postponed repeatedly \u2014 check the official EU site.\r\n\r\nPoland borders Ukraine and Belarus, and the eastern border regions have restrictions that change. If you are travelling near them, check current government advice rather than assuming, and note that Belarus is not a casual border crossing.","hw_hub_country_entry_points":"Schengen | 90 days in any 180 across the whole zone\r\nNot the euro | Z\u0142oty only, though cards work nearly everywhere\r\nPassport validity | Three months beyond departure, issued within ten years\r\nEastern border | Restrictions near Belarus change. Check current advice","hw_hub_country_entry_tag":"","hw_hub_country_entry_more":"","hw_hub_country_season_title":"When to go","hw_hub_country_season_intro":"Poland has a proper continental climate: hot summers, cold winters and two excellent shoulder seasons. Christmas markets make December worth the cold.","hw_hub_country_season_note":"Average highs for Krak\u00f3w. Winters are properly cold and the Tatras hold snow from December to April.","hw_hub_country_season_rows":"January | 1 | 2 | Cold and cheap. Zakopane is in full ski season\r\nFebruary | 2 | 1 | The quietest month in the cities\r\nMarch | 8 | 2 | Thawing. Prices at their lowest\r\nApril | 14 | 3 | Spring arrives, Easter fills churches and squares\r\nMay | 20 | 4 | The best month. Warm, green, long evenings\r\nJune | 23 | 4 | Warm and busy. Festival season starts\r\nJuly | 25 | 5 | Peak. Krak\u00f3w and the coast at their fullest\r\nAugust | 24 | 5 | Still peak, and the Baltic coast is at its best\r\nSeptember | 19 | 3 | Excellent. Warm days, thinner crowds\r\nOctober | 13 | 2 | Cool and golden. Best value of the year\r\nNovember | 6 | 1 | Grey and cheap\r\nDecember | 2 | 3 | Christmas markets in every square, then a New Year spike","hw_hub_country_budget_title":"What your trip will cost","hw_hub_country_budget_intro":"Pick how you travel and how long for. Per night, for one person, at Polish prices.","hw_hub_country_budget_note":"Prices are in z\u0142oty locally; these are euro equivalents. Intercity trains are \u20ac15\u201325 a leg.","hw_hub_country_budget_rows":"Shoestring | 10 | 10 | 2 | 5\r\nMiddle of the road | 17 | 20 | 4 | 10\r\nComfortable | 30 | 34 | 7 | 18","hw_hub_country_budget_currency":"\u20ac","hw_hub_country_events_title":"What is on while you are there","hw_hub_country_events_intro":"Poland's calendar is packed and cheap. These are the ones worth timing a trip around.","hw_hub_country_events_source":"api","hw_hub_country_events_country":"poland","hw_hub_country_events_count":"8","hw_hub_country_events_cache":"24","hw_hub_country_events_cta_label":"All events in Poland","hw_hub_country_events_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/events\/europe\/poland\/","hw_hub_country_events":"Fat Thursday | February | Nationwide | The country eats 100 million doughnuts in one day. Join in. |  | \nWianki | June | Krak\u00f3w | Midsummer wreaths on the Vistula, with concerts and fireworks. |  | \nOpen'er Festival | July | Gdynia | Poland's biggest music festival, on the Baltic coast. |  | \nPol'and'Rock | August | Czaplinek | Europe's largest free festival, and completely unlike anything else. |  | \nWarsaw Uprising anniversary | 1 August | Warsaw | The whole city stops for a minute at 17:00. Sirens, silence, and then flares. |  | \nChristmas markets | December | Krak\u00f3w \u00b7 Wroc\u0142aw \u00b7 Gda\u0144sk | Krak\u00f3w's main square market is among the best in Europe, and far cheaper than the German ones. |  | ","hw_hub_country_hostels_title":"Where to stay in Poland","hw_hub_country_hostels_intro":"The highest-rated hostels in the country, live from Hostelworld. Krak\u00f3w has the most choice, and prices nationwide are among the lowest in the EU.","hw_hub_country_hostels_cta_label":"All hostels in Poland","hw_hub_country_hostels_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/hostels\/europe\/poland\/","hw_hub_country_hostels_source":"api","hw_hub_country_hostels_location_type":"country","hw_hub_country_hostels_location_id":"169","hw_hub_country_hostels_currency":"EUR","hw_hub_country_hostels_count":"12","hw_hub_country_hostels_cache":"12","hw_hub_country_hostels":"","hw_hub_country_faq_title":"Poland travel questions","hw_hub_country_faq_note":"The ones we get asked most.","hw_hub_country_faqs":"How many days do you need in Poland? | A week covers Krak\u00f3w, Warsaw and one of Gda\u0144sk or Wroc\u0142aw by train. Ten days lets you add the Tatras at Zakopane or the Baltic coast, and the prices mean extra days cost very little.\r\nIs Poland cheap? | One of the cheapest countries in the EU for travellers. Dorms from \u20ac10, a milk bar meal for \u20ac4, a beer for \u20ac2.50, and a full day at \u20ac35 to \u20ac45 without economising.\r\nHow do I visit Auschwitz? | It is 90 minutes from Krak\u00f3w by bus, train or organised trip. Since March 2026 every visit must be booked online in advance on the official site, visit.auschwitz.org, and there are no tickets on site. Self-guided entry is free in set time slots and guided tours cost 150 z\u0142oty; both sell out weeks ahead in summer. Allow a full day and expect it to affect you.\r\nKrak\u00f3w or Warsaw? | Krak\u00f3w if you want a medieval old town that survived the war and the best bar district in the country. Warsaw if you want serious twentieth-century museums and a bigger, more modern city. They are two and a half hours apart, so do both.\r\nDoes Poland use the euro? | No, the z\u0142oty. Cards work nearly everywhere, but avoid exchange booths at airports and in tourist squares \u2014 use a bank ATM and decline the machine's currency conversion.\r\nIs Poland safe for tourists? | Yes, with low violent crime. The main nuisances are strip-club touts in Krak\u00f3w's main square, who lead people to venues with enormous bills, and the taxi scams around them. Use Bolt or Uber and ignore flyers.\r\nWhat is a milk bar? | A subsidised canteen dating from the communist era, still serving pierogi, soups and cutlets for \u20ac3 to \u20ac5. Menus are usually only in Polish; pointing works, and the food is genuinely good.","hw_hub_country_cta_title":"Say yes to hostels, meet the world","hw_hub_country_cta_body":"Compare hostels across Poland \u2014 live prices, real reviews and free cancellation on most bookings. 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