Poland is part of the Schengen Zone established in the European Union. Visitors who are from countries who are not from a Schengen zone country that has a visa-free agreement with the European Union will be required to obtain visas to enter Poland. Citizens of more than 60 countries do not need a visa to enter the Schengen zone including Poland. For those who will need to apply for a visa an invitation letter can be prepared from the conference organisers if requested. Simply send us an e-mail at: iccclublin2024@kul.pl Further information on Polish travel requirements can be found at: www.euraxess.pl/poland/entry-conditions-information-non-eu-citizens
Lublin is served by a number of reliable travel options:
AIR:
Lublin Airport, located 10km from the Center for Lublin offers flights to Lublin from just a few destinations on discount airlines. Filghts are available currently to/from London, Dublin and Milan on Wizz Air and Ryan Air.
Warsaw Chopin Airport, located in the Polish Capital and largest Polish city is 175km from Lublin. Warsaw Chopin Airport is a busy International Airport that accommodates both direct and connecting flights from around the world. Lot, the Polish National Airline has frequent flights to/from Warsaw as do all the major European airlines.
Train:
Poland is a part of the European Rail Network with reliable train travel throughout the country including to Lublin. The state railway company PKP (Polskie Koleje Panstwowe) operates the International and Domestic trains in Poland. Further information on traveling by train in Poland can be found on their website: https://www.pkp.pl
Trains run approximately every two hours between Warsaw's three main stations, Central, East and West to Lublin's main station. (Lublin Glowny) Travel time is approximately 2 hours from Warsaw to Lublin.
Bus:
Buses run regularly between Warsaw and Lublin during the daytime approximately every two hours. The trip takes a little over 2 hours. One bus company offering service is FlixBus. Their website can be found at: https://www.flixbus.pl/
Car:
The drive from Warsaw to Lublin is approximately 1 hour and 45 minutes on a new highway.
Travel within Lublin:
Public Transport:
The public transport service is provided by 13 trolleybus lines, 58 bus lines and 3 night service lines. Most of the vehicles have surveillance cameras installed inside for the passengers' safety. To check the schedule or for more information you can visit the website of Lublin transport company. There are free mobile phone applications such as SkyCash, mPay, moBILET or Moovit available in Lublin.
In addition to Public Transportation there are large number of Taxi Companies that provide service in Lublin and the online taxi apps including BOLT, UBER and Free Now are available in Lublin and are quite reasonable price wise.
