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your home country or through countries in Europe. Buy a at Krupnicza 8 and Natura at
youth-tourism specialists European travel adaptor before Krupnicza 21. Both sell many
Almatur in Krakow, providing you leave home. Polish specialities. Take a
you have documentary multiple-use bag of your own
evidence of your status. rather than using plastic bags.
The European Youth Card is Responsible Tourism If you have rubbish to dispose
available to anyone under the Travelling responsibly is largely of, ask locals to direct you to the
age of 30 and can be bought a matter of common sense. recycling bins located on many
from numerous outlets Eating in chain restaurants or street corners. There is usually a
throughout Europe, or online fast-food outlets increases the trio of containers set aside for
via their website. likelihood that you will be paper, glass and plastics.
consuming cheaply supplied
products that have not come
Time
from ecological sources. If you
Poland is in the Central eat Polish food in Polish
European time zone, which restaurants, it is more likely
means that Krakow is 1 hour that food has been locally
ahead of Greenwich Mean Time, sourced. When shopping for
6 hours ahead of US Eastern your own food, aim for outdoor
Standard Time and 11 hours markets rather than the large
behind Australian Eastern supermarkets. Stall-holders at
Standard Time. From late the Stary Kleparz market at
March until late October Rynek Kleparski near Planty are
clocks are set forward 1 hour. far more likely to sell seasonal
produce of local provenance,
and will frequently advertise
Electricity the fact by chalking up signs
The voltage in Poland is 230 advertising the Polish origin of
volts. Plugs are of the two-pin their vegetables. Organic food Fresh fruit and vegetables at a Krakow
type, as is the case in most shops include Naturalny sklepik food market
DIRECTORY
Travel Safety Ireland Map 6 D3. Tel 12 354 27 Radio Taxi Partner
Advice ul. Mysia 5, Warsaw. 23. ∑ infokrakow.pl Tel 196 88. ∑ taxi-
Tel 22 849 66 33. ∑ dfa. partner.krakow.pl
Australian ie/irish-embassy/poland Planty
Department of ul. Szpitalna 25. Map 2 D4 Travelling with
Foreign Affairs UK (6 E1). Tel 12 354 27 20. Children
and Trade ul. Kawalerii 12, Warsaw. ∑ infokrakow.pl Groteska Theatre
Tel 22 311 00 00.
∑ dfat.gov.au ∑ gov.uk/government/ John Paul II Airport ul. Skarbowa 2. Map 1 B4
∑ smartraveller.gov.au world/poland Tel 12 285 53 41. (5 A2). ∑ groteska.pl
UK Foreign and US Jordan Park
Commonwealth ul. Stolarska 9. Map 1 C5 Travellers with al. 3 Maja.
Office (6 D3). Tel 12 424 51 00. Disabilties
∑ gov.uk/foreign- ∑ pl.usembassy.gov/ Polish Association Stanislaw Lem
travel-advice embassy-consulate/ for the Blind Garden of
krakow Experiments
US Department ul. Olszańska 5. al. pokoju. Tel 12 346
of State Customs Tel 12 262 53 14. 12 85. ∑ ogroddos
∑ travel.state.gov Information ∑ pzn.malopolska.pl wiadczen.pl
Embassies and Ministry of Culture Polish Association Travelling on
Consulates and National Heritage for the Deaf a Budget
∑ mkidn.gov.pl ul. Św. Jana 18.
Australia Map 1 C4 (6 D2). Almatur
3rd floor, Nautilus Building, Tourist Tel 12 422 73 45. Rynek Główny 27.
ul. Nowogrodzka 11, Information ∑ pzg.krakow.pl Map 1 C4 (6 D2).
Warsaw. Tel 22 521 34 44. InfoKraków Polish Society for the Tel 12 422 46 68.
∑ australia.pl ul. Św. Jana 2. Map 1 C4 Rehabilitation of the ∑ almatur.pl
Canada (6 D2). Tel 12 421 77 87. Disabled European Youth Card
ul. Jana Matejki 1/5, ∑ infokrakow.pl ul. Na Zjeźdie 11. ∑ eyca.org
Warsaw. Tel 22 584 31 00. Pawilon Wyspiańskiego Tel 12 312 14 00. ISIC
∑ canada.pl pl. Wszystkich Świętych 2. ∑ pfron.org.pl ∑ isic.org