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VENUE

Department of Neophilologies

University of Silesia

Stefana Grota-Roweckiego 5
41-205 Sosnowiec

Poland

e-mail: neolinguists@gmail.com

How to get there?

Sosnowiec (pronounced [sɔsˈnɔvjɛts]) is an industrial city in southern Poland and one of the cities of the Katowice urban area.

The nearest airports are Katowice Airport, Kraków-Balice Airport, and Warsaw Chopin Airport.

from Katowice Airport:

Bus - Ekspresowa na lotnisko / Bus - Airport Express: https://rj.metropoliaztm.pl/rozklady/#line_type-1-9

choose the line AP2 and then get off at the "Sosnowiec Dworzec PKP" ("Sosnowiec Railway Station") stop (if you are staying in Sosnowiec) OR "Katowice Strefa Kultury" or "Katowice Sokolska" (if you are staying in Katowice);

"Katowice Dworzec" ("Katowice Railway Station") is the last stop for line nr AP2

https://rj.metropoliaztm.pl/rozklady/1-ap2/

from KATOWICE to Sosnowiec: find the bus station in Katowice on Piotra Skargi Street, the bus line 40 will take you straight to the Department of Philologies - get off the bus at the "Sosnowiec Pogoń Orla" stop; approximately 20-30 minutes

from Kraków-Balice Airport to Kraków - city centre:

there are three municipal bus lines (208, 252 and 902 - a night line) that run from Kraków Airport. There is also a train operated by Koleje Małopolskie will take you to the Main Railway Station in Kraków.

from Kraków to Katowice:

there are many buses departing from Kraków Dworzec Autobusowy (Main Bus Station) that will take you to Katowice Piotra Skargi Street; approximately 1 hour

from Warsaw Chopin Airport:

Warsaw Chopin Airport is served by two Szybka Kolej Miejska (Fast Urban Railway) lines, S2 and S3.

SKM S2 and S3 trains provide service along the following route: WARSZAWA LOTNISKO CHOPINA (Warsaw Chopin Airport) – Warszawa Służewiec – Warszawa Żwirki i Wigury – Warszawa Rakowiec – Warszawa Al. Jerozolimskie – Warszawa Zachodnia (this is your final stop where you need to change trains)

then, from the railway station Warszawa Zachodnia, take a PKP Intercity train to Katowice; approximately 2-3 hours

Coaches to and from Sosnowiec operated by FlixBus can be found here: https://www.flixbus.co.uk/coach/sosnowiec

The e-podroznik.pl journey planner will help you find timetables for bus, rail, coach, minibus and city transport

https://en.e-podroznik.pl/

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