Kerry Streason's Travel Blog

The public transport in Warsaw is a well-arranged system, which features more than 200 bus routes, some 30 tram lines and a modern underground line, plus a Rapid Urban Railway system. The route descriptions that are given on the tram stops are not difficult to follow and the tickets for the public transport are cheap.

Buses in Warsaw

The trams in Warsaw are not very fast, but it is wise to use them during the traffic jams and the rush hours, especially in the city center near your Warsaw apartment. The tram numbers 1 to 39 cover the basic connections, while those are trams that come with numbers above 40 to 49 are operating only during the peak hours only. There are trams with other numbers too, which operate only on special lines. The T trams are operated by historic cars and they run only in July and in August. Most of the tram routes are served until midnight.

Metro Subway in Warsaw

Buses in Warsaw operate each day from 5 o’clock in the morning until 23 o’clock in the night, on intervals that vary from 5 min to 2 hours for some suburban routes. Many of the buses start and come back to the Central Railway Station. The bus route numbers have three digits. The standard bus lines have numbers from 100 to 399. The seasonal bus lines are numbered from 300 – 399. The fast bus lines are numbered from 400 – 599, where the lines numbered 400 – 499 run at specific times a day or a week. The buses that are marked with the letter E before the number are express lines that offer connection to remote districts and the center if Warsaw. The zone bus lines are numbered from 700 to 899 and the seasonal lines are from 800 – 899. There are also night lines buses, which come with the letter N before the number. All these buses use the same tickets. The tickets for the night buses are the same as the ones for the day lines.

Trains in Warsaw

The subway system in Warsaw, generally known as Metro, is among the newest underground railway systems in Europe, as it was opened in year 1995. The metro runs every day from the early morning hours until midnight with intervals of three to ten minutes. During the weekends, the metro runs until 3 am in the morning. The stations of the metro, as well as the trains are neat and clean. At the moment, there is only one line available, which connects the northern to the southern outskirts of the city with the center of Warsaw. The subway does not cover the tourist destinations, though some of the stations are placed in near proximity to some of the attractions. There are plans for a second line of the metro to be constructed, but this will take some time. There is also Urban Rapid Rail trains, that are marked with the letter S and then a number. The route of this rail covers two zone tickets.

The public transport in Poland is well organized so you can be sure that if you go to Krakow and stay in central Krakow apartment you will not have any problems.

Coming to my very final posting about this amazing and truly awesome city. After we spent several unforgetable days here I can honestly tell that I’m really satisfied and I want to come back, because the time was more than insufficient. Next time I will try to spend more than a week, especially as I saved a lot of money, hiring this excellent and really affordable Brussels apartments. We didn’t face any problems with the transportation or something else, we were very close to the most interesting places and there was even one very sweet and comfortable café next to our building where we drink coffee in the mornings.

Grand Place facade

European Parliament building

To put it briefly, I loved Brussels, it was a really enjoyable and memorable trip, and of course my friends contributed a lot to be this experience so nice. No one wanted to leave, because the atmosphere of Brussels was amazing with this diversity of nationalities, we heard Arabic, Dutch, German, except the French and English. The people we connected with were also very hospitable and welcoming and the places we have been to were really interesting.

Monument of King Leopoldo II

For those who are preparing a visit to Belgium’s capital, I can promise you that, like the most of the European countries, Belgium is really attractive and has a lot to offer to its tourists. There are a lot of museums and galleries, medieval buildings, parks, the chocolate in fact is as great and mouth-watering as we expected, the beer is really fantastic and specialists will confirm it. Generally speaking, everything was fabulous, we experienced a fantastic holiday break, the Brussels accommodation was just what we wanted and the only thing we can do is to share it with you and to dream about our next journey to Brussels.

You can think about how depressed I was when I had to depart. I had so much fun there, I was non-stop in different places, I’ve have been aquainted with so many nice people, I danced all night on one of the greatest parties I can think of and now I can tell that Berlin has become one of my favorite towns, certainly if you are going because of the entertainment. Besides, I saw the chief sites, like the remaining of the wall, the Checkpoint Charlie, some of the monuments and galleries. Don’t think that I spent all my time in Berlin in parties and sleepless nights. I even made a dinner one evening for my friends in my Berlin Accommodation. The fact that there was a kitchen really made things easier for me, because I wanted to cook something special for the people who were so helpful to take me around Berlin and show me sites that I couldn’t see if I was alone. In this context I have to tell that am surely pleased of my choice of Apartments in Berlin, because it was absolutely convenient for me to move around, it was very close to the major places of interest and the rental accommodation was very pleasant, clean and perfect for my taste.

Berlin wall

Deutsches Historiches Museum

Jewish Museum

As a conclusion, I can only wish you to experience such relaxing and full of emotions and experiences vacation as the one I had. I have no doubts that this is not my last trip to Germany and definitely to Berlin, I just liked this city with all its aspects, strange and funny people, the great history and culture. Stay tune for my next adventures in some other interesting country.

Hello there, I am here again
I have experienced so many great things in this fantastic town of Brussels. I didn’t think that I will enjoy it so much. Belgium’s capital can offer nearly anything – in this city you can discover beautiful history monuments, the architecture is breathtaking-a really inspiring mixture of contemporary buildings and wide boulevards and, in meantime, there are entirely incredible medieval alleys and Gothic cathedrals like the Gudula Cathedral. Something that is likewise worth visiting is one park, which name I forgot, of course, it was too long, but the park was very large and pleasant with these green meadows and people enjoying their lunch time on the grass or in some of the pretty cafes – it was very refreshing. Especially after we had eaten so much and walked for hours, it was great to have a break in such a peaceful place.
During the time we spent in the capital of Belgium, we made an effort to go through as much as possible, so while we were resting in the apartments in Brussels, we searched for any information about which is the finest pub, where is the fanciest disco club and things like that. So, we made a decision to see how it was in the famed and almost an institution Les Brassins. Being the traditional type of restaurant, a local one, as we found out, Les Brassins wasn’t actually what we’ve thought, but the food was really tasty and I would go again. Later we thought of going back to our Holiday accommodation in Brussels, but we decided that sleeping is not fitting the schedule, so we went to a club and then to another one and I will easily notice that the night life in Brussels is completely terrific.

This is my next article about my Berlin excursion. As have understood in my last article I could spare a whole week in Berlin, so I wanted to uncover the city gradually. My idea was to tour the significant monuments, of course, but I didn’t want to feel the city like I was just a tourist, but to feel the real environment, to get together with a lot of the locals and figure out how they live, what they mainly prefer to do and have fun, you know, I wanted to get more practical information, not the same things and boring facts about the past, the wall and the story that we all know.
So, I wanted to witness so many things that I almost had no time to sleep and went to my apartment hotel in Berlin simply to take a shower and a nap to be prepared and relaxed for the next lively and enjoyable day. When I go somewhere I like the fun and want to enjoy everything possible for the days I have in the particular place. And the German capital without a doubt provided me the opportunity for one dynamic and, at the same time, really exciting holiday break, it wasn’t excatly a real holiday, because when I came back home I was more tired, but really full of positive emotions.This town is multicultural, here you can get together with people from every part of the world, there are many young people who learn or work or just have fun and this is the reason why this city is so appealing and exciting. There is always something incredibly interesting going on, whether it would be a concert, an exhibition, a great restaurant or bar, opera etc. Thank god I booked a really suitable Vacation accommodation in Berlin, because otherwise it would have been so unpleasant to spend a lot of money for an apartment that I hardly used.
See how people party in Berlin even when outside it is chilling cold: