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Transcript of Booklet AIESEC University
AIESEC University
Booklet
2013/2014
Rzeszów POLAND
WELLCOME MESSAGE
Dear Trainee, Wellcome in Poland!
Are you ready for an adventure?
Rzeszów is waiting for you!
You have been matched to our beautiful country which is situated in the heart of Europe.
We will show you traditional hospitality of our nation and help you to discover the most interesting
places in Poland. This booklet gives you some information about Polish life, read this carefully
and you will be prepared for your travel
Remember that you can always count on members of your host committee of AIESEC Rzeszów.
We hope that you will avoid all misunderstandings.
We are waiting impatiently for you!
You will never forget this trip!
Table of content
AIESEC in Poland
AIESEC Rzeszów
Short lesson about the Poland
Polish culture and tradition
Rzeszów, Warsaw, Cracow
Usefull informaiton
Pocket dictionary
Contacts
AIESEC IN POLAND AIESEC helps young people to develop and work in an international
environment. Poland is one of the leading countries in the AIESEC
network, is part of AIESEC global association since 1973.
For years AIESEC in Poland
has been provider of both
incoming and outgoing exchanges,
now we have eigthteen local
committees
in seventeen cities and people like
you
can travel around the world,
meet new friends and have great
time.
ABOUT AIESEC RZESZÓW Your host committee is Local Committee in Rzeszów which was created in 2009.
So far, we have hosted about 200 international trainees who participated in projects
organized by AIESEC Rzeszów, e.g. AIESEC University, Enter Your Future, The
Heart of Art, International Kindergarten, The Children’s Place, Explore Yourself.
What's more, AIESEC Rzeszów enables Polish students and alumni participate in
voluntary or practices
in many countries such as China, India, Brazil, Vietnam, Russia and Serbia.
Encouring the development of our members we cooperate with colleges: University of
Information Technology and Management in Rzeszów, Rzeszów University, Rzeszów
University of Technology and the State Higher Vocational School in Sanok.
Read more about us:
www.aiesec.pl/rzeszow/
Short lesson about Poland Country's full name: The Republic of Poland
Teritority: total area of the country - 312,685 km2 (120,727 sqm)
Population: about 38,6 mln
National flag:
colors: top - white
bottom - red
National emblem: white eagle in a crowd against a red background
Capital city: Warsaw
National anthem: "Mazurek Dąbrowskiego"
Currency: 1 złoty (translation: “gold”) = 100 groszy
Time: GMT/UTC plus one hour (GMT + 2 from last Sunday in March to Saturday before last
Sunday in October)
The President: Bronisław Komorowski
Polish culture and tradition
polish
cuisine
holidays
and
festivals
religion
the most
beautiful
places
THE MOST POPULAR
POLISH TRADITIONAL DISHES
pierogi (dumplings) - a case of dough filled with a savory filling (as of meat,
cottage cheese, or vegetables) and cooked by boiling and sometimes then
panfrying,
rosół - clear chicken soup, usually served with noodles or potatoes,
gołąbki - cabbage leaves stuffed with spiced minced meat and rice or with
mushrooms and rice served with sour cream or tomato sauce,
pierogi rosół gołąbki
placki ziemniaczane - potato pancakes usually served with sour cream,
oscypek - hard, salty cheese from nonpasteurized sheep milk which is smoked over a fire,
sernik (cheesecake) - one of the most popular desserts in Poland. It is a cake made
primarily of twaróg, a type of quark fresh cheese
Placki ziemniaczane
oscypek
sernik
Holidays celebrated in Poland
January 1 - New Year's Day
Springtime - Easter
May 1 - Labour Day/May Day
May 3 - Constitution Day
Summer - Corpus Christi
August 15 - Assumption Day
November 1 - All Saints' Day
November 11 - Independence Day
December 24&25 - Christmas Eve and Christmas
Religions
A lot of traditional customs are connected with Catholic religion. Catholicism is the
major religion of Poland. Most Christians in Poland are Roman Catholic: 89.8%
(about 75% practicing), Eastern Orthodox: 1.3%, Protestant: 0.3%. Other religions:
0.3%, unspecified: 8.3%.
RZESZÓW Are you looking for beautiful, small academic city?
Rzeszów will be ideal for you!
You probably don't know that Rzeszów
is a city where as much as 353 per 1,000 inhabitants are students.
This is the largest number of students in the EU in relation to the
population!
Rzeszów is the capital of the Subcarpathian region, with a population about 179,455, Rzeszów
Area abound in belonging to the richest in Poland deposits of natural gas and crude oil.
Rzeszów is rich in number of cultural institutions - cinemas, theaters, art galleries and
photography, community centers, museums. An interesting program for the residents of the city prepare
Theatre Wanda Siemaszkowa and Theatre "Mask".
You can spend a pleasant time in the numerous restaurants, pubs, cafes, pizzerias and discos.
The city has museums, galleries, photography and painting as well as cultural. The most interesting are:
Ethnographic Museum, the Museum of the History of the City of Rzeszów and Underground Way. Emphasis
is also to create the conditions for leisure and relaxation and expansion of the existing base of sports - leisure
activities.
The Old Town in city centre is small
and easily manageable by feet. There
are regular bus services from the
centre to New Town and suburbs.
One-way ticket ('bilet normalny')
costs 2.80 PLN. It is valid only for one
certain route and for one bus on this
route (you cannot change buses on
the same route).
WARSAW The capital of Poland with a Mermaid as the
emblem. This is one of the greenest metropolises
on the continent, with Europe’s wildest river Wisła
flowing through the center of the city. You will find
here several hundred historical places, some of
them very unique not only on the European scale.
Splendid palaces and sanctuaries, sometimes
from the Medieval Ages, among them the Royal
Castle, St. John Cathedral, Barbican, the defence
walls. You will find here symbols of socialist
architecture – the Palace of Culture and Science
built in 1956.
Visit wonderful Łazienki Palace and Park, the Wilanów Palace and Park, Krasinski Garden
and Palace. it’s worth to see the monuments and places of remembrance: the Column of
Zygmunt III Waza, monuments of Adam Mickiewicz, Prince Józef Poniatowski.
Warsaw is a city full of astonishing contrasts and it never ceases to amaze with its
magnitude
of dimensions and themes, which are there to be discovered, absorbed and understood by
the inquisitive. Everyone will find funny, exciting and entertaining ways to spend time in
Warsaw.
www.um.warszawa.pl/en
CRACOW Poland's cultural capital, historic city.
Cracow was the capital of Poland from
the 11th - 17th century. The city has an
impressive central market square (the
second largest in Europe after St. Mark’s
Square in Venice) and the beautiful
Wawel Castle, which sits atop a hill. In
1364, the Cracow Academy was
established and it was the first Polish
university (today - Jagiellonian
University). The city was registered as
one of the 12 sites on the UNESCO
World Heritage List. It is hard to list all the
tourist attractions in Cracow. For sure,
however, each tourism will discover his
own "magical" Cracow. Some will follow
the footsteps of Nicholas Copernicus,
others will be interested in sites linked
with John Paul II, some others will wander
around the alleys of the Jewish Kazimierz
district.
It’s a meeting place of many cultures and nations, successfully claims its position as a Central European
metropolis, a city of culture, art and science. This town offers fantastic nightlife, with many of bars and
restaurants – the cobbled streets of the Kazimierz district in particulary.
www.krakow.pl/english/
Transport from the airport in Rzeszów
By bus: The airport is connected with Rzeszów city centre by public transport (bus from 'MPK' company),
special line 'L'. Journey to/from airport takes about 25 min and costs 8 zł (under €2) if you pay in zł, or €3 if
you pay in € (tickets are sold by the driver, price includes the carrying of luggage). Buses terminate at railway
station and depart from the same stop. Generally, bus timetable
is synchronized with flights' arrivals and departures and in the case of delayed flight, bus is waiting for
passengers. However, it is strongly advised to check the bus and flight timetable before travel.
Rzeszow-Jasionka Airport - Rzeszów Railway Station timetable:
www.infores.pl/mpk/default.php?menu=show&t=r&l=L&KIER=P&NR_=98L&w=&ku=19
Useful information
TRANSPORT
WARSAW CHOPIN AIRPORT – RZESZÓW
The easiest way is to go by plane from Warsaw Chopin airport (Warszawa Okęcie) to
Rzeszów Jasionka or from Warsaw to Rzeszów by bus.
On this website you can find the information how to get from the airport to the City Center
and other places in Warsaw – by bus, by train, by taxi.
www.lotnisko-chopina.pl/en/passenger/access-and-car-parks
Here you can find useful directions about getting from place to place in Warsaw.
Just put in the boxes: Warsaw Chopin airport and in the second box the place you want to
get to.
warszawa.jakdojade.pl/?locale=en
BUSES FROM WARSAW TO RZESZÓW a) NEOBUS
www.neobus.pl/en/
This bus goes directly from the Warsaw Chopin airport (Warszawa Okęcie Bus Terminal) to Rzeszów - costs
about 67 PLN.
b) EURORES
www.eurores.pl/en/
Also goes from the Warsaw Chopin airport to Rzeszow. Costs about 67 PLN.
c) POLSKI BUS
www.polskibus.com/en
You will have to get form the Warsaw airport to the Bus station „Metro Wilanowska” by the public bus
transportation. And then to Rzeszów with a Polski Bus - costs from 15 PLN to 40 PLN.
One of the options:
Take the bus 331 form the airport (sectors AB 02) to METRO WILANOWSKA. It takes about 22 minutes. Then
you will have to walk about 5 minutes to WILANOWSKA STATION to take Polski Bus.
d) here you can find all the buses form Warsaw to Rzeszów
en.e-podroznik.pl/
Check this websites for the timetable and buy the ticket by website!
This websites are in English!
PRICES Polish currency is the zloty (zł, PLN), divided into 100 cents (1 zł = 100gr)
Banknotes are in denominations of 10, 20, 50, 100 and 200 zł and coins in denominations of 1, 2, 5
zl and 10, 20, 50 gr.
Prices of food products in Poland are not too high, the cheapest places are supermarkets and the
markets.
Prices of some products:
bread: 2-3 zł
mineral water 0.5 l: 2 zł
coca cola 0,5 l: 2,5 zł
coffee: 5 - 15 zł
cigarettes: 10 - 15 zł
dinner: from 10 - 20 to 50 zł
cinema ticket: 15 - 25 zl, theatre 30 - 50 zł
In most places payment should be done only in the Polish currency.
Pocket dictionary
yes - tak
no - nie
thank you - dziękuję
please - proszę
good morning - dzień dobry
goodbye - do widzenia
good evening - dobry wieczór
good night - dobranoc
hi, hello - cześć (informal)
bye, see you - cześć (informa)
see you later - do zobaczenia
excuse me - przepraszam
I'm sorry – przepraszam (someone)
free of charge, free - bezpłatny
open - otwarte
close - zamknięte
My name is... - Nazywam się...
What is your name? - Jak się nazywasz?
I come from... - Jestem z...
My name is... - Na imię mam...
I am xx years old. - Mam xx lat
Where is? - Gdzie jest?
Where are you? - Gdzie jesteś?
Excuse me, how can I get to...? - Przepraszam, jak dojść do...?
Excuse me, where is ... street? - Przepraszam, gdzie jest ulica...?
Can you show me on the map? - Czy może mi to pan pokazać na mapie?
Is it far? - Czy to daleko?
I'm lost. - Zgubiłem się.
you have to - musi pan/pani
right - w prawo
left - w lewo
to turn - skręcić
I live in Warsaw. - Mieszkam w Warszawie.
capital (capital city) - stolica
bus - autobus
underground - metro
car - samochód
highway / speedway - autostrada
train - pociąg
taxi - taksówka
airport - lotnisko
bus station - dworzec autobusowy
railway station - dworzec kolejowy
bus stop - przystanek autobusowy
luggage - bagaż
information (point) - informacja
departures – odjazdy/odloty
cancelled - odwołany
delayed - opóźniony
arrivals – przyjazdy/przyloty
to return; come back - wrócić
to go straight ahead - iść prosto
behind the traffic lights - za światłami
Where can I buy / get a ticket? - Gdzie można kupić bilet?
a ticket to... - jeden bilet do...
how much is the ticket to... - lle kosztuje bilet do...
single fare / one way ticket - bilet w jedną stronę
return ticket - bilet w obie strony
cash - gotówka
credit card - karta kredytowa
ATM / cash machine - bankomat
bank - bank
exchange - kantor
Can I pay with a credit card? - Czy mogę zapłacić kartą kredytową?
How much is it? - Ile to kosztuje?
Can I have a bill, please? - Poproszę o rachunek.
Contact us
The Leader of the project: Joanna Ząbek
[email protected] +48 785 754 564
Members of Organizing Committee:
Karol Kafara [email protected]
+48 514 456 590
Karolina Majewska [email protected]
+48 691 831 388
WE ARE WAITING FOR
YOU!!!