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

joanna.zabek@aiesec.net +48 785 754 564

Members of Organizing Committee:

Karol Kafara karol.kafara@aiesec.net

+48 514 456 590

Karolina Majewska karolina.majewska13@aiesec.net

+48 691 831 388

WE ARE WAITING FOR

YOU!!!