Contact
Media contact
Agnieszka Cudek
phone: +48 12 664 41 35
mobile phone: +48 795 545 750
e-mail: agnieszka.cudek@uj.edu.pl
Media contact
Agnieszka Cudek
phone: +48 12 664 41 35
mobile phone: +48 795 545 750
e-mail: agnieszka.cudek@uj.edu.pl
Academic visits
SOLARIS User Office
phone: 12 664 41 85, 12 664 41 99
email: user.solaris@uj.edu.pl
School visits
MSc. Natalia Zapart
phone: +48 12 664 41 38; +48 453 689 818
e-mail: zwiedzanie.solaris@uj.edu.pl
From the Kraków Main Bus Station and Kraków Główny Railway Station, you can reach the SOLARIS Centre by taking tram line 52 (direction: Czerwone Maki P+R).
The tram stop where you should board is Teatr Słowackiego (see map below; the walk from the railway station to this stop takes approximately 8 minutes).
The stop where you should get off is Kampus UP. After exiting the tram, walk back a few steps and turn left into Luciany Frassati-Gawrońskiej Street (see map below).
The total travel time is approximately 30 minutes. The cost of a single regular fare ticket is 6.00 PLN.
Tickets can be purchased:
in ticket machines inside vehicles — by cash or card, depending on the payment options displayed on pictograms by the vehicle doors,
in selected retail outlets, such as convenience stores and press kiosks,
in stationary ticket machines for the Kraków City Card (KKM system) or Małopolska Agglomeration Card (MKA system),
via mobile apps: mPay, iMKA, moBiLET, SkyCash, jakdojade, or zbiletem.pl (shared 70-minute tickets available in iMKA and mPay),
via banking apps of partner institutions: Santander Bank, Millennium Bank, BNP Paribas, PKO BP, Alior Bank, PeoPay (Bank Pekao SA), ING Bank Śląski, Velo Bank S.A., Provema.
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The Kraków Airport is located about 11 kilometres from the city centre. A taxi trip is the only way to get to the SOLARIS Centre directly.
24-hour taxi service is provided by Kraków Airport Taxi. Taxis can be ordered by phone at +48 12 258 0 258 or on-line (website in English). The cost of the journey is about 100 PLN (25 euro). Each Krakow Airport Taxi car is equipped with a payment terminal. Dispatchers and drivers have at least communicative knowledge of English.
You can get to the SOLARIS Centre from the Kraków Airport using other taxi companies services, as well (iCar, Barbakan, Mega Taxi, Eco Taxi, Dwójki, Krak Taxi). However, if you want to pay for the course with a credit card, you must make sure when ordering a taxi that a driver will have a payment terminal. Not all dispatchers and drivers speak English.
The minimum journey time is 20 minutes, but there is a high risk of major delays due to traffic jams.
Krakow Airport is served by three regular bus lines: 209 and 300 and one night line: 902. These are Agglomerattion bus lines.The ticket cost is PLN 6.00 (1,5 EURO) (normal single-trip ticket for one person). The bus stop is located near the passenger terminal. You have to get on the bus at the Kraków Lotnisko / Airport bus stop. You must get off the bus at the Rondo Grunwaldzkie bus stop (formerly Centrum Kongresowe ICE bus stop). Then you must cross the street to get to the Rondo Grunwaldzkie tram stop (formerly Centrum Kongresowe ICE tram sto, see the map below). Now take the tram no 18 or 52 in the direction of Czerwone Maki P+R. You must get off the tram at the Kampus UP stop.
When you get off the tram you should return a few steps in the direction you came from, turn left just past the Ericsson building and go straight along Luciany Frassati-Gawrońskiej street to the end (see the map below).
The whole journey time is approx. 50 minutes, but there is a high risk of major delays due to traffic jams.
Information on bus and tram timetables can be found on the MPK Department of Transport in Krakow website.
Tickets can be purchased:
in ticket machines inside vehicles — by cash or card, depending on the payment options displayed on pictograms by the vehicle doors,
in selected retail outlets, such as convenience stores and press kiosks,
in stationary ticket machines for the Kraków City Card (KKM system) or Małopolska Agglomeration Card (MKA system),
via mobile apps: mPay, iMKA, moBiLET, SkyCash, jakdojade, or zbiletem.pl (shared 70-minute tickets available in iMKA and mPay),
via banking apps of partner institutions: Santander Bank, Millennium Bank, BNP Paribas, PKO BP, Alior Bank, PeoPay (Bank Pekao SA), ING Bank Śląski, Velo Bank S.A., Provema.
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A journey with one stopover. First take the train to the Kraków Główny central railway station, then go to the tram stop and take the tram number 52.
Trains run from the Kraków Airport to Kraków Główny every half hour from 5:00 a.m. to 00:00 a.m. and the fare is 17 PLN (approx. 3 Euro). Detailed information on connections including timetables can be found on the Malopolskiekoleje.pl website (English version available). You can buy your ticket at the airport using:
From the Krakow Główny central railway station you can get to SOLARIS by tram using line 52 (in the direction of Czerwone Maki P+R). A single journey ticket costs 6,00 PLN (approx. 1,5 euro) per person. You have to get on the tram at the Teatr Słowackiego tram stop, which is located approx. 8-minute walk from the central railway station (see the map below). You must get off the tram at the Kampus UP stop.
When you get off the tram you should return a few steps in the direction you came from, turn left and go straight along Luciany Frassati-Gawrońskiej street to the end (see the map below).
The whole journey time is approx. 60 minutes.
Information on bus and tram timetables can be found on the MPK Department of Transport in Krakow website.
Tickets can be purchased:
in ticket machines inside vehicles — by cash or card, depending on the payment options displayed on pictograms by the vehicle doors,
in selected retail outlets, such as convenience stores and press kiosks,
in stationary ticket machines for the Kraków City Card (KKM system) or Małopolska Agglomeration Card (MKA system),
via mobile apps: mPay, iMKA, moBiLET, SkyCash, jakdojade, or zbiletem.pl (shared 70-minute tickets available in iMKA and mPay),
via banking apps of partner institutions: Santander Bank, Millennium Bank, BNP Paribas, PKO BP, Alior Bank, PeoPay (Bank Pekao SA), ING Bank Śląski, Velo Bank S.A., Provema.
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