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Kosher Food/ Restaurants:
WARSAW:
Kosher Delight - http://www.kosherdelightpoland.com
Grzybowska 2, Warszawa, Poland - 1st floor.

Galil Restaurant - http://www.galil-restaurant.pl/
Zielna 37, 00-108 Warszawa, Poland

Taim - Offers catering, for 6 or more people according to it's website: http://koshercateringtaim.com.pl/o-nas/?lang=en

Shabbos
Chabad in warsaw offer shabbos meals by night and day - reservations in advance required and they have a suggested donation of $18 per person per meal.
Donate - http://www.chabad.org.pl/component/content/article/75-chabad-lubawicz/458-wsparcie

LODZ
Kosher Delight - http://www.kosherdelightpoland.com

KRAKOW
Kosher Delight - http://www.kosherdelightpoland.com

Synagogue:
WARSAW:
Noyzyk Shul English Website: http://warszawa.jewish.org.pl/en/nozyk-synagogue
Twarda 6, 00-001 Warszawa, Poland

Chabad Shul - English Website: http://www.chabad.org.pl/component/content/article/114-nieprzypisana/469-english
Zygmunta Słomińskiego 19, 00-001 Warszawa, Poland

Things to Do:
WARSAW:
You can visit The Noyzyk Shul:
•    from Monday to Friday at: 9.00 AM – 7.00 PM,
•    Sunday at 11.00 AM – 7.00 PM.
The cost of admission is 10 PLN.

Kevarim
Jewish cemetery near the Old Powazki. Established in 1809, it is one of the largest Jewish cemeteries in the world. Spread over an area of nearly 44,000 square feet (3160 square meters), the cemetery was left largely intact by the Nazis and includes the graves and tombs of a quarter of a million people, including the great Rabbanim of Warsaw as well as many secular giants in literature and the arts.

The Jewish Ghetto
The infamous Warsaw Ghetto, the scene of the only organized uprising.
On the left side of the Praga River, where the Ghetto used to be, you can visit several monuments commemorating the Jews of Warsaw, including the Monument over the Ghetto Heroes at Zamenhof Square, and Umschlagplatz, a memorial raised at the very spot where Warsaw Jews were gathered in 1943, loaded on cattle wagons and transported to the death camp at Treblinka. It is still possible to see how Jews lived in Warsaw ulica Prozna, a street left largely intact from before the Holocaust.

Hotels:
WARSAW:
Intercontinental - 5 min walk from the Noyzyk Shul

Getting Around:

Notes:


Helpful map of Kevorim and phone numbers

https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?msa=0&mid=zhZzyXUv-dV0.kYv6ziQDH_n8

Polish Kosher Food List https://www.koszernapolska.pl/
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Re: Poland Master Thread
« Reply #440 on: July 18, 2019, 03:10:39 PM »
Sounds great! I've found most tip only walking tours in Europe to be pretty good.
Did you visit Auschwitz? I'm going in September and considering hiring a driver/guide.
I went there many times in the past, not this time.

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Re: Poland Master Thread
« Reply #441 on: July 18, 2019, 03:17:21 PM »
I went there many times in the past, not this time.
Ever go with the official guides? I'm thinking about booking the 6 hour official museum tour.

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Re: Poland Master Thread
« Reply #443 on: November 05, 2019, 08:13:24 PM »
Anyone have a driver in WAW for long distances over 2 days with knowledge of Kevarim etc.
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Re: Poland Master Thread
« Reply #444 on: November 06, 2019, 01:58:58 PM »
Anyone have a driver in WAW for long distances over 2 days with knowledge of Kevarim etc.
how many seats?

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« Reply #445 on: November 06, 2019, 02:07:32 PM »
how many seats?
Probably one person but needs to be comfortable car
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« Reply #446 on: November 06, 2019, 04:13:25 PM »
Probably one person but needs to be comfortable car

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« Reply #447 on: November 06, 2019, 04:34:40 PM »
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Thank you already have that.
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Re: Poland Master Thread
« Reply #448 on: December 24, 2019, 11:03:08 AM »
Anyone know what the weather is like this time of the year? Do I need boots when traveling? TIA

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Re: Poland Master Thread
« Reply #449 on: February 05, 2020, 01:20:52 PM »
I plan on going to Auschwitz the morning of my 5:20PM departure from KRK, any insight on public transportation? Or are taxis cheap enough? (Having a rental up until then)
+1 what's the best way from Krakow to aushwitz.

Also anyone with experience renting from hertz without international license?

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Re: Poland Master Thread
« Reply #450 on: February 09, 2020, 06:13:34 PM »
+1 what's the best way from Krakow to aushwitz.

Also anyone with experience renting from hertz without international license?
Hertz won’t rent out without international license.
Others will, Though you might get fined if stopped by police.

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Re: Poland Master Thread
« Reply #451 on: March 04, 2020, 08:20:35 AM »
Am booked to Lizhensk. Is there any Coronavirus concerns? More advisable to cancel?

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« Reply #452 on: March 04, 2020, 07:33:30 PM »
Am booked to Lizhensk. Is there any Coronavirus concerns? More advisable to cancel?
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Re: Poland Master Thread
« Reply #453 on: February 18, 2021, 11:02:55 PM »
Anyone flew into or out of Poland lately? Whats the scoop with the 10 days isolation, do they enforce? Can one leave during the 10 days?

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Re: Poland Master Thread
« Reply #454 on: February 19, 2021, 12:20:52 AM »
Anyone flew into or out of Poland lately? Whats the scoop with the 10 days isolation, do they enforce? Can one leave during the 10 days?
I don't think you can fly to PL now. You need to fly to neighboring country and enter by land. Where 10 day quarantine is not enforced.

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Re: Poland Master Thread
« Reply #455 on: February 19, 2021, 03:40:25 AM »
I don't think you can fly to PL now. You need to fly to neighboring country and enter by land. Where 10 day quarantine is not enforced.
which EU countries allow us citizens to enter?

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Re: Poland Master Thread
« Reply #456 on: January 04, 2022, 05:59:45 AM »
how much are the tolls on the Polish highways? & how is it working, is it prepaid or what? & how how is working with a rented car? is the car rental charging it overpriced? 

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« Reply #457 on: January 04, 2022, 10:03:35 AM »
how much are the tolls on the Polish highways? & how is it working, is it prepaid or what? & how how is working with a rented car? is the car rental charging it overpriced?
Couple of dollars here and there, less than what you pay in NY/NJ.
You can pay at the toll booths with credit card. It was easy, no issues.
I don't know about the car rentals.

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Re: Poland Master Thread
« Reply #458 on: January 04, 2022, 11:31:27 AM »
how much are the tolls on the Polish highways? & how is it working, is it prepaid or what? & how how is working with a rented car? is the car rental charging it overpriced?

See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highways_in_Poland#Tolled_sections

You pay by downloading app on phone  - https://autopay.pl/eng - or e-ticket: https://etoll.gov.pl/en/light-vehicles/e-ticket/about-e-ticket/

Some sections do not support electronic and have toll booths. Fines for evading toll is 500 PLN - which is around $123.
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Re: Poland Master Thread
« Reply #459 on: January 04, 2022, 02:30:37 PM »
Couple of dollars here and there, less than what you pay in NY/NJ.
You can pay at the toll booths with credit card. It was easy, no issues.
I don't know about the car rentals.
No Amex Though