Poland shall not be forgotten or official 13th June Chorzow/Katowice show thread

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  • katja
    katja Posts: 188
    Guys thanks a lot for this thread!
    This info was reeeeally needed!
    See you in Poland!!!
    :D
  • karola
    karola Posts: 39
    Laura_Jayne wrote:
    Haha thanks! I guess I'm just nervous about trying to negotiate public transport when it's all in a language I don't understand i.e. what ticket to buy, will I get on the right train going in the right direction etc!

    Also, if I want to be near the venue do I actually want to be staying in Chorzow??

    you'll be just fine! ;)
    sure you can stay in chorzow if you wanna be really close to the stadium but katowice is fine too - because these 2 cities are actually connected so getting around is a piece of cake (worse case scenario: here taking a taxi shouldn't hurt your wallet ;) )

    one more thing about trains in poland:
    krakow-katowice: take the 'pospieszny' train - not 'osobowy' - the latter stops at every station and is really slow.
    warsaw-katowice (or any other long distance train journey in PL) - take 'intercity' or 'ekspres' - again do not take 'osobowy' - it will save you a lot of time, trust me...
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  • Satchell
    Satchell Posts: 149
    France delegation to Poland !! ... we'll be 8 to move from PARIS ... POLAND HERE WEEE COOOOOMMMME
  • cropdustress
    cropdustress Posts: 4,339
    Thanks for all the info on there, all of you.
    I made a thread with all the venues info and added the
    link to this thread so you might wanna check that
    thread from time to time in case someone's got a question ;)

    http://forums.pearljam.com/showthread.php?t=231240
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  • roubal
    roubal Posts: 82
    There is also a good option for people who are coming just for the show - there is a *** hotel at the stadium, so you don't have to go anywhere.
    http://www.polishtravel.com.pl/pozycjonowanie/prezentacja.php?placeid=1036&languageID=2
  • ilockyer
    ilockyer Posts: 2,272
    Thanks for all the information. I'd lost my login for the forums, so wasn't aware of all the buzz about Euro dates and didn't get my 10c membership updated in time... schoolboy erorrs. If no tickets for London available this will be my fallback option so all information greatly appreciated!
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  • Laura_Jayne
    Laura_Jayne Posts: 165
    roubal wrote:
    There is also a good option for people who are coming just for the show - there is a *** hotel at the stadium, so you don't have to go anywhere.
    http://www.polishtravel.com.pl/pozycjonowanie/prezentacja.php?placeid=1036&languageID=2

    You rule!!! Thank you x
  • GyöngyLekvár
    GyöngyLekvár Posts: 584
    best.thread.ever.

    thank you! :D
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  • Laura_Jayne
    Laura_Jayne Posts: 165
    roubal wrote:
    There is also a good option for people who are coming just for the show - there is a *** hotel at the stadium, so you don't have to go anywhere.
    http://www.polishtravel.com.pl/pozycjonowanie/prezentacja.php?placeid=1036&languageID=2

    If anyone from the UK books this hotel, please let me know who you did it through & how it went!

    Thanks :D
  • ilockyer
    ilockyer Posts: 2,272
    You can book directly through the http://www.polishtravel.com website shown above by the look of things, provided you have a credit card.

    http://www.expedia.co.uk shows there is a Novotel there, which works out at £53 for a twin room, for anyone going and sharing that might feel more comfortable with the idea of staying at an internationally branded hotel.
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  • titefka
    titefka Posts: 35
    Bartek wrote:
    Or choose Wroclaw. Out of this three Warsaw is the worst choice :P (expensive and far away from Chorzow, yet it has the biggest airport).
    oooh yes I agree ,Wroclaw is a really good choice.Has anybody heard about touring bus or sth like this ....? greetings
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  • Dirty Frankk
    Dirty Frankk Posts: 4,274
    I try to make reservation in a Hotel Stadium Slaski...I put all info in questionary, but it seams that it didn't went thru...???
    Did somebody else had a same problem, no response of reservation ???

    Help :)
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  • mole1985
    mole1985 Posts: 1,119
    Dirty Frankk wrote:
    I try to make reservation in a Hotel Stadium Slaski...I put all info in questionary, but it seams that it didn't went thru...???
    Did somebody else had a same problem, no response of reservation ???

    Help :)

    Yeah it doesn't look like you can book that far in advanced.
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  • jack_bass_player
    jack_bass_player Posts: 1,126
    i won't be going to the katowice show but i just wanted to use this thread as a great example that this forum is awesome :) i mean this thread is really helpful, so nice one :D
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  • xnothingmanx
    xnothingmanx Suffolk UK Posts: 195
    mole1985 wrote:
    Yeah it doesn't look like you can book that far in advanced.

    I put a request in through http://www.poland.com and am waiting to hear back.....
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  • karola
    karola Posts: 39
    titefka wrote:
    oooh yes I agree ,Wroclaw is a really good choice.Has anybody heard about touring bus or sth like this ....? greetings

    and I must disagree. wroclaw is fine for a travelling experience but not for someone who just comes for the concert. it's not that close to katowice (the journey takes almost 3 hours by train) - so my choice would still be katowice (if you're coming just for the show) or krakow (if you arrive the day before or so). plus, really, wroclaw being a beautiful city, it doesn't beat krakow in its beauty and nightlife!

    as far as the on-line reservations of the stadium hotel go - no idea why it didn't work for you guys. maybe try calling them?
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  • Super Vedder
    Super Vedder Posts: 1,531
    ive just put a reservation request in for the stadium hotel for 12th and 13th but now wish i had stayed in krakow for the 12th and katowice for 13th, are there a few bars in katowice near the hotel or is it easy to travel to krakow from there even late at night? Oooh so many questions and concerns, i should just relax and see what happens but im put off a bit by somebody who posted saying "Dont stay in Katowice" why not???? whats up with it???
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  • karola
    karola Posts: 39
    super vedder :)
    relax ;) you'll be fine either way. by 'don't stay in katowice' I (or whoever else wrote it) meant that it's not the most interesting of all the places - it's the capital of the industrial, coal-mining area in poland, and there's not much to do/see there.
    but one thing you can take for granted - wherever you go in poland - you'll find bars! :)
    as I wrote earlier - it takes 1,5 h krakow-katowice - so you'll just have to decide if it worth wasting that time just to have a few drinks! ;) there should be trains to/from krakow late in the evening too.
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  • Super Vedder
    Super Vedder Posts: 1,531
    oh god now i feel even worse about staying there, at least it will be easier to get to the airport for my 6am flight back to liverpool from katowice on the 14th, wont it? if nothing else it will be an experience i guess!
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  • Super Vedder
    Super Vedder Posts: 1,531
    the hotel at the stadium has no availability for 12th and 13th anyway so god knows what im gonna do now!!! does anybody know how katowice airport is from the stadium, i might just get a hotel on 12th and go the gig 13th then just hang out at the airport afterwards til my flight at 6am. seems the best/cheapest idea.....
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