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  • WARSAW EURO 2012 Questions and Answers

    06. 07. 2012 04:35


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General info:

Capital City of Poland

Stadium:
Capacity - 58 000 seats, 106 for the disabled, 900 for the media, 800 seats in the VIP lounges
Underground car park - 1765 spaces
Toliets - 965


Location of the stadium:

Built in place of the 10th Annivesary Stadium on the west bank of the Vistula river

Address:

Narodowe Centrum Sportu,
al. Ksi?cia J. Poniatowskiego 1,
03-901 Warsaw

Directions:

The stadium is located next to the Washington roundabout. Public transport, by which one can get there from the Central Train Station looks as follows:

Trams: 7, 9, 22, 24, 25

Busses: 158, 507, 517, 521

To get to the Central Train Station from the Fryderic Chopin Airport just hop into the 175 bus.

EURO 2012 matches at the national stadium:

Poland - Greece (8 June, 18:00 GMT+1, group A)

Poland - Russia (12 June, 20:45 GMT+1, group A)

Greece - Russia (16 June, 20:45 GMT+1, group A)

Quarterfinal (21 June, 20:45)

Semi-final (28 June, 20:45)


 

Supporter Area: Capacit - 100,000 supporters during match days. The expected number of people coming to the supporter area during any other day - 20,000-30,000.

In this Supporter Area you can find:

- A central stage with the matches being shown live

- Restaurants, pubs, etc.

- Official UEFA EURO 2012 souvenir shops

- 4 medical stations and 40 medical patrols who will help you should you get into a mishap (2 located by the Emilii Plater St.)

- Tourist information provided in Polish, English and Russian

- Deposit zones where you can leave personal belongings safely

- On the Supporter Area site there will be cash machines and currency exchange available

- Many other enjoyable activities

- Entry is free


Other interesting places to visit:

- Copernicus Centre, link: http://www.kopernik.org.pl/

- Palace of culture and sciences (tallest building in Poland), located by the Central Train Station, link: http://www.pkin.pl/

- Zoo, located in the Praga North quarter of Warsaw, at Ratuszowej 1/3 St., link: http://www.zoo.waw.pl/

- The Old Town (most of the architecture dating back to the XVII and XVIII centuries), link (unofficial, only Polish but containing photographs): http://www.ewarszawa.com/przewodnik/miejsca/index.php?dzial=5

- Fountains located by the Old Town, link: http://parkfontann.pl/

- Warsaw Uprising Museum, a tribute to the people who fought for the freedom of Poland and her capital, link: http://www.1944.pl/

- Polish Military Forces Museum, link: http://www.muzeumwp.pl/

- Lazienki, a palace/park complex in Warsaw with many a number of historic structures, set up in XVIII century by the order of the then-present king, Stanislaw August Poniatowski. It is a place of many cultural/sports/science/entertainment events and it is a favourite place for the citizens of Warsaw to just have a casual stroll. Nearby there can be found the Botanical Garden of Warsaw University. Link: http://www.lazienki-krolewskie.pl/



A web page advertising Warsaw for the EURO 2012
http://uefaeuro2012.um.warszawa.pl/

By Stiuardessa

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