THE MAZOVIAN STATE UNIVERSITY IN PŁOCK ERASMUS GUIDE FOR INCOMING STUDENTS ABOUT PŁOCK
Płock is a city on the Vistula River (Wisła) in central Poland.
It is located in the Masovian Voivodeship and Płock has previously been the capital of the Płock Voivodeship. According to last records, there are 120,000 inhabitants in the city.
Plock is about 110 km from the largest and capital city of Poland, Warsaw. Also it is about 370 km from the second largest city, Kraków. ABOUT PŁOCK HOW TO ARRIVE PŁOCK FROM AIRPORTS
If you students choose Poland for your Erasmus+ Mobility, you will probably use Warsaw Chopin Airport to arrive Poland. Here you can find information about bus connection in Warsaw – https://jakdojade.pl/warszawa/trasa/jakdojade.pl - Start: Warszawa Lotnisko Chopina - The End: Warszawa Zachodnia (Warsaw West Station) You are at the West Bus Station (in Polish: Dworzec Zachodni). Now you have to find a bus which goes to Plock. Here you can find information about bus connection Warszawa –Plock https://www.e-podroznik.pl - Start: Warszawa Zachodnia - The End: Plock
Except Warsaw Chopin Airport, you can also use the other airports around Plock as another option. Such as; Kraków John Paul II International Airport Wroclaw Copernicus Airport Katowice International Airport Berlin Tegel Airport Berlin Schönefeld Airport
After arriving one of these airports, you can use FLIXBUS or EKOBUS to come to Plock. http://www.ekobus.pl/ https://www.flixbus.pl/ POLISH MONEY ZŁOTY
Zloty is currency of Poland. If you want to exchange your money, it is not recommended you to exchange it in airports. You can get low price because of high commission rate. Kantor is an exchange office that foreigners can exchange their currency. Also as another option, you can keep your money in your bank account card and when you insert the card to any ATM, you will be able to get money with currency of country that you are in. IMPORTANT NUMBERS
112 – main alarm numer (you can call with all emergencies)
986 – City Patrol,
997 – Police,
998 –Fire Station,
999 – Emergency Medical Services.
USEFUL PHRASES
DZIEŃ DOBRY (jane DOH-brih) - Good day (used like Good DZIĘKI (JEN-kee) - thanks (informal)
morning/afternoon) PRZEPRASZAM (psheh-PRAH-shahm) - I'm sorry / excuse me
DOBRY WIECZÓR (DOH-brih VYEH-choor) - Good evening TAK (tahk) - yes
DOBRANOC (doh-BRAH-notes) - GOOD NIGHT NIE (nyeh) - no / not
DOWIDZENIA! (doh vee-DZEN-ya) - Goodbye NIE WIEM (nyeh vyem) - I don't know
CZEŚĆ (cheshch) - HI NIE MÓWIĘ PO POLSKU (nyeh MOO-vyeh poh pohl-skoo) . - I don't speak JAK SIĘ MASZ? (yahk shay mahsh) – HOW ARE YOU? (informal) Polish
PROSZĘ (PROH-sheh) - please / here you are NIE ROZUMIEM (nyeh roh-ZOO-myem) - I don't understand
DZIĘKUJĘ (jen-KOO-yeh) - thank you NA ZDROWIE! (nah ZDROH-vyeh - Cheers! / Bless you! (lit. For health!)
USEFUL PHRASES Here are some useful phrases that might help you in your first days in Poland
JAK DOTRZEĆ DO DWORCA ZACHODNIEGO? POPROSZĘ BILET DO PŁOCKA. O KTÓREJ ODJEŻDŻA AUTOBUS DO PŁOCKA? KTÓRA GODZINA? HOW TO GET TO THE WEST STATION? TICKET TO PŁOCK, PLEASE. AT WHAT TIME LEAVES THE BUS TO PŁOCK? WHAT’S THE TIME?
GDZIE JEST TOALETA? GDZIE ZNAJDĘ NAJBLIŻSZY SKLEP? ILE TO KOSZTUJE? POPROSZĘ WODĘ. WHERE CAN I FIND A WASHROOM/TOILET? WHERE CAN I FIND THE NEAREST SHOP? HOW MUCH DOES IT COST? ONE WATER PLEASE.
GDZIE ZNAJDĘ SZPITAL? GDZIE ZNAJDĘ KANTOR? POTRZEBUJĘ POMOCY ZGUBIŁAM/ZGUBIŁEM SIĘ. WHERE CAN I FIND A HOSPITAL? WHERE CAN I FIND AN EXCHANGE OFFICE? I NEED HELP I GOT LOST ABOUT DORMITORY „CORK” - „KOREK”
Manager: MSc Piotr Mańkowski
Address: Płock, ul. Abp Nowowiejskiego 6 phone: (024) 366-54-15, 366-54-16 e-mail: [email protected]
Accommodation costs: Double room: 300 PLN/month Single room: 430 PLN/month One night: 40 PLN /month
All students are required to pay the deposit - 300 PLN. The deposit is refundable at the end of the stay. You have to pay your rent till 15 every month (for example 15th October, 15th November etc. ) and you have to pay by cash in
Cash Register “KASA” (Pl. Dąbrowskiego 2 – room A116). Segment in which students live consists of two double bedrooms and a bathroom.
Each room is equipped with a desk, a bed and a wardrobe.
We provide a wired Internet connection and landline in all rooms.
Students can use: the two TV rooms, exercise rooms, and laundry. Each floor has a fully equipped kitchen.
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IN THE CITY
https://www.kmplock.eu/www/ (here is the page for the public transport in Płock) https://www.kmplock.eu/rozklady/mapa.html (the map of the bus stops, you can also find the best connection on this page) Normal ticket costs 3 złote 20 groszy (3,20 zł), but when you have your student card you can buy the half-priced one, it’s half price, 1 złotych 60 groszy (1,60 zł). When you buy the ticket, you can use it only once.
You can also buy a city card: for one month (Monday to Sunday) normal costs 72zł, half-price (with student card) costs 36zł for one month (Monday to Friday) normal costs 60zł, half-price (with student card) costs 30zł for three months (Monday to Sunday) normal costs 190zł, half-price (with student card) costs 95zł for three months (Monday to Friday) normal costs 158zł, half-price (with student card) costs 79zł
YOU CAN BUY THE TICKETS IN
- the bus, in the ticket machine
- the bus, from the driver (when the ticket machine is broken)
- at the shop
- at the small shop on the street
THE MAZOVIAN STATE UNIVERSITY IN PŁOCK IMPORTANT INFORMATION
ERASMUS+ PROGRAMME SECTION Plac Dąbrowskiego 2, room B207 Name of the coordinator: Paulina Wiśniewska, MSc
Faculty of Economics and Information Technology ul. Gałczyńskiego 28, Płock Dean’s office room: 203
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences ul. Gałczyńskiego 28, Płock Dean’s office room: 113
Faculty of Health Sciences ul. Plac Dąbrowskiego 2,Płock Dean’s office room: A102
ERASMUS+ PROGRAMME SECTION
ERASMUS+ PROGRAMME SECTION Plac Dąbrowskiego 2, room B207 Faculty of Economics and Information Technology Name of the coordinator: Włodzimierz Kędziorek, PhD Name of the coordinator: Paulina Wiśniewska, MSc e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] phone: +48/ 572-669-982 Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences phone: +48/ 24 366-54-00 ext. 203 Name of the coordinator: Olga Puzia – Sobieska, MA
e-mail: [email protected]
Faculty of Health Sciences
Name of the coordinator: Sylwia Benirowska, MSc e-mail: [email protected]
STUDENT CARD
You need to have your student card. You have to pick up this card from the Dean’s Office and the date will be given to you directly. When you have your card, you have discounts in the bus and in the cinemas etc.
You can pick student card up at the dean's office.
SUPERMARKETS
LIDL
BIEDRONKA ŻABKA AUCHAN SHOPPING MALLS IN PŁOCK
Galeria Mosty – ul. Bielska 53 Galeria Mazovia – ul. Wyszogrodzka 127 Galeria Wisła – ul. Wyszogrodzka 144 RESTAURANTS
If you are in Poland, you will probably try pierogi that is popular. Woman workers will be welcoming you in traditional polish clothes.
And you can go to Gary Babci Krysi pierogi restaurant in order to taste it.
Besides of pierogi, kebab is one of the most eaten food. You can try it in Ksantos restaurant which is in Auchan.
Pizza is also one of the most eaten meal in Poland. There are various restaurants that you can eat pizza. But if you want italian style, then
you can go to Festa Italiana pizza restaurant.
Besides of these restaurants, there is Mc Donalds that is popular and you can prefer some nice restaurants in Old Town Square as well. POPULAR POLISH FOODS
Pierogi - Pierogi are filled dumplings of Central and Eastern European origin, especially Poland, made by wrapping unleavened dough around a savory or sweet filling and cooking in boiling water, or pan-frying.
Zapiekanka - A zapiekanka is an open-face sandwich made of half of a baguette or other long roll of bread, topped with sautéed white mushrooms, cheese and sometimes other ingredients, and toasted until the cheese melts. Served hot with ketchup, it is a popular street food in Poland. Żurek - In West Slavic countries, as well as in Belarus and Hungary, fermented cereals, such as rye, wheat, oatmeal, or sourdough, are used to make soups. In Poland and parts of Belarus, rye is traditional for making żur; a variant made with wheat flour instead of rye is known in Poland as barszcz biały.
Gołąbki - Gołąbki is the Polish name of a dish popular in cuisines of Central Europe, made from boiled cabbage leaves wrapped around a filling of minced pork or beef, chopped onions, and rice or barley. Bigos - a stew of sauerkraut and meat, mainly kiełbasa, including cabbage
Rosół - clear chicken broth Barszcz - its strictly vegetarian version is the first course during the Christmas Eve feast, served with uszka (tiny ear-shaped dumplings) with mushroom filling (sauerkraut can be used as well, depending on the family tradition). There i salso a version which is popular in daily basis without uszka.
Flaki - beef or pork tripe stew with marjoram
Kotlet schabowy - a pork breaded cutlet; made of pork tenderloin (with the bone or without), or of pork chop.
Placki kartoflane/ziemniaczane - potato pancakes usually served with sour cream/meat
INTERESTING PLACES IN PŁOCK
There are some nice places to spend time in Plock. Firstly, you should visit the Old Town where people usually go to have fun. There are so many restaurants, cafes and events in Old Town.
Tumska is the name of a street that contains lots of markets, nice cafes and also beautiful ice-cream places. It is near to Old Town.
Zoo Plock is ten minutes away from the university. You can go there on foot and have fun with your friends. Plock Pier is a pleasant pier in Płock, reaching into the Vistula River.
The pier in Płock is also a part of the marina.
At the end of the Pier, there is a restaurant.
Before leaving Plock, you should visit Tumskie Hill and watch the great view over the Vistula river and bridge. There are lots of areas to walk in Płock.
People who live here, especially prefer riverside (Wisła).
You can walk, run or do exercises against the riverscape. Podolszyce Północ Park is one of the best places to walk.
Other option is bike. Because there are also bikeways along the riverside and you can find bikes in some streets of Plock. Around Old Town, there are bikes as well.
There is an app called nextbike, you can download it and start enjoying bike tours in Płock. WE ARE WAITING FOR YOU