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Europe and Euro 2012 READ FIRST POST!!!

southafrica2010

hi,

i am thinking of travelling around europe over 10-12 weeks next summer. now that ireland look odds on to qualify for euro 2012 in poland / ukraine it would be great to take in the tournament.

has anyone any ideas for a good route to take around europe in summer 2012 starting late may / early june? euro championships starting 08/06/12

many thanks

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finbarrk

Jacqal wrote: »

Ruch is a chain of newsagent's kiosks. ORANGE Starters You will buy in hundreds of places.

Thanks Jacqal. I'll try and get one in the airport maybe.

polish_fan

John37 wrote: »

Just wodering how much money would be advisable to take to Poland if I was only going for 6 full days and was planning to spend wisely (low budegt). I don't drink so will save on that also. It would only be needed for food, entertainment/attractions etc because the accomodation has been paid for already

I'd say about 350-450 PLN. Bus and Tram tickets are about 3 PLN, dinner is about 20 PLN, however it may be more because of price increase. There are cheap markets such as "Biedronka" and "Lidl" when you can buy cheap food and drinks.

About carriers, there are 4:
Orange
Play
T-Mobile
Plus GSM

You can buy pre-paid cards from one of their shops, no problem with that. Of course phone must be unlocked.

If you will be in Gdansk, and you don't have a place to stay yet, check out this:

The Fan Enclave campsite

There will be events such as paintball and music. There are also telebims.

Jacqal

Diego Murphy wrote: »

I was just on the live chat too. The sim packs are available in all Orange shops in Poland and also in Ruch shops. Not sure what Ruch is but assume it's some sort of chain.

If you're on O2, you can request your unlock code from the following link http://www.o2online.ie/o2/help/article.php?aid=55730#NUC2

Ruch is a chain of newsagent's kiosks. ORANGE Starters You will buy in hundreds of places.

Diego Murphy

finbarrk wrote: »

Presume we can just buy a sim in a phone shop over there? Once we have unlocked phones.

I was just on the live chat too. The sim packs are available in all Orange shops in Poland and also in Ruch shops. Not sure what Ruch is but assume it's some sort of chain.

If you're on O2, you can request your unlock code from the following link http://www.o2online.ie/o2/help/article.php?aid=55730#NUC2

John37

Just wodering how much money would be advisable to take to Poland if I was only going for 6 full days and was planning to spend wisely (low budegt). I don't drink so will save on that also. It would only be needed for food, entertainment/attractions etc because the accomodation has been paid for already

finbarrk

Presume we can just buy a sim in a phone shop over there? Once we have unlocked phones.

s_carnage

Was just on live chat to Orange there and they were very helpful. The special sim card for the Euros they have is €15 and its not worth ordering it now as it can take up to 2 weeks for delivery. For that you get

* 5 GB for surfing on Internet
* Free calls to Orange Poland
* Free SMS/MMS to Orange Poland
* 50PLN for other services

I asked him about prices to call & text home and these are the costs to Ireland:

2,30 PLN/pinute
0,62 PLN/text message

It seems like a really good deal especially if there was a few of ye over there at least ye could contact each other for free if ye were all on this network. Think I'll probably go with this deal.

s_carnage

Just wondering what ye think is the best phone company to join over there. Would be looking for maybe a GB of data and then decent rates to phone and text home. See Orange have a starter pack specially for the Euros which seems decent enough so just wonderinrg if there is anything better?

Orange

colly10

Jacqal wrote: »

http://camppoznan.pl/EN/Tariff.html

This one says "The camping is avaible from 4th to 30th of july 2012" in the regulations section, also when you go to book "June/July" appears but there's only one set of dates. Anyone know what the deal with this is?

polish_fan

hupskip wrote: »

Camps are 30 per night and the apartment for 5 nights is 120 each which is very good value

Interesting... How many people is this this apartment for? And is it 120 per person, or for whole apartment? Also, is this accommodation during match days?

About campsites, I know one when you have 20 euros per night (if you bring your own tent, if not- it's 25).

hupskip

polish_fan wrote: »

I know there are karts in Gdynia and Sopot. Water park is in Sopot

Nice, but remember there are always alternatives, such as other campsites. It's all about who has the best price. How much are you paying?

Camps are 30 per night and the apartment for 5 nights is 120 each which is very good value

polish_fan

hupskip wrote: »

Also anybody know of things to do in either Posnan or Gydinia to pass away the day besides drinking of course
Any go karting or water parks???

I know there are karts in Gdynia and Sopot. Water park is in Sopot

hupskip wrote: »

We are staying 3 nights in the Carlsberg Fan Camps then 5 nights in an apartment in Gydinia(...)

Nice, but remember there are always alternatives, such as other campsites. It's all about who has the best price. How much are you paying?

hupskip

pa12 wrote: »

go crazy!:cool:

Also anybody know of things to do in either Posnan or Gydinia to pass away the day besides drinking of course

Any go karting or water parks???

pa12

hupskip wrote: »

We are staying 3 nights in the Carlsberg Fan Camps then 5 nights in an apartment in Gydinia and finally back to poznan for the last night but we do not yet have accomodation for that one night. Our flight is early the next morning so we were thinking of just sleeping in the airport?
Is this a crazy idea?

go crazy!:cool:

blaa85

hupskip wrote: »

We are staying 3 nights in the Carlsberg Fan Camps then 5 nights in an apartment in Gydinia and finally back to poznan for the last night but we do not yet have accomodation for that one night. Our flight is early the next morning so we were thinking of just sleeping in the airport?
Is this a crazy idea?

I'm doin the same. I'm in carlsberg camp in poz and gdansk. I have 2 6am flights, just goin to stay at the airport those nights.

hupskip

We are staying 3 nights in the Carlsberg Fan Camps then 5 nights in an apartment in Gydinia and finally back to poznan for the last night but we do not yet have accomodation for that one night. Our flight is early the next morning so we were thinking of just sleeping in the airport?
Is this a crazy idea?

polish_fan

I see you are looking for a cheap accommodation in Poland. I live here so I can tell you the cheapest way to go is campsite. Hotels's prices are higher than ever, I could'n believe when I saw them.

I know one that is in Gdansk, 1km in straight line from the stadium (about 2 km if you go on foot, so it's very close).

Prices there are 15 euros per person + 10 euros for area on campground (only payed once). So, for example, for 2 persons, you pay 20 euros each (for one night), and every next night costs 15 euros each. This price includes breakfast!

The thing is, they only allow 2 persons per tent. I wonder if it's cool for you, or would you like to be in, for example, 4-person tent?

diarmuid05

Any idea if this one is legit??

link

Seems a bit too good to be true??

Jacqal

http://camppoznan.pl/EN/Tariff.html

Jacqal

but 30euros per night
http://www.tentresorts.com/poznan-football-fans-camp

diarmuid05

Cheers,
I've already found those 2 but am not very impressed with the prices.

If you hear of any others, please post.

Thanks

Jacqal

http://campervanvillage.com/about.php

Jacqal

diarmuid05 wrote: »

Jacqual

Is there anybody setting up official/unofficial campsites in Poznan
Surely there is more campers going to be there than can fit in the 1/2 existing campsites that seem to be booked up?

Really struggling to find somewhere to park camper-van in Poznan

http://www.carlsbergfancamp.pl/en/buy/1

I'm also trying to find out about other options

diarmuid05

Jacqual

Is there anybody setting up official/unofficial campsites in Poznan
Surely there is more campers going to be there than can fit in the 1/2 existing campsites that seem to be booked up?

Really struggling to find somewhere to park camper-van in Poznan

Wisesmurf

Jacqal wrote: »

on TVP1 and TVP2

Cheers Jacqal! you wont be sobre for the entire Euro 2012 with the amount of pints you're owed!

Jacqal

on TVP1 and TVP2

Wisesmurf

Hi enjoypoznan,

Strange question maybe. But which of the polish tv stations are showing the matches free to air? will they have a game every game day? Do they broadcast over analogue (DVB-T)

mikedragon32

Sorry to cut in with chat, but enjoypoznan got a namecheck on Today FM on Sunday during a piece about travel Euro2012 on Antoin Savage's show.

Glad you can offer assistance to the Boardsies!

DeBigMan

lads, im stayin in bygocdscz, going to stay the nights of the games in the cities and get the latest/earliest trains home, would these need to be booked in advance???

Shankill wanderer

enjoypoznan wrote: »

I can't help you with travel to Torun unfortunately but if you need any help getting to/from Poznan, Gdansk, Warsaw or Berlin please let me know and I'll be happy to be of assistance. Besides why Torun? It has no football culture therefore no football atmosphere... and it's a bit of a family town (i.e. quiet and boring to be honest) it's not a vibrant happening place like Wroclaw, Poznan, Krakow or Gdansk.

Wanted to stay in gdansk but the accomadation was far to expensive when i was booking last november.