Various Dimensions
of Contrastive Studies
Conference Venue
The conference will be held in Diament Hotel in Ustroń, a well-known health resort town in the Silesian Beskids mountain range, southern Poland.
ul. Zdrojowa 3
43-450 Ustroń, Poland
How to get there
The nearest airports are Katowice Airport, Kraków-Balice Airport, and Warsaw Chopin Airport.
The e-podroznik.pl journey planner will help you find timetables for bus, rail, coach, minibus and city transport
from Katowice Airport: by bus to Katowice
Bus- Ekspresowa na lotnisko / Bus - Airport Express: https://rj.metropoliaztm.pl/rozklady/#line_type-1-9
choose the line AP3 that will take you straight to the "Katowice Dworzec" ("Katowice Railway Station")
or the line AP2 and then get off at the "Katowice Dworzec"
("Katowice Railway Station") stop - this is the last stop for line nr AP2
https://rj.metropoliaztm.pl/rozklady/1-ap2/
from Katowice to Ustroń:
- by train:
from the main railway station in Katowice (Wilhelma Szewczyka 1, 44-100 Katowice)
to Ustroń Zdrój (Koleje Śląskie / Silesian Railway)
approximately 2 hours, 14 PLN
- by bus:
BusBrothers
(the ticket is purchased from the bus driver before departure)
from KATOWICE / Dworzec PKS (PKS Station), ul. Piotra Skargi, platform 1
to USTROŃ / Centrum
approximately 1 hour and 40 minutes, 15 PLN
Drabas
(the ticket is purchased from the bus driver before departure)
from Katowice, ul. Piotra Skargi, next to the old Silesia Hotel
BUS Katowice, Skargi, Silesia-cuk. - WISŁA, D.K.
to USTROŃ,CENTRUM
approximately 1 hour 30 minutes, 15-17 PLN
Super PKS
from KATOWICE / Dworzec PKS (PKS Station), ul. Piotra Skargi
to USTROŃ / Centrum
approximately 1 hour and 50 minutes, 45 PLN
from Kraków-Balice Airport to Kraków - city centre:
there are three municipal bus lines (208, 252 and 902 - a night line) that run from Kraków Airport. There is also a train operated by Koleje Małopolskie will take you to the Main Railway Station in Kraków.
from Kraków to Ustroń:
- by bus:
Lajkonik BUS
from Kraków, MDA station, lower platform
to Ustroń, Cieszyńska, 43-450 Ustroń
approximately 2 hours 35 minutes, 22 PLN
from Warsaw Chopin Airport to Warszawa Zachodnia:
Warsaw Chopin Airport is served by two Szybka Kolej Miejska (Fast Urban Railway) lines, S2 and S3. SKM S2 and S3 trains provide service along the following route: WARSZAWA LOTNISKO CHOPINA (Warsaw Chopin Airport) – Warszawa Służewiec – Warszawa Żwirki i Wigury – Warszawa Rakowiec – Warszawa Al. Jerozolimskie – Warszawa Zachodnia (this is your final stop where you need to change trains)
from Warsaw to Katowice:
- by train:
from the railway station Warszawa Zachodnia (PKP Intercity)
to Katowice
approximately 2-3 hours, 50 PLN - 150 PLN (depending on the type of train)
THEN
from Katowice railway station
to Ustroń Zdrój (Koleje Śląskie / Silesian Railway)
approximately 2 hours, 14 PLN