Gliwice has efficient transport facilities which provide convenient local and international connections. The nearest airports are Katowice-Pyrzowice (40 km), Kraków-Balice (100 km), Wrocław (170 km) and Ostrawa (Czech Republik, 70 km).

AEGEE-Gliwice office is located nears the centre of Gliwice, approx. 1,5 km from the Central Railway Station (approx. 15 min. walk, 7 min.by car), a taxi rank and PKS Bus Station.

Airport home page - http://www.katowice-airport.com/en/

The airport has direct flight service with e.g. Frankfurt/M, Dusseldorf, Monchengladbach, Warsaw by PLL LOT and Lufthansa; details and timetables can be found on the airport home page.

Car rental services are available at the airport, e.g. Budget, Europcar, Hertz, or Avis. Car route: Pyrzowice – Gliwice: road no. 910 (direction: Tarnowskie Góry), in Tarnowske Góry: road no. 908 (direction: Gliwice); distance – 40 km, time – approx. 50 minutes. There is also a taxi service at the airport.

Daily Airport Bus service: Katowice - Katowice-Pyrzowice Airport - Katowice (from Hotel Katowice in Katowice ), time: approx. 40 minutes, ticket - 20 PLN.

Bookings and timetable - phone 600 512 788 ( firm:„Stefan”).

Public Bus Service: Line 53 - Bytom Central Railway Station - Pyrzowice Airport (time – approx. 60 minutes) Line 85 - Bytom Central Railway Station - Pyrzowice Airport (time – approx. 60 minutes) Timetable is available on (www.kzkgop.com.pl (Polish language only). Railway connection is available from Katowice to Gliwice (details - www.pkp.pl), from Bytom (Central Railway Station) there is taxi service or public bus service (no. 850, time – approx. 50 minutes).

Airport home page - www.lotnisko-balice.pl

The airport has direct flight service with e.g. Frankfurt/M, Paris, London, Vienna, Rome, Zurich, Budapest, New York, Chicago and Warsaw by PLL LOT, Lufthansa, Swiss, British Airways, Alitalia, Air France -details and timetables on the airport home page.

Car rental services are available at the airport, e.g. Budget, Europcar, Hertz or Avis. Car route Balice – Gliwice: motorway A4 (charge – 10 PLN – about 2,5 euro, cash only, direction Katowice), in Katowice road no. 93 (direction Skoczów), in Mikołow road no. 92 (direction Gliwice); distance – 100 km, time – approx. 70 minutes. There is also a taxi service at the airport

PLL LOT offers bus service: Airport Kraków-Balice - Katowice-Centrum ( free of charge-valid air ticket only). Details at representatives or PLL LOT ticket offices. Public bus service from Kraków-Balice airport to the centre of Krakow: lines 2O8 and 192, time: approx. 35 minutes. Bus timetables are available o (in Polish only): www.komunikacja.krakow.pl www.mpk.krakow.pl The travel from the airport to the centre of the city is approx. 35 min.

There is train service: Krakow- Gliwice (details - www.pkp.pl).

Airport home page - www.airport.wroclaw.pl

The airport offers direct flight service with e.g. Frankfurt/M, Munich, Cologne, Copenhagen and Warsaw- details and timetables on the airport home page.

Car rental services are available at the airport, e.g. Budget, Europcar, Hertz or Avis. Car route Wrocław – Gliwice: motorway no. A4 to Opole, road no. 4 to Gliwice; 170 km.

Public bus service from Wrocław Airport to Central Railway Station- line 406 (on weekdays every 20-30 minutes, on weekends and public holidays every 40 minutes, time – approx. 30 minutes) or by a taxi.

There is a train connection Wrocław - Gliwice. The journey takes about 2.5 hours. (datails - www.pkp.pl).

Airport home page - www.airport-ostrava.cz

The airport offers direct flights to e.g. Prague, Split, Burgas - details and timetables on the airport home page.

Car rental services are available at the airport, e.g. Europcar, Hertz. Car route Ostrawa – Gliwice: road no. 58 to the border crossing in Chałupki, after the border – road no. 91 (direction Gliwice); distance – 70 km, time (border crossing procedure time may vary ) – approx. 70 minutes.

Information on how to get from the airport to the centre of Ostrawa (public transport, taxi service ) is available on the airport home page. There is train service Ostrawa – Gliwice, changing at Katowice

(details - www.pkp.pl).

Airport home page - www.porty-lotnicze.com.pl

Car rental services are available at the airport, e.g. Europcar, Hertz, Budget or Avis. Car route Warsaw – Gliwice: road no. 8 to Piotrków Trybunalski, road no. 1 to Siewierz, road no. 910 to Tarnowskie Góry, road no. 908 to Gliwice; distance – 310 km, time – approx. 4 hours.

There is a train service from Warsaw to Gliwice. Transport information to and from the airport are available on airport home page.

(details - www.pkp.pl).

from selected border crossings

• Chałupki (52 km) - Poland/Czech Republic

• Cieszyn (78 km) - Poland/Czech Republic

• Zwardoń (120 km) - Poland/Slovakia

• Korbielów (120 km) - Poland/Slovakia

• Zgorzelec (313 km) - Poland/Germany

• Olszyna (420 km) - Poland/Germany

• Medyka (375 km) - Poland/Ukraine

• Terespol (505 km) - Poland/Belarus

• Gdynia (590 km) - ferry terminal

• Świnoujście (600 km) - ferry terminal

For a detailed journey planning please, refer to e.g.:

• www.viamichelin.com

• www.expedia.com

• Katowice - by road no. 93 to Mikołów, turn right, by road no. 92 to Gliwice; 35 km

• Kraków - motorway A4 do Katowic, road no. 93 to Mikołów, road no. 92 to Gliwice; 110 km

• Warszawa - road no. 8 to Piotrków Trybunalski, road no. 1 to Siewierz, road no. 910 to Tarnowske Góry, road no. 908 to Gliwice; 310 km

• Łódź - road no. 1 and A1 to Piotrków Trybunalski, road no. 1 to Siewierz, road no. 910 to Tarnowskie Góry, road no. 908 to Gliwice; 220 km

• Poznań - road no. 42 to Pleszewo, road no. 43 via Kępno, Kluczbork, Lubliniec to Tarnowskie Góry, road no. 908 to Gliwice; 305 km

• Wrocław - road no. A4 to Opole, road no. 4 to Gliwice; 170 km

• BUDGET: www.budget.com

• EUROPCAR: www.europcar.pl

• HERTZ: www.hertz.com

• AVIS: www.avis.com

Gliwice offers direct railway connections with Hamburg, Berlin, Kiev, Lvov and most major Polish cities. A connection, changing in Katowice, is also available to Vienna, Prague, Budapest, Bratislava, Ostrawa. Timetables and connections are available on Polish Railways home page - www.pkp.pl, or www.bahn.de.

It is possible to take a taxi from the Central Railway Station in Gliwice to AEGEE-Gliwice office (a taxi rank is outside the station, journey time – approx. 7 minutes ) or walk ( approx. 15 minutes ).