Warsaw

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Description

Warsaw is the capital city of Poland located in the heart of Europe, where the transport routes from west to east and from north to south of the continent cross. The city attracts tourists through its history and atmosphere, where influences of western and eastern European cultures mix. Warsaw is the political and business centre of the country. The best known football club of the city is Legia Warszawa.

Population

Population in 2005:	1,687,628
Estimated population in 2012:	1,672,047
Average population growth between 1995 and 2000:	0%

Source: Poland-Ukraine bid to host UEFA EURO 2012 (Phase I).

Stadium

National Stadium

Planned matches:	opening Match, group matches, quarter-final and semi-final
Total number of seats:	55,000
number of spectators:	50,000
Status:	to be refurbished
Date of putting into use:	2010

Source: Poland-Ukraine bid to host UEFA EURO 2012 (Phase I).

Accommodation

	Existing hotels
Number of hotels												Number of rooms
		*****		****		***		**		*		*****		****		***		**		*
10 km from the stadium		10		4		22		14		8		3842		1754		6953		2742		2512
11 - 75 km from the stadium		N/A		1		12		23		3		N/A		260		695		1491		111

Planned hotels

Number of hotels

Number of rooms

*****

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**

*

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**

*

10 km from the stadium

1

1

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320

129

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11 - 75 km from the stadium

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N/A

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In the capital city and in the radius of 75 km from the city center there are many pensions, inns, youth hostels, student dormitories, camping fields, tourist centers, private lodgings and other night lodgings, which can provide additional accommodation during UEFA EURO 2012. Those facilities offer the total sleeping capacity of approximately 23,000, of standard varying from high to tourist (i.e. camping fields). Some of those facilities are located in areas attractive for tourists (e.g. Zalew Zegrzyński, Puszcza Kampinoska, Puszcza Kozienicka, Wisła, Pilica).

Other facilities and compounds (mainly motels) are located in the nearest vicinity of roads (Warszawa-Katowice, Warszawa-Gdańsk, Warszawa-Poznań). The also offer accommodation for motorists. Some private lodgings are located in attractive spots, or even in the neighborhood of health resorts (e.g. surrounding of Otwock: private lodgings, spa, health and beauty resorts). The number of sleeping spaces and facilities is as follows:

• Rest houses on Zalew Zegrzyński – sleeping capacity: about 3000,
• Other rest facilities – sleeping capacity: about 1000,
• Pensions and motels - sleeping capacity: about 1000,
• Student dormitories and student houses – sleeping capacity: about 10,000,
• Private lodgings and agrotourism farms – sleeping capacity: about 2000,
• Camping fields – sleeping capacity: about 5000,
• Other facilities (e.g. parish houses, boarding schools) – sleeping capacity: about 1000.

Source: Poland-Ukraine bid to host UEFA EURO 2012 (Phase I).

Infrastructure

Plans for the modernization of the infrastructure
There are plans to construct in Warsaw the second line of West-East subway in the years 2007-2013. If the bid for organization of UEFA EURO 2012 is won, all efforts will be made to complete the project in 2011.

Additionally it is planned to construct in Warsaw a fast tramway line, connecting the City Center with north-eastern part of the capital, tramway connection of western areas of the agglomeration (Grodzisk Mazowiecki) with south-western ones (Otwock) and construction of the city’s ring road in the frames of North-South and East-West motorways. The above projects will be financed with structural funds of the European Union and Cohesion Fund.

According to plans the new Okęcie airport terminal will be put into operation in 2006. It will provide services to about 8 million passengers per year.

Projects for the new stadium provide for modifications in the transport infrastructure and will be presented when the bid is finalized and the winner is announced.

Additional transport capacities
Additional bus lines for Warsaw City Center to the National Stadium at Łazienkowska street will guarantee transport of 34,000 passengers per hour between the stadium and main transport nodes of the city (the Main Railway Station, Centrum Subway Station).

The one-way journay time will be about 10 minutes. Buses will be waiting for passengers in the closest vicinity of the stadium. Transport will be performed in the frames of the public transport system and will be monitored by the Urban Transport Management and the police.

Traffic arrangements
Any traffic problems that might surface during UEFA EURO 2012 will be solved through detours, bans on entry into specified city zones, changes in traffic lights and other methods of traffic improvement available to the police and services responsible for street traffic in the capital.
Warsaw will prepare and implement efficient methods of traffic management. In case of any problems, a special unit within the Urban Transport Management will monitor the traffic and act efficiently to solve them. All available technologies will be used, i.e. monitoring form the air (police monitoring from helicopters), GPS, separation of special traffic lanes for cars going to the stadium, restriction in traffic on the routes stadium – other facilities (hotels, training centers, airport etc.).

Source: Poland-Ukraine bid to host UEFA EURO 2012 (Phase I).