MEDICOVER SPORT HYROX WARSAW 2027

Your weekend in Warsaw, mapped

Hotels near the venue, gyms for a shakeout session, where to fuel up and where to recover.

Like a local

Local insights for Warsaw

The things a friend who lives here would tell you before race weekend.

• One ticket for everything

  ZTM tickets work on the metro, trams, buses and SKM trains. Options include 75-minute, 24-hour, 72-hour and weekend tickets. Validate paper tickets as soon as you board, or at the gates before metro platforms. Inspectors are strict.

• Machines on board take cards

  Ticket machines inside trams and buses take cards or BLIK, not cash. If you buy in the Jakdojade app, the ticket isn't active until you scan the QR sticker near the doors.

• Use apps, not airport touts

  Bolt and Uber both work in Warsaw. At the airport, ignore the touts outside Arrivals and use the official taxi kiosk or an app.

• Sunday 11 April is a non-trading Sunday

  Poland's Sunday trading ban closes supermarkets and malls on most Sundays. Pharmacies, petrol-station shops and bakeries can stay open. If you race on Sunday, buy breakfast and snacks on Saturday.

• No holiday clash

  Easter falls on 28 March in 2027, and Easter Monday is a public holiday. Both are over before race week, so expect normal shop hours and transit service from Wednesday to Saturday.

• April is cool and changeable

  NOAA-based records give average highs around 13°C (56°F) and lows around 3°C (37°F), with rain on about a third of days.

• Drink the tap water

  Tap water is safe across Poland. Restaurants often bring bottled water, so ask for tap if you want it.

• Paying and tipping

  Cards are accepted almost everywhere. If asked, choose to pay in złoty rather than your home currency. About 10% is a normal restaurant tip, and saying "dziękuję" as you hand over cash means keep the change. There's no tipping custom for taxi drivers.

Getting to PGE Narodowy

• From Warsaw Chopin Airport

  Take SKM line S2, which stops at Warszawa Stadion with no change. Wikivoyage puts the ride downtown at about 25 minutes, with trains roughly every 30 minutes. Don't board the S3, which skips Stadion. A zone 1 ZTM ticket is valid.

• From Warsaw Modlin Airport

  Koleje Mazowieckie's RL service runs direct to Warszawa Centralna. Then take a tram east to Rondo Waszyngtona.

• From the city center

  Metro M2 runs to Stadion Narodowy. From Warszawa Centralna, trams 7, 9, 22, 24 and 25 cross the river to Rondo Waszyngtona, a ride that one stadium guide puts at under 15 minutes.

Race-day tips for PGE Narodowy

1. 1

   Board the right train

   Only S2 stops at Warszawa Stadion. SKM sometimes reroutes S2 for stadium events, so check its notices.

2. 2

   Arrive early

   Race-day check-in opens 90 minutes before your division's first wave. You can only check in on your own competition day, and you need ID.

3. 3

   Check your start time

   HYROX says individual start times are posted about three days before the event and can't be changed.

4. 4

   Sort spectator tickets

   Friends need their own spectator tickets. Anyone entering before their check-in window goes through the Spectators Desk with a ticket and ID.

5. 5

   Dress for the walk

   April can be cold and wet, so bring dry layers for the trip home.