About the Copernicus Science Centre we have heard a lot of good words long before our trip. The building is located on the banks of the Vistula River on the Kościuszkowskie coast. And as you might guess, it’s hard to find a place for the car. Watch out for local con artists – parking across the street costs 10 PLN per hour! But a street away you can park for free.
If you’re planning a trip to the Copernicus Science Centre we have two important pieces of advice. First – make ticket reservation online, second – bring your National Card for Large Families. Let’s explain what’s going on. Large Family cardholders and people with online tickets are admitted through a separate queue. For all others there is a long queue, which when we came was as long as the building itself. We had to stand in line for 2 hours. At the end of waiting they stopped letting people in just few persons behind us, because the maximum number of visitors had been reached. Thus, people standing in line behind us were not as lucky as we were.
The interior of the Copernicus Science Centre consists of a few hundred exhibits to explore, divided into thematic laboratories. You can (and should!) touch and try how everything works. We can find the main fields of science: physics, chemistry, optics, acoustics, biology, health, electricity. For children under 5 they also launched a special section called Bzzz !, where kids can experiment themselves with sound recognizing or play in the water channels how to control the water flow.
Adults won’t be bored either. There are so many attractions that when we spent there 6 hours we were unable to check all of them. We highly recommend this place!
After visit in Copernicus Science Center we went to dinner at the French restaurant Rue de Paris for tasty pancakes. At night we finally arrived to the monument of Mermaid Statue located at the bank of Vistula River.
Second night we slept in Puffa Hostel, it was a budget one and was not as comfortable as the previous one.