We had heard a lot of good things about the Copernicus Science Centre 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 was 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 arrived, 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 a few persons behind us, because the maximum number of visitors had been reached. Thus, the 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 everything and try out how it all 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 with sound recognition or play in the water channels to learn how to control the water flow.
Adults won’t be bored either. There are so many attractions that even after spending 6 hours there, we were unable to check all of them. We highly recommend this place!
After our visit to the Copernicus Science Centre we went to dinner at the French restaurant Rue de Paris for tasty pancakes. At night we finally arrived at the Mermaid Statue located on the bank of the Vistula River.
The second night we slept at Puffa Hostel, it was a budget one and was not as comfortable as the previous one.