Before you leave
Administrative preparations: Whether you’re moving from a neighbouring country or a different continent, prepare for the immigration and work permit process well in advance. This process can be...
Warsaw Neighborhoods
Neighbourhoods: Warsaw is a vast area divided into 18 different boroughs, all boasting a different look and feel. Whether you’re looking to rent a flat in the middle of the hustle and bustle or a...
Temporary Accomodation
Warsaw has an ever-expanding range of short-term lodging options, so you can easily make arrangements to have a convenient base from which to search for a new home – or to recommend to those...
Getting Around Warsaw
Arrival: Warsaw is the main gateway for people travelling to Poland by air, with the vast majority of European and overseas visitors flying into Frederic Chopin International Airport (Port Lotniczy...
When you arrive in Warsaw
Making a new home in a new land, with all its cultural, culinary and social differences, is an exciting – and at the same time stressful – undertaking. Give yourself and your family time to...
Choosing a school
Parents who have been through the process before say that finding the right school for your child starts with asking the right questions. In Warsaw, expat families have a variety of schools from...
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Education in Warsaw
Warsaw’s primary and secondary school community boasts programmes with increasingly elaborate facilities and varied academic offerings. For expat families that want an education using a standard international curriculum, Warsaw offers a range of international schools offering International Baccalaureate (IB) programmes.
