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I understand there are different parts open, and some time during the year you can only go when it is on an official guided tour

If i go in March, what can i see, and what will it cost?

Cant make head or tail of the website

cheers
 
I've been there in Summer, when it's all open & you can wander at will. I wasn't aware that restrictions ever applied. There may be info on travel forums such as tripadvisor.
 
An experience that will haunt me for the rest of my life.

However, I went on a school trip and it was all planned for me, so I have no idea about the intricacies of itinerarisation.
 
Stephen Fry's grandad. :(
 
Not been to Auschwitz but did Daccau when in Munich last year and that was bad enough
 
my great uncle was at belsen, ended up crippled but came out alive in the end

he fell out of a machine gun tower
 
anti-glazer league said:
my great uncle was at belsen, ended up crippled but came out alive in the end

he fell out of a machine gun tower
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What a shock that that 'joke' made it here

As usual
 
anti-glazer league said:
my great uncle was at belsen, ended up crippled but came out alive in the end

he fell out of a machine gun tower
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opinions sometimes are like arseholes...

grimy, dirty and full of shit.
 
desmond said:
I understand there are different parts open, and some time during the year you can only go when it is on an official guided tour

If i go in March, what can i see, and what will it cost?

Cant make head or tail of the website

cheers
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Aushwitz is free entry mate all year round.

as for restrictions i don't believe there are any.

We went round ourselves and then took a 5 minute taxi to Birkeneau and that is 10 times worse than Auschwitz.

Don't plan a party night on the night of your visit as i doubt you'll feel like it, we went out but sat in silence most of the night, truly heart rending stuff.
 
Amazing (if thats the right word) place. Very very eerie. Makes you feel very uneasy. Horrible walking through the crematorium in Auschwitz I and the exhibits (all the hair, glasses and childrens shoes) are shocking. Definitely worth visiting.
 
I visited last year, our group consisted of 5 and we paid a little extra for a private guided tour (my mate booked in advance) http://en.auschwitz.org.pl/z/

it was very interesting to get the guides stories that you probably wouldn't get with just the headphones..and you have the opportunity to ask questions that you wouldn't get with the tapes

A harrowing experience that will stay with me forever, but glad I did it.
 
serbianwarcriminal said:
Amazing (if thats the right word) place. Very very eerie. Makes you feel very uneasy. Horrible walking through the crematorium in Auschwitz I and the exhibits (all the hair, glasses and childrens shoes) are shocking. Definitely worth visiting.
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They are certainly the most haunting parts, the hair is genuinely quite shocking. But the whole experience is quite shocking.

I went this summer, in terms of cost, you could only go in group tours when I was there which you had to pay for,unless you went after 3 or 4 in the afternoon, which I did and was free. I think it would be better doing it on your own time rather with other randomers so I would definitely recommend that.

Once I left, I just felt uneasy. I stayed in a hotel in Krakow after and just felt eerie all
Night, not a nice feeling.
 
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Gibbo said:
They are certainly the most haunting parts, the hair is genuinely quite shocking. But the whole experience is quite shocking.

I went this summer, in terms of cost, you could only go in group tours when I was there which you had to pay for,unless you went after 3 or 4 in the afternoon, which I did and was free. I think it would be better doing it on your own time rather with other randomers so I would definitely recommend that.

Once I left, I just felt uneasy. I stayed in a hotel in Krakow after and just felt eerie all
Night, not a nice feeling.
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This worries me, a few of us are going for a random 4 nights on the piss in Krakow so i have decided i am going to go, being into my history a lot etc

However if its going to make me a reclusive shithouse for 2 days then i wonder if its worth it, or whether its better going at a different time when its more appropriate

My mate said something about the two parts being 40 minutes away from eachother or something, is this right?
 
Gibbo said:
They are certainly the most haunting parts, the hair is genuinely quite shocking. But the whole experience is quite shocking.

I went this summer, in terms of cost, you could only go in group tours when I was there which you had to pay for,unless you went after 3 or 4 in the afternoon, which I did and was free. I think it would be better doing it on your own time rather with other randomers so I would definitely recommend that.

Once I left, I just felt uneasy. I stayed in a hotel in Krakow after and just felt eerie all
Night, not a nice feeling.
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We went with our little boy who was just 3 months old at the time and he was in his buggy and he was really distressed. It seemed like he realised it was a bad place. We only got to see Auschwitz I as he was just bawling the entire time. Wished I'd been able to see Auschwitz II.

We got the train to Oswiecim and then a taxi to the camp which is far and away the cheapest way of doing it (although the train station is straight out of Borat, with gypsy beggars the lot).
 
desmond said:
This worries me, a few of us are going for a random 4 nights on the piss in Krakow so i have decided i am going to go, being into my history a lot etc

However if its going to make me a reclusive shithouse for 2 days then i wonder if its worth it, or whether its better going at a different time when its more appropriate

My mate said something about the two parts being 40 minutes away from eachother or something, is this right?
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Mate when you get back to Krakow and see all of the local smut in the main sqaure and get back on the beer you'll be fine! Also check out the bars in Kasimierz (former Jewish ghetto).
 
Yes this also bothers me, I would really like to go there, but I don't want to be all fucking suicidal when I have finished the tour.
I might as well just take the wife (no) out if I want to feel like that.

Perhaps they could have clowns doing the tour, just to sort of lighten it up a bit, you know - still the seriousness of the place but with a lighter note.
Or midgets, they always make me laugh.
 
desmond said:
This worries me, a few of us are going for a random 4 nights on the piss in Krakow so i have decided i am going to go, being into my history a lot etc

However if its going to make me a reclusive shithouse for 2 days then i wonder if its worth it, or whether its better going at a different time when its more appropriate

My mate said something about the two parts being 40 minutes away from eachother or something, is this right?
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2-3 km mate, so no.
 
chatmaster said:
Yes this also bothers me, I would really like to go there, but I don't want to be all fucking suicidal when I have finished the tour.
I might as well just take the wife (no) out if I want to feel like that.

Perhaps they could have clowns doing the tour, just to sort of lighten it up a bit, you know - still the seriousness of the place but with a lighter note.
Or midgets, they always make me laugh.
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The tour of the place is moving and will make you sad, but once you get back to Krakow you'll soon get back into holiday mode. "Its like a facking fairy tale!" (except without swans or hundreds of different beers)
 
serbianwarcriminal said:
Mate when you get back to Krakow and see all of the local smut in the main sqaure and get back on the beer you'll be fine! Also check out the bars in Kasimierz (former Jewish ghetto).
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Does the local clunge put out, or are they akin to that in other eastern european cities where you only stand a chance if you are a fat, hairy biker who wears lots of leather and has shockingly bad body odour making them smell like pigs?
 
desmond said:
Does the local clunge put out, or are they akin to that in other eastern european cities where you only stand a chance if you are a fat, hairy biker who wears lots of leather and has shockingly bad body odour making them smell like pigs?
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Polish birds do like cock from what I'd heard. A mate of mine who looks like Gareth fucking Southgate fucked a fairly fit one when he went on a staggy. I went with my family (no) so can't speak from experience. Another factor in your favour is that all Polish men are fuck 'orrible and are built like Ross Kemp and generally have foreheads you can land planes on. Missus' (no) family (no) are Polish and even she concurs on this. The downside is that all Polish men are built like gorillas and are generally fucking psychos and don't like Johnny Foreigner getting his swerve on with their women. (Have read numerous posts on here about Krakow where groups of English lads have encountered issues in clubs with the local skinheads).

PM Red Tinted Specs he lives in Poland and I think will be relatively familiar with Krakow (although he lives in Warsaw).
 
I went about 9 years ago. I didn't leave feeling suicidal as there wasn't anything I could have done about it as I wasn't alive then. I preferred Alton Towers to be honest.
 
Spooky place, made me think a lot.
 
One place I have to see. Might have a look at cheap flights, is the site open in winter? Got 8 days to take before the end of the year. I reckon the experience in the middle of winter would be better than summer, get a real feel of how cold it must have been for them and what they went through.
 
serbianwarcriminal said:
Polish birds do like cock from what I'd heard. A mate of mine who looks like Gareth fucking Southgate fucked a fairly fit one when he went on a staggy. I went with my family (no) so can't speak from experience. Another factor in your favour is that all Polish men are fuck 'orrible and are built like Ross Kemp and generally have foreheads you can land planes on. Missus' (no) family (no) are Polish and even she concurs on this. The downside is that all Polish men are built like gorillas and are generally fucking psychos and don't like Johnny Foreigner getting his swerve on with their women. (Have read numerous posts on here about Krakow where groups of English lads have encountered issues in clubs with the local skinheads).

PM Red Tinted Specs he lives in Poland and I think will be relatively familiar with Krakow (although he lives in Warsaw).
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Is it going to be fucking freezing in March?
 
desmond said:
Is it going to be fucking freezing in March?
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I went in March also and it was cold on a couple of days but there was a couple of days where it was about 15 degrees. Its Russian Roulette. You pack for it to be freezing and it'll be mild, you pack presuming its warm and it'll be freezing.

I took fuck loads of really thick jumpers and a ski jacket and baked my bollocks off on the warm days.

I've never seen such a grey day as the day we went to Auschwitz though, didn't rain or snow and was fairly mild.
 
Dr Octopus said:
One place I have to see. Might have a look at cheap flights, is the site open in winter? Got 8 days to take before the end of the year. I reckon the experience in the middle of winter would be better than summer, get a real feel of how cold it must have been for them and what they went through.
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Definitely. You'd want snow ideally. You'd get some fucking awesome pictures if there was snow.
 
serbianwarcriminal said:
Definitely. You'd want snow ideally. You'd get some fucking awesome pictures if there was snow.
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The Americans who were in our tour group got some awesome pictures of inside the the incinerator and the gas chamber.
 
desmond said:
Does the local clunge put out, or are they akin to that in other eastern european cities where you only stand a chance if you are a fat, hairy biker who wears lots of leather and has shockingly bad body odour making them smell like pigs?
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Went to Krakow last year and made the trip to Auschwitz. It was February and absolutely freezing cold. 6 of us hired a minibus taxi to go there and back - cost about £15-20 each I think. We hired a private guide there which cost about £7 each. The stories she told us were much better than tagging onto the massive group tours that are run.

As for the camp itself, it's free to get in. The site holds some of the most shocking eerie things I have ever seen and is truly awful reminder of what one human being can do to another. The gas chamber was creepy but the thing that made me want to be sick the most was the 'rooms' they had made to punish people. It was basically a room that was normal height but only 2 feet wide with a tiny metal door at the bottom. They made them crawl in and shut the door and forced them to stand up all night. Many suffocated to death, others had panic attacks, some were killed as they couldn't get in. The survivors were sent back to work in the morning and if they couldn't do it they were shot.

It's bad enough walking round the main site and thinking of the horror of the place and then they tell you about the second site and you go there and it's on another level. I think it's 1.7km by 1km in size, full of containment blocks and gas chambers. Unreal sight!

I would probably visit there early in the morning to give yourself time to recover for the evening.

As for Polish girls, they love the cock. You can pull them quite easily in the clubs however you have to watch out with your hotels as many won't allow 'visitors' to guest rooms.

The local blokes do look like meat heads and do go round looking to pick fights with foreigners - especially the English. We went to Frantic and on the way out, the guy in our group who was at the back got jumped on and had the shit kicked out of him as we tried to leave. He's 6ft 5" tall and but that didn't stop them. His faced got all fucked up and the police came along and carted him off for questioning. He missed his flight home and had to wait 24 hours before getting back.

Be careful where you go and watch your backs.
 
desmond said:
This worries me, a few of us are going for a random 4 nights on the piss in Krakow so i have decided i am going to go, being into my history a lot etc

However if its going to make me a reclusive shithouse for 2 days then i wonder if its worth it, or whether its better going at a different time when its more appropriate

My mate said something about the two parts being 40 minutes away from eachother or something, is this right?
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You'll be fine mate, if your gonna be going with a set of lads then once your out on the piss you'll be fine.

I only really felt uneasy the night after as I was sat in a hotel room allnight doing fuck all so it was just on my mind. I'd say in your environment is the best time to go.

Aushwitz 2 is a few minutes away, there's shuttle buses that run between the two so you won't have a problem.
 
serbianwarcriminal said:
fucking dread to think what you'd be like after a visit there. Bet you spent the remainder of your trip crying in the fetal position in your room!:eek::D
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Im very interested in the war etc though, we stayed overnight nearby, needless to say, i didnt sleep a wink!
 
went in march this year and it was freezing and snowing,we booked a trip through the hotel in the kazimierez district(wierd and good bars)the trip was made by mini bus to auscwitz 1 and 2 and includes a tour guide,all for £25,we had intensions of taking some photos but as soon as we passed through the gates posing for photos dident seem the right thing to do,auscwitz 1 was a fair size and still mostly in tact,you move onto auscwitz 2 and the place is vast and desolate ,the thing that struck me was row upon row of chimney stacks which use to be the buildings that housed the holocaust victims,a really shocking but interesting place
 
desmond said:
Does the local clunge put out, or are they akin to that in other eastern european cities where you only stand a chance if you are a fat, hairy biker who wears lots of leather and has shockingly bad body odour making them smell like pigs?
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I was in krakow for 3 days last september, thoroughly enjoyable trip, didn;t make it to auschwitz but had a blinding time in town. Beautiful city, cheap and stunning birds. Would recommend the jewish quarter for a nite out - loads of small cool bars where many university students hangout. I ended up going back to a french birds uni accom and ripping the back out of her! Nice way to finish the trip!
 
Me and 3 mates are going to Krakow in 3 weeks for 5 nights, definitely going to go to Auschwitz. Well looking forward to it.
 
red_army said:
Me and 3 mates are going to Krakow in 3 weeks for 5 nights, definitely going to go to Auschwitz. Well looking forward to it.
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You fucking sick bastard. :D
 
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