How to get to the Warsaw Zoo?

Warsaw Zoo is located in Praga district, on the right bank of the Vistula river:

There are 2 entrances:
- Main entrance: Ratuszowa 1/3 Street (52.254295, 21.023968)
- Entrance next to Most Gdański (Gdański Bridge, Stefana Starzyńskiego Street) (52.261359, 21.016039)

Available parking spots:

Gdański Bridge entrance: there is a free small parking lot at the entrance
Ratuszowa Street entrance: spots by the side of Ratuszowa Street (free)
Right line of Wybrzeże Helskie Street: during weekends and holidays, it is allowed to park on the right line of the street (free)
During weekends, if the weather is nice, it’s very difficult to find a free spot. We strongly recommend arriving before 10 am:)
Parking spots near the Zoo are free. However, you can be approached by men who supposedly help you to find a free spot and park. In return they expect gratification. You can give them 2 or 5 PLN or just leave

By public transport:

Gdański Bridge entrance:
- By tram: Wybrzeże Helskie Stop: 1, 4, 6, 18, 28 (requires about 4-minute walk, 250 m)
- By bus: Wybrzeże Helskie Stop: 227 (requires about 2-minute walk, 170 m)
Ratuszowa Street entrance:
- By metro: M2 line: Dworzec Wileński Stop (requires about 10-minute walk through the Park Praski, 1 km
- By tram: Park Praski Stop: 4, 13, 20, 23, 25, 26, 28 (requires about 6-minute walk through the Park Praski, 600 m)
- By bus: Park Praski Stop: 160, 190, 527 (requires about 6-minute walk through the Park Praski, 600 m)

Veturilo – Warsaw public bikes:

At each entrance, there is a Veturilo station: Ratuszowa Zoo (station no 9656) and Wybrzeże Helskie Zoo (station no 9648)

Opening hours of the Zoo in Warsaw:

Warsaw Zoo is open EVERY DAY from 9 am (every Sunday and every bank holiday). Closing times:

Tickets to Warsaw Zoo:

Regular tickets April-September: 30 PLN
Regular tickets October-March: 20 PLN
Reduced tickets (kids 3+, students up to 26, retirees) April-September: 20 PLN
Reduced tickets (kids 3+, students up to 26, retirees) October-March: 15 PLN
Family tickets 2+1 April-September: 70 PLN (for 3 visitors)
Family tickets 2+2 and more April-September: 20 PLN (for 1 visitor)
Family tickets 2+1 October-March: 50 PLN (for 3 visitors)
Family tickets 2+2 and more October-March: 15 PLN (for 1 visitor)
Free entrance: children up to 3, seniors over 75, disabled people
Click here to buy online tickets
- The website interface is only in Polish. First, you have to register / log in and then click Kup bilet
- If you have a smart phone you do not need to print your tickets
12-month tickets
- If you are planning to visit the zoo at least 3 times in one year, it is worth to buy annual tickets. You have to stand in the line only once, to buy the ticket. It’s a personal ticket – your name will be written on it
- Regular 12-month ticket: 100 PLN
- Reduced 12-month ticket: 60 PLN (kids 3+, students up to 26, retirees)
You can pay by card at each ticket office
Ticket offices are closed 1 hour before closing time of the Zoo
If you have a Warsaw City Card / Karta Warszawiaka (you can get it if you live and pay taxes in Warsaw), you are entitled to additional discounts

Where to have lunch or coffee at Warsaw Zoo?

Tembo: a year-round indoor restaurant located in the elephant enclosure building (1st floor, lift available). The location is quite questionable (the smell, especially during winter time when elephants stay indoor). Open from 10 am. Menu: pancakes, pierogi, french-fries. Food is not of the highest quality. Restaurant is managed by the Zoo nonprofit organization, all profits are transferred to the Zoo
Near the playground, there is another small restaurant, usually very crowded
A nice option is to bring your own food, and have a kind of picnic. Next to enclosure for monkeys, there is a small roofed area with tables where you can seat and have your meal. Plus, There are many benches in the zoo
If you want to have ice-cream, waffles, soft drinks or snacks, you will find stands and booths offering takeout. But if you want a real meal, or it’s cold or raining, now, that’s more challenging

Other relevant information:

Zoo opens every day at 9 am. If you arrive in the morning lines are short, plus it will be easier to find a free parking spot, and the zoo, in general, is not so crowded
There is a trackless train that goes from one entrance to another (just 2 stops). Nice option if your kids get tired
Wooden carts for kids available for free at the entrance (unfortunately, there are only few of them, and usually all are taken)
There is a playground for kids
Balloons are not allowed in the zoo. Please note that at both entrances during weekends, there are stalls selling balloons. You can buy one only AFTER your visit
You have to leave bikes and scooters at the entrance. Only wheelchairs and strollers are allowed

Click here for Warsaw Zoo Guidebook in English

Name: Warsaw Zoo
Item: Warsaw Zoo
Author: Magda Piasecka

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