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Sport
Warsaw hosts a number of national and international sports competitions, including the WTA Tennis Competition and the Warsaw Marathon in May, the International Wrestling Contest in June, the Warsaw Judo Competition in November and the International Basketball Competition in December.
Football is popular – Legia Warszawa (website: www.legia.pl), Warsaw’s most favoured football team, in recent times, has played second fiddle to Wisla Cracow in the Polish first-division league, however, the team has enjoyed some success in UEFA competitions. The fan support sometimes translates into violence at Legia Stadium, ulica Lazienkowska. Their rivals, KP Polonia Warszawa (website: www.kppolonia.com.pl), play at the Polonia Warszawa Football Club Stadium, ulica Konwiktorska 6.
Besides the ticket offices at the grounds, tickets to sporting events can usually be purchased through ZASP box office, aleje Jerozolimskie 25 (tel: (022) 621 9383). Hotel concierges can usually assist in purchasing tickets.
Golf: Membership is not required and a round of golf costs from Z150 to Z320 (depending on the season and the day of the week) at the First Warsaw Golf & Country Club, ulica Rajszew 70, Jablonna (tel: (022) 782 4555; website: www.warsawgolf.pl). There is also a golf academy, a pro shop and organised tournaments. Membership is not required and visitors should expect to pay approximately Z10 per hour at the Mini-Golf Country Club, ulica Glowackiego 3/5, Konstancin-Jeziorna (tel: (022) 756 3159).
Health and fitness clubs: There are health and fitness clubs in many of the city’s hotels, including the Bristol, ulica Krakowskie Przedmiescie 42/44 (tel: (022) 625 2525), Sheraton, ulica B Prusa 2 (tel: (022) 657 6100; website: www.fitness.com.pl), and Marriott, aleja Jerozolimskie 65/69 (tel: (022) 630 5116). Day fees are around Z80-100.
Skating: The year 2000 saw the opening of the modernised Torwar II indoor rink, ulica Lazienkowska 6A (tel: (022) 621 4471), which costs Z8 for 90 minutes of skating. There is early evening skating at Tor Stegny, ulica Inspektowa 1 (tel: (022) 842 2768), where 90 minutes of skating costs Z5 weekdays and Z6 at weekends. Year-round skating of a different sort is available at the Jutrzenka roller-skating rink, located in the park on ulica Rozbrat, near ulica C Sniegocka, which is open daily 0900-2100.
Skiing: A year-round 230-metre-long ski slope – with t-bar and chair lifts, plus separate 70-metre beginners’ piste – opened at Szczesliwicki Park, ulica Drawska 22 (tel: (022) 823 8675) in 2000. One hour of skiing costs Z35 weekdays and Z40 weekends. The park is closed Monday.
Swimming: In addition to the major hotels, indoor swimming pools are located at Wodny Park, ulica Merliniego 4, Mokotow Hernykow (tel: (022) 646 1361), and Namyslowska, ulica Namyslowska 8, Nowa Praga (tel: (022) 619 8808). Admission prices range from Z7 to Z12 per hour. During summer, outdoor pools open at Kompleks Basenow, ulica Inflancka 8 (tel: (022) 831 9229), and Plaza nad Wisla, Vistula Beach, ulica Wal Miedzeszynski 407 (tel: (022) 617 7555). Admission prices vary between Z6 and Z8 per hour.
Tennis: Tennis courts are located at Srodmiejski Osrodek Sportowy (City Sports Centre), ulica Solec 71 (tel: (022) 621 6863), and at the Warszawianka Sports Club, ulica Merliniego 9, in Mokotow (tel: (022) 844 0717). Entrance prices per person, per hour range from Z15 to Z40.
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