Getting to the Museum
The Museum is located on the outskirts of the town of Oświęcim, on provincial road No. 933. The tour starts at the former Auschwitz I camp. The Visitor Services Center and a free carpark is located in Oświęcim at Więźniów Oświęcimia 55 Street. GPS: 50.029787, 19.204869
We suggest driving into this street from Legionów Street (DW 933). In the carpark you can also find luggage lockers.
The Museum is located approximately 1,500 meters from the railway station. Near the station, there is a multi-storey Park & Ride parking available.
Buses of the Lajkonik company arrive directly at the Museum car park from Kraków (timetable: to the Museum | back to Kraków)
There are also bus and minibus stops near the Museum, with service from Kraków and Katowice. There are also two international airports within about 50 kilometers of Oświęcim: Kraków-Balice and Katowice-Pyrzowice.
Visitors coming to Oświęcim can find more information at the tourist information website: www.it.oswiecim.pl
Communication between former Auschwitz I and Birkenau concentration camps
Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II-Birkenau are situated 3,5 km from each other.
Car parks
The tour begins at the former Auschwitz I. There is also a free museum parking (55 Więźniów Oświęcimia St. GPS: 50.029787, 19.204869). There is a paid municipal parking at the former Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp.
Museum Bus
The free museum shuttle transfers visitors between Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II-Birkenau sites. The bus is equipped with a special platform that allows wheelchair users to enter/exit.
TAXI
Taxi services are provided by HALO TAXI company. You can find a taxi at the taxi rank in front of the Museum entrance. You can also call a taxi using the following phone number: +48 32 19 194.
By foot
The three kilometre distance between the former concentration camps can be covered by foot (through streets: Więźniów Oświęcimia, Jaracza, Leszczyńskiej and Męczeństwa Narodów), crossing the by-camp premises, where during the occupation were German industrial plants and workshops, warehouses, offices and technical backrooms, in which the prisoners would work and die. There are preserved remains of a few railway sidings and ramps [Alte Judenrampe], where the trains with deportees would stop and the members of the SS would make the selections.
