Pepe Housing offers more than 200 different accommodation options in Krakow for rent online. These are single and shared rooms, furnished apartments and rooms in student houses. The prices range from 800 PLN to 1300 PLN for a single room, and from 1400 PLN to 4000 PLN for a flat. Prices differ depending on the location, standard as well as the length of your stay. Usually, the longer your stay, the cheaper the rent is. Krakow is one of the most expensive place for renting an apartment or a room in Poland.
Krakow is one of the top destination of International Students for exchange programmes, Erasmus as well as students of regular studies. In total there is more than 1.3 million students in Poland with more than 57 thousand of international students. Majority of foreign students come from Ukraine Belarus, Norway and Spain. Most of the exchange students attending Erasmus programme come from Spain, Italy, France and Germany. It is very common to share a flat with other students while coming to Krakow for study. Pepe Housing offers variety of students rooms as well as flats dedicated to locals as well as foreign students. Also Erasmus students are more than welcome. If you rent a room in a private dormitory is a great chance to make new friends. Most of the public dormitories are not open to public. Below you will find an examples of accommodation offers close to key universities in Krakow.
Founded in 1364 by Casimir III the Great, the Jagiellonian University is the oldest university in Poland, the second oldest university in Central Europe, and one of the oldest surviving universities in the world. Notable alumni include, among others, mathematician and astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus, poet Jan Kochanowski, Polish king John III Sobieski and many others. Apartments for rent close to Jagiellonian University:
Krakow University of Economics is one of the five Polish public economics universities. CUE came into existence in 1925. It is the biggest university of economic sciences in Poland. Krakow University of Economics is one of the three largest universities in Kraków, after Jagiellonian University and the AGH University of Science and Technology. Apartments for rent close to Krakow University of Economics:
Kraków Old Town is the historic central district of Kraków, Poland. It is one of the most famous old districts in Poland today and was the center of Poland's political life from 1038 until King Sigismund III Vasa relocated his court to Warsaw in 1596. The entire medieval old town is among the first sites chosen for the UNESCO's original World Heritage List, inscribed as Cracow's Historic Centre. The old town is also one of Poland's official national Historic Monuments (Pomnik historii) chosen in the first round, as designated September 16, 1994, and tracked by the National Heritage Board of Poland.
In Czyżyny we can count on good neighbors because, according to the statistics of the Krakow police, Czyżyny and Nowa Huta are the safest districts of the city, because the number of crimes committed in them is the smallest.
Over the last few years, Ruczaj (Dębniki district) has become one of the city's most fashionable locations. This was noticed both by developers who are building more and more new investments there, as well as clients willing to buy apartments. This is primarily determined by the proximity of the campus of the oldest Cracow university - the Jagiellonian University and the Krakow Technology Park, as well as the headquarters of corporations such as: Motorola, Nokia and Shell.
If you come to Krakow for less than 12 months, you may expect a bit more difficulties in finding an apartment or renting a room. Most of the landlords would expect you to sign the 12 months lease contract with limited possibility to terminate before that period. Luckily, most of the Pepe Housing landlords, not only accept temporary lease contract between 3 to 10 months, but also are more than happy to host students or expats. Some of the landlords, would ask for a small premium if you would like to rent for a couple of months.
There is no such thing as the best public transport in Krakow, as all means of transport in the city are efficient, convenient, and safe. Day trams and buses usually travel from 5 a.m to 11 p.m on working days and from 6 a.m to 10 p.m on weekends and holidays. As there are no night trams, you should catch night buses, which travel from 11.30 p.m to 5 a.m. You can read more about Krakow public transport on our blog.
In Poland there is no official procedure neither official documents needed to rent an apartment. Each landlords can have its own requirements. Most of the time you would need to provide a landlord with a proof of your work contract, income level or in case of students’ apartments an acceptance letter from your university. Of course, any references from previous landlords or from work may improve your position to get the apartment.
Easy international transfers with low cost - Wise
Visa information at the website of Ministry of Foreign Affairs Republic of Poland - Ministry od Foreign Affairs Republic of Poland
Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange - Nawa
Plan your public transport routes - jakdojade
Check events in the city - Going
Public transport website - ZARDAD
Most popular phone carrier - Play
Most popular Internet provider - UPS
