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Season 2024 — Travel Info

Where you will be

Żelewo is located in Western Pomerania, some 30 km (18 miles) southeast of the city of Szczecin. The rich soils of the region and its landscape have attracted human settlement over the millennia. The oldest archaeological evidence reaches back to the early Neolithic. Today the region is characterized by a rustic landscape, fields, forests and lakes abundant with wildlife.

Żelewo Google Map
How to get to Poland

Your travel destination is Szczecin. Although there are no direct overseas connections to Szczecin, you can get there in a variety of ways. You can take a flight from many cities in the US and Canada to Berlin. From the Berlin airport, there is a direct bus connection to Szczecin offered by FlixBus. Another option is that you fly to Poznań and take a train to Szczecin. There are no direct flights to Poznań from the USA or Canada, so you must fly to Frankfurt, London, Berlin, Munich or Copenhagen first. All of these cities have flight connections to Poznań.

Pick-up and drop-off days

The Field School provides transportation from Szczecin to Żelewo and back on arrival and departure days.

Session 1:
Monday, June 24 pick-up
Wednesday, July 17 drop-off

Session 2:
Thursday, July 18 pick-up
Saturday, August 10 drop-off
Room and Board

Field School students stay in a local school complex adapted to the needs of an archaeological expedition. The available buildings provide sleeping rooms, a kitchen, bathroom/showers & toilet facilities, a laboratory/lecture room and a gym. Food (3 meals a day) is prepared according to traditional Polish culinary recipes and delivered to the housing facilities. Vegetarians will be accommodated.


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