The growing influx of Western tourists and the large number of English-speaking expatriates has resulted in a number of English-language publications in the city. Most useful of these is Warsaw in Your Pocke t (6zl; ), a bi-monthly, A5-format listings magazine that gives critical coverage of hotels, restaurants and bars as well as addresses of all kinds of useful services. It's available from bookshops and a few newspaper kiosks. Less info-packed but with more feature-based content is the booklet-sized monthly Warsaw Insider (9zl), available from the IT offices and bigger bookshops around town. The weekly newspaper Warsaw Voice ( ) is good on local politics and business news, has tourism-related features, and carries a reasonable amount of concert listings. If you read Polish, you can't beat the Warsaw edition of the national daily Gazeta Wyborcza for news of what's on in town, especially on Fridays, when the Co jest grane entertainment supplement covers cinema, concert and clubbing listings for the coming week. Other good Polish-language sources of listings information are the monthly, tabloid-sized City Magazine , and the fortnightly glossy Aktiwist - both of which are given away free in the trendier bars and clubs.

The most comprehensive map of the city is undoubtedly the book-format Warszawa - Plan Miasta (12zl), available at tourist offices, booksellers and Ruch kiosks. However, unless you're going to trawl the suburbs or are in accommodation some way from the centre, your needs will be adequately met by the perfectly good maps in Warsaw In Your Pocket , the Warsaw Insider , or in this guide.