Is Poland Safe for Solo Female Travelers?
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based on 192 experiences from female travelers
Katie
United Kingdom
Krakow, Solo travel
Krakow is great. The Jewish quarter is beautiful, full of street art, unique shops and beautiful little bars. The salt mines nearby are pretty amazing, and a trip to Zakopane can't be missed. Look round the old town and market square, eat Pierogi every chance you get, and try Polish cider, and Zurek soup, its deliscious!
Posted: July 23, 2026Experienced: January, 2026Bydgoszcz, Solo travel
I'm studying here. Very pretty city, I feel really safe. I've been here 7 months now and had no problems so far. There are organized many attractions, seasonal such as a Christmas Market etc. There is an opera here as well.
Posted: May 16, 2026Wroclaw, Solo travel
Wroclaw was my Erasmus city The nature is very pretty,the prices are amazing,a lot of little gnome statues around lmao that's the city's symbol,drinks were great,overall its very safe despite being a big city
Posted: April 9, 2026Experienced: March, 2025Warsaw, Family travel
really great stay. city is wonderful, i would go to this big central park (forgot what it’s called but it was really beautiful). felt super safe! public transport is pretty simple too but if you need any help everyone was happy to help me!
Posted: January 23, 2026Experienced: January, 2025
iclal
Poland
Katowice, Solo travel
Overall, it was a very nice experience. I arrived very early in the morning, so it was still dark, but the city felt safe and calm. The streets were quiet and peaceful. I walked around until midday and people were kind, relaxed, and helpful. One person even stopped to chat with me, which made the experience feel very welcoming.
Posted: December 27, 2025
Lotte
Germany
Krakow, Solo travel
solo trip to krakow.. such a beautiful city.. i spent a lot of time in the jewish quarter – loved the street art, the little cafés and the whole atmosphere.. the food was amazing too.. it was winter, so a bit cold, but honestly the city still felt warm in its own way.. would totally go again
Posted: December 12, 2025Warsaw, Solo travel
Warsaw is one of the calmest capital i have ever been. Felt so safe. It’s not that much expensive as well. People are friendly and public transportation is also cheap as compared to other European countries.
Posted: October 11, 2025
Wiktoria
Poland
Zakopane, Family travel
My third time in Zakopane - this time with my mom and more for mountains, less for rest. My legs were dead after 6 hours in Hala Gąsienicowa and even more after Dolina Kościeliska. Weather was amazing, lots of people but still comfortable. Food soooo good! I mostly tried polish foods - żurek in bread recommended! My mom loved pierogi (without an s!) If you're looking for hotel there, I can send you a link for Booking.com as I don't remember the name now. We had amazing view for Giewont,...
Posted: August 26, 2025Experienced: July, 2024
Ekin
Turkey
Krakow, Solo travel
I’d say I felt mostly safe because I stayed at a female only hostel. But i also enjoyed the nightlife and everyone was very respectful even though i was sadly dangerously intoxicated:( (was having a bad day)
Posted: August 24, 2025
Mėta
Lithuania
Zakopane, Solo travel
It was quite safe. I stayed in a hostel where they had mixed rooms- but during most of the stay they only had women in that room. I ventured into the mountains alone. Not sure about the people knowing english there - I used broken polish to communicate because I had the feeling no one would understand english. Keep in mind that big stores are closed on sundays so buy your food early!!
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Lodz
Łódź is moderately safe in my opinion, most incidents happen between two groups of football fans as Łódź have two main teams and they don’t like each other. So if anyone is bothering you with question “who is your favorite team” just try to ignore it. Of course for girls it would be better to come back home with some company especially at night but public transport is rather safe, but it might be late
Posted: July 22, 2026
Magdalena
Warsaw
In general Warsaw is very safe, usually you can move around at night and nothing will happen to you, I feel very safe going home alone even at night. You should be careful though especially in the Praga Północ district. It's not as dangerous as it used to be, but you can still encounter some weird people there under influence of alcohol/other substances and the vibe on some streets is still not great.
Posted: July 21, 2026Bytom
Very safe city, sometimes you may see some drunk football fans especially arpund Bobrek and Karb, or drunk homeless people, or teenagers. It's important to not interactive witam these people, they are usually harmless unless provoked
Posted: July 18, 2026
Julia
Warsaw
In general I think it’s pretty safe but there are some places to avoid I think the main one is Praga - północ but in the night. In general you’ll see a lot of strange people in praga but in the day it’s okay no one should bother you but at night I would avoid it but also if you’ll end up there in the night you should just be more aware of your surroundings and that’s all. Also i recommend for going out Nowy Świat because there’s always something going on so there’s a lot of people = safer....
Posted: July 12, 2026Warsaw
Generally Warsaw is very safe, not much crime happening. I don't mind walking at night (ofc, the same during the day). In some areas you can see drug users or homeless people so it's this part of city (Praga Północ, Dworzec Centralny) I don't feel safe to go during the night. But nothing ever happened to me, just sketchy feeling.
Posted: July 9, 2026Krakow
Generally safe, I would avoid the old town during the night cause it's full of drunk people coming to Kraków for stag parties. Howover, since night prohibition was introduced I heard the crime rate dropped
Posted: July 8, 2026Safety in Poland
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Marlena
Gdansk
Can host for:
3 days
About me
Hi! I'm Marlena, I'm 21 years old this year. I would describe myself as an open, positive person. I love life and I genuinely love people! I think my biggest passion is sitting at cafes, gossiping and people watching :) On a more serious note, I adore travelling, meeting the locals and exploring places I've never been to. I'm also in my second year of med school and I'm currently writing 2 reaserch papers about the influence of being a succesful woman on dating opportunities. I also have a beatiful 3 year old Australian shepherd :)
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Wiktoria
Piotrkow Trybunalski
Can host for:
3 days
About me
hii! it's so nice to meet y'all:) I'm Wiktoria and I'm studying in my hometown, Piotrkow. I really like to travel, I can go anywhere as long as the flights are cheap hahah if you plan to visit poland and want some tips about moving around there and also to meet up and make friends with me!! please just hit me up:)
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