Cities where a clock on a link matters

Not a restaurant directory. Delieta is ETA for shops that deliver in a real city — food, fleet, last-mile.

• Warszawa

  In Warsaw nobody waits “up to an hour”. They open a link and see the scooter on Puławska — or they know they still have time to shower.

• Kraków

  A tourist on Grodzka does not have your number. They get an SMS, open a map, and wait in the gate — or they walk to Wawel because the ETA says twenty minutes.

• Wrocław

  Bridges, walkways, islands: in Wrocław “I'm close” means nothing until you can see which side of the river the scooter is on.

• Łódź

  In Łódź you do not get lost in an alley. You get lost because one van is on Widzew, another is coming back from Retkinia, and the board is still a notebook.

• Poznań

  When the MTP fairgrounds swallow the city, every van in Poznań is going to the halls or around them. A morning promise dies on the car-park ramp.

• Gdańsk

  Gdańsk, Sopot and Gdynia are not one zone. Rain off the bay and a jam on DK20 move an ETA differently than rain downtown.

• Szczecin

  Szczecin is spread like a fleet you must not lose between Prawobrzeże and the centre. The German border is another timetable, not a decoration on the map.

• Bydgoszcz

  Bydgoszcz is small enough that “I'll be right there” sounds true. That is why a lie from the kitchen hurts more — the diner sees you on the map or knows you are lying.

• Lublin

  Evening Lublin is dorms, Krakowskie Przedmieście, and a queue for zapiekanka. Guess the ETA and you lose the table to the stall next door.

• Białystok

  From Białystok last-mile leaves the ring road: Supraśl, Wasilków, the surrounding communes. “I'm in town” means nothing to a diner on a garden plot.