Warsaw Travel Guide

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The geographical core and political center of Poland since 1611, Warsaw will doubtless shock the first-time visitor with its bleak postwar architecture. Yet amid the drabness you will find architectural attractions, such as historic Old Town, rebuilt brick by brick after the war according to old prints, photographs, and paintings. Also impressive is the wedding cake-like Palace of Culture and Science, Stalin's early 1950s gift to the city. Warsaw also has lovely churches and monasteries and interesting monuments and museums, and it bustles with activity during the summer—with theater, book, jazz, and classical music festivals.

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Warsaw Hotels

Warsaw's overall shortage of luxury hotel rooms is fast becoming a thing of the past. At least two international chains are building new accommodations...read more

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Warsaw Restaurants

While even Poland's most ardent fans will admit that it does not have one of the world's great cuisines, the old traditions of Polish cooking are being...read more

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Things To Do in Warsaw

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  • Warsaw's Top 5

    Lazienki Park, an oasis in the capital city, with historic monuments and the Center for Contemporary Art.... Read more

  • If You Like

    Warsaw has a good range of modern art galleries, with Galeria Zacheta and Zamek Ujazdowski Center for Contemporary Art at the lead. Many small... Read more

  • He Left His Heart in Warsaw

    "When the first notes of Chopin sound through the concert hall, there is a happy sigh of recognition. All over the world men and women know his... Read more

  • The Warsaw Rising of 1944

    Although the Warsaw Rising of 1944 is one of the key events to understanding modern Polish history, for a long time it received insufficient... Read more

  • Material Girl

    "I live life in the margins of society, and the rules of normal society don't apply to those who live on the fringe." These defiant words were... Read more

  • Nocturne in C-Sharp Minor

    On September 23, 1939, Wladyslaw Szpilman was giving a performance for Polish Radio, where he worked as a pianist. He was playing Fryderyk Chopin's... Read more

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