Things to Do in Warsaw

Things to Do in Warsaw

Sights Overview
Name Category Location
 
Archikatedra sw. Jana
Ulica Swietojanska, leading from the Rynek Starego Miasta to the...
Religious Sites Warsaw
 
Barbakan
The pinnacled Barbakan, the mid-16th-century stronghold in the...
Architectural Sites Warsaw
 
Biblioteka Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
A 10-minute walk toward the river from the main campus of Warsaw...
Gardens / Arboretums, Libraries Warsaw
 
Botanical Gardens
These gardens, covering an area of roughly 3 acres, were laid...
Gardens / Arboretums Warsaw
 
Centrum Sztuki Wspólczesnej Zamek Ujazdowski
If you are interested in modern art, you will find it in the...
Museums / Galleries, Castles / Palaces Warsaw
 
Femina Cinema
Before the war, this area was the heart of Warsaw's Jewish Quarter...
Memorials / Monuments Warsaw
 
Former Gestapo Headquarters
The building that currently houses Poland's Ministry of Education...
Museums / Galleries, Government Buildings Warsaw
 
Former headquarters of the Polish Communist Party
Anti-Communists love the irony of this once-despised symbol of...
Financial Institutions Warsaw
 
Fragment of ghetto wall
In the courtyard of this building on Sienna Street, through the...
Memorials / Monuments Warsaw
 
Galeria Klimy Bochenskiej
In a 19th-century liquor factory in the right-bank Praga district...
Museums / Galleries Warsaw
 
Galeria Zacheta
Built at the end of the 19th century by the Society for the Encouragement...
Museums / Galleries Warsaw
 
Grób Nieznanego Zolnierza
Built as a memorial after World War I, the Tomb of the Unknown...
Memorials / Monuments Warsaw
 
Jewish Cemetery
Behind a high brick wall on ulica Okopowa you will find Warsaw's...
Cemeteries Warsaw
 
Jewish Historical Institute and Museum
You'll find the institute behind a glittering new office block...
Museums / Galleries, Educational Institutions Warsaw
 
Kosciól Jezuitów
On the left-hand side of the entrance to the Cathedral of St...
Religious Sites Warsaw
 
Kosciól Nawiedzenia Najswietszej Marii Panny
A picturesqure redbrick Gothic church—the oldest in the...
Religious Sites Warsaw
 
Kosciól Sakramentek
Built as a thanksgiving offering by King Jan III Sobieski's queen...
Religious Sites Warsaw
 
Kosciól sw. Jacka
This baroque Dominican church in the New Town was badly damaged...
Religious Sites Warsaw
 
Kosciól swietego Aleksandra
Built in the early 19th century as a replica of the Roman pantheon...
Religious Sites Warsaw
 
Kosciól swietego Krzyza
The heart of Poland's most famous composer, Frédéric...
Religious Sites Warsaw
 
KoscióL Swietego Stanislawa Kostki
In October 1984 Polish secret police officers murdered the popular...
Religious Sites, Memorials / Monuments Warsaw
 
Kosciól swietej Anny
Built in 1454 by Anne, princess of Mazovia, the church stands...
Religious Sites Warsaw
 
Kosciól Wizytek
In front of this late-baroque church stands a statue of Cardinal...
Religious Sites Warsaw
 
Muzeum Chopina
The Chopin Museum occupies the 17th-century Palac Ostrogskich...
Museums / Galleries, Castles / Palaces, Arts / Performance Venues Warsaw
 
Muzeum Etnograficzne
On display here you'll find an interesting collection of Polish...
Museums / Galleries Warsaw
 
Muzeum Literatury im. Adama Mickiewicza
Mickiewicz was Poland's greatest Romantic poet. He and other...
Museums / Galleries Warsaw
 
Muzeum Marii Sklodowskiej-Curie
The house in which Marie Curie Sklodowska was born has a small...
Museums / Galleries Warsaw
 
Muzeum Narodowe
In a functional 1930s building, the National Museum has an impressive...
Museums / Galleries Warsaw
 
Muzeum Wojska Polskiego
If you're interested in all things military, you might want to...
Museums / Galleries Warsaw
 
Palac Belweder
Built in the early 18th century, the palace was reconstructed...
Castles / Palaces Warsaw
 
Palac Czapskich
Now the home of the Academy of Fine Arts, the Czapski Palace...
Castles / Palaces, Educational Institutions Warsaw
 
Palac Kazanowskich
This 17th-century palace was given a neoclassical front in the...
Castles / Palaces Warsaw
 
Palac Krasinskich
This late-17th-century palace currently houses the historic-prints...
Castles / Palaces Warsaw
 
Palac Kultury i Nauki
This massive Stalinist-Gothic structure looks like a wedding...
Museums / Galleries, Viewpoints Warsaw
 
Palac Lazienkowski
This magnificent palace is the focal point of the Park Lazienkowski...
Museums / Galleries Warsaw
 
Palac Namiestnikowski
This palace was built in the 17th century by the Radziwill family...
Castles / Palaces Warsaw
 
PaLac Wilanów
A baroque gateway and false moat lead to the wide courtyard that...
Museums / Galleries, Castles / Palaces Warsaw
 
Park Lazienkowski
The 180 acres of this park, commissioned during the late 18th...
Parks, Memorials / Monuments Warsaw
 
Park Ujazdowski
At the entrance to this formal garden, there is a 19th-century...
Parks, Gardens / Arboretums Warsaw
 
Plac Zamkowy
Many visitors enter the Old Town through this plaza area on the...
Squares Warsaw
 
Pomnik Bohaterów Getta
On April 19, 1943, the Jewish Fighting Organization began an...
Memorials / Monuments Warsaw
 
Pomnik Bohaterów Warszawy 1939-1945
Unveiled in 1989, this monument constitutes a poignant reminder...
Memorials / Monuments Warsaw
 
Powazki Cemetery
Dating from 1790, Warsaw's oldest cemetery is worth a visit if...
Cemeteries Warsaw
 
Rynek Nowego Miasta
Warsaw's so-called "New Town" was actually founded at the turn...
Squares Warsaw
 
Rynek Starego Miasta
This is the hub of life in Warsaw's Old Town. The earliest settlers...
Squares Warsaw
 
Sejm
The Polish Houses of the Sejm (parliament) are housed in a round...
Government Buildings Warsaw
 
Ulica Prózna
This is the only street in Jewish Warsaw where tenement buildings...
Neighborhoods / Streets Warsaw
 
Umschlagplatz
This plaza was the rail terminus from which tens of thousands...
Squares, Memorials / Monuments Warsaw
 
Uniwersytet Warszawski
The high wrought-iron gates of Warsaw University lead into a...
Castles / Palaces, Educational Institutions Warsaw
 
Warsaw Rising Museum
One of the youngest and certainly one of the best museums in...
Museums / Galleries Warsaw
 
Warszawska Syrenka
The mermaid is the symbol on the crest of the city of Warsaw...
Public Art (Mural / Sculpture / Statue) Warsaw
 
Zamek Królewski
Warsaw's Royal Castle stands on the east side of Castle Square...
Museums / Galleries, Castles / Palaces Warsaw
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