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