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Warsaw itinerary

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  1. 1

    Warsaw Old Town (Stare Miasto) - The Rebuilt Heart of the City

    Warsaw Old Town is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and arguably the most remarkable urban reconstruction in history. Destroyed almost entirely during the 1944 Warsaw Uprising, the district was rebuilt between 1949 and 1963…

    Address
    Rynek Starego Miasta 1, 00-272 Warszawa
    Nearest transit
    Ratusz Arsenal metro station (M1 line), 8-min walk north through Plac Zamkowy
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    Royal Castle (Zamek Krolewski) - Poland's Seat of Power Reborn

    Standing at the southern entrance to the Old Town, the Royal Castle served as the official residence of Polish monarchs from the 16th century until the Third Partition of Poland in 1795. The Nazis dynamited the building…

    Address
    Plac Zamkowy 4, 00-277 Warszawa
    Nearest transit
    Ratusz Arsenal metro station (M1 line), 6-min walk; or tram stops on Miodowa/Senatorska
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    Krakowskie Przedmiescie - Warsaw's Most Elegant Boulevard

    Krakowskie Przedmiescie is the northernmost section of the Royal Route (Trakt Krolewski), a grand boulevard stretching from Castle Square south through Nowy Swiat and on to Lazienki Park. This 1.2 km pedestrianised…

    Address
    Krakowskie Przedmiescie 1, 00-047 Warszawa
    Nearest transit
    Nowy Swiat-Uniwersytet metro station (M2 line), direct access
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    Lazienki Park and Palace on the Isle - Warsaw's Green Crown Jewel

    Lazienki Park covers 76 hectares in central Warsaw, making it the city's largest park and one of the grandest urban green spaces in Europe. The centrepiece is the Palace on the Isle (Palac na Wyspie), a neoclassical…

    Address
    Agrykoli 1, 00-460 Warszawa
    Nearest transit
    Bus 116 or 180 to Lazienki Krolewskie stop; Politechnika metro (M1 line), 12-min walk
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    Palace of Culture and Science (PKiN) - Warsaw's Towering Landmark

    The Palace of Culture and Science (Palac Kultury i Nauki, or PKiN) is the tallest building in Poland at 237 metres including its spire. A "gift" from Stalin to the Polish people, completed in 1955, it was modelled on…

    Address
    Plac Defilad 1, 00-901 Warszawa
    Nearest transit
    Centrum metro station (M1 line), directly adjacent; or Dworzec Centralny (central rail station), 2-min walk
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    POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews - A Story of a Thousand Years

    POLIN Museum opened in 2013 on the site of the former Warsaw Ghetto and tells the thousand-year story of Jewish life in Poland. The permanent exhibition spans eight galleries arranged chronologically - from the…

    Address
    ul. Anielewicza 6, 00-157 Warszawa
    Nearest transit
    Tram 17 or 33 to Nalewki stop, 3-min walk; Ratusz Arsenal metro (M1), 10-min walk
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    Warsaw Uprising Museum - The City's Most Powerful Memorial

    The Warsaw Uprising Museum documents the 63-day armed struggle of August-October 1944, when the Polish Home Army rose against the Nazi occupation. Housed in a converted power station in the Wola district, the museum…

    Address
    ul. Grzybowska 79, 00-844 Warszawa
    Nearest transit
    Rondo Daszynskiego metro station (M2 line), 7-min walk
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    Copernicus Science Centre - Hands-On Discovery for All Ages

    The Copernicus Science Centre (Centrum Nauki Kopernik) sits on the west bank of the Vistula River and is Poland's largest interactive science museum. Over 450 exhibits spread across six zones let you generate…

    Address
    ul. Wybrzeze Kosciuszkowskie 20, 00-390 Warszawa
    Nearest transit
    Centrum Nauki Kopernik metro station (M2 line), 3-min walk
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    Praga District - Warsaw's Creative Left Bank

    Praga sits on the east bank of the Vistula and is the only major Warsaw district that survived the war largely intact. While the rest of the capital was rebuilt in neat socialist or reconstructed baroque style, Praga…

    Address
    ul. Zabkowska 27/31, 03-736 Warszawa
    Nearest transit
    Dworzec Wilenski metro station (M2 line), 5-min walk to Zabkowska Street
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    Wilanow Palace - The Polish Versailles

    Wilanow Palace was built between 1677 and 1696 as the summer residence of King Jan III Sobieski, the military commander who broke the Ottoman siege of Vienna in 1683. The baroque palace survived both world wars intact -…

    Address
    ul. Stanislawa Kostki Potockiego 10/16, 02-958 Warszawa
    Nearest transit
    Bus 116 or 180 to Wilanow stop, direct from city centre (40-min ride)
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    Warsaw University Library Rooftop Garden - A Hidden Urban Oasis

    The Warsaw University Library (Biblioteka Uniwersytecka w Warszawie, or BUW) is worth visiting for its rooftop alone. Completed in 1999, the building's roof supports one of Europe's largest rooftop gardens - over 1…

    Address
    ul. Dobra 56/66, 00-312 Warszawa
    Nearest transit
    Centrum Nauki Kopernik metro station (M2 line), 5-min walk west
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    Powazki Cemetery - One of Europe's Great Necropolises

    Powazki Cemetery (Cmentarz Powazkowski) opened in 1790 and is the oldest and most prestigious burial ground in Warsaw. Spread across 43 hectares, it is the resting place of Polish presidents, Nobel laureates, composers…

    Address
    ul. Powazkowska 43/45, 01-797 Warszawa
    Nearest transit
    Tram 15, 35 to Cmentarz Powazkowski stop, 1-min walk

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