Monthly Archives: February 2017

Post-war construction

Interview about Warsaw with the architect Marek Dunikowski.

Warsaw does not have to look for its identity, because he has it – it is the identity of modernism – Marek Dunikowski believes, A Cracovian and one of the most famous contemporary architects in Poland

architect …

Old Warsaw

Crane 41.

George S. Majewski; 2007-01-18, last actualisation 2007-01-18 22:12
Public Library of the Capital City of. Warsaw is now 100 years old. It was not created out of nothing. Its predecessor was the modest Scientific Reading Room operating since 1890 r. in the house at Żurawia street
When at night with 25 …

Poems about Warsaw

My favorite Warsaw poems

A dream about Warsaw / Marek Gaszyński
A song about my Warsaw / Albert Harris
Alarm / Slonimski Antoni
Warsaw Barbican / Wierzyński, Kazimierz
A song to Warsaw / Liebert George
The singing of the walls / Gajcy Tadeusz
A poem for Warsaw …

Warsaw Citadel

Warsaw Citadel

Citadel

The Citadel is something unique in the world. Mainly for this reason, that one of the largest European fortresses (is bigger than the entire Old Town), situated almost in the city center, it is forgotten and not visited by tourists. One could be from the Citadel …

Favorite Warsaw cafes

Favorite Warsaw cafes

Castle

in the Royal Castle, in the wing closer to Kanonia – in summer also on the Castle terrace, with a beautiful view of the Vistula River;

Madame hole

in the Royal Łazienki, in Kordegarda, near the Palace on the Water

West Side

in Szczesliwicki Park, near the pond, …

Panorma of Northern Mazovia

Description of the Tourist Route “Panorama of Northern Mazovia”

Tourist Route “Panorama of Northern Mazovia” was prepared to attract motorized travelers from the Warsaw agglomeration.

This is a pioneering project prepared by the efforts of local governments, entrepreneurs and activists from this area, who formed v 2004 year Local …

Forest Horseshoe

Forest Horseshoe…

The city from the beginning, from 1925, when the property of the industrialist Stanisław Lilpop was divided, it was elitist. The urban concept of Podkowa by Antoni Jawornicki, which alluded to “cities – the garden” Ebenezer Howard, found recognition among the creative intelligentsia, politicians and industrialists.
Around the property …

Weekend out of town

WEEKEND OUTSIDE THE CITY

If our guests have a bit more free time, we suggest a several-hour trip outside the city center, to climatic towns in Mazovia. Just two hours by car from Warsaw, there is the beautiful, historic 14th-century town of Kazimierz on the Vistula River. …

Parks and gardens

PARKS AND GARDENS

For people, who want to visit Warsaw and at the same time relax a bit among greenery, we suggest a walk around the Old Town and Warsaw parks and gardens (Duration 2-3 hours):

  • Walk through the streets of the Old Town, from the Barbican through the Old Town Square