Praga Warsaw District Cross the Vistula River from the Old Town of Warsaw and you’ll find yourself in Praga. Characterized by its crumbling factories, warehouses and gritty streets, this arty underbelly hugging the east side of the Visulta is undeniably cool, with new bohemian bars,...
Continue reading » April 29, 2017 Henk108 Poland, Warsaw 3 Comments Zacheta Warsaw near Marshal Street Zacheta Warsaw The monumental Zacheta building near Marshal Street was constructed between 1899 and 1903, on behalf of the Society for the Promotion of Fine Art (Towarzystwo Zachety Sztuk Pieknych), though usually it is simply abbreviated to Zacheta. The Neo-Renaissance design...
Continue reading » December 30, 2016 Henk108 Poland, Warsaw No Comment Around Lazienki Park Lazienki Park Warsaw The area around Lazienki Park in Warsaw includes parks, palaces and other historic buildings, museums and government departments. Extending south from Three Crosses (Trzech Krzyzy) Square, the main thoroughfare is Ujazdowskie Avenue, along which the former residences of Polish...
Continue reading » December 27, 2016 Henk108 Poland, Warsaw No Comment Around Warsaw Solidarity Avenue A short History Saxon Gardens Warsaw Solidarity Avenue From the end of the 18th century to the mid-19th, Warsaw Solidarity Avenue (Aleja Solidarności) and Plac Teatralny (Theater Square) was Warsaw's commercial center. The grand Neo-Classical buildings of the area, with their...
Continue reading » December 26, 2016 Henk108 Poland, Warsaw No Comment Warsaw is surrounded by the flat plains of Mazovia, which are varied by extensive forests and the river Vistula, the only European river which still follows its natural, unregulated course. There are several historic towns and attractions which offer a leisurely day trip from Warsaw....
Continue reading » September 8, 2016 Henk108 Poland, Warsaw No Comment Before World War II, the northwest part of the city center of Warsaw comprised a large and mainly Jewish district known as Nalewki. Warsaw's Jewish population was then about 450,000, the largest after New York. In 1940 the Nazis turned Nalewki into the Jewish Ghetto...
Continue reading » August 29, 2016 Henk108 Poland, Warsaw No Comment Nowe Miasto (Warsaw New Town) was originally known as New Warsaw. The area began to develop at the end of the 14th century, along a thoroughfare leading from the Old Town to the village of Zakroczym, on the banks of the River Vistula. In 1408...
Continue reading » August 11, 2016 Henk108 Poland, Warsaw No Comment The Warsaw Old Town (Stare Miasto) is on of the most historic and fascinating parts of Warsaw. Established at the end of the 13th century, around what is now the Royal Castle, it was originally the seat of the Mazovian dukes. The Old Town has...
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