Warsaw Tourist Attractions
Warsaw Attractions - Where to go in Warsaw
Welcome to the Love Warsaw "Warsaw Tourist Attractions " section. Warsaw offers visitors a massive array of attractions ranging from big, well-known institutions such as the Palace of Culture to lesser-known venues such as the Wilanow Poster Museum. Want to know where to go? Read on...
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Warsaw Old Town
The Polish call the 'Old Town' Stare Miasto or Starówka and this part of Warsaw is easily the most historic location in the city and the most popular of Warsaw's tourist attractions. If you are only in Warsaw for a short trip, then the Old Town is a must-see location. A visit to the Old Town is worthwhile just to take in the Medieval architecture and the character of the Old Town Market Place with it's abundance of cafés, restaurants and bars. At times, it is difficult to believe that the whole area is in fact a near-total reconstruction as the original was destroyed during the second world war...
Nowy Swiat
One of the most popular streets in Warsaw for shopping, eating out and enjoying a few drinks is Ulica Nowy Swiat (Polish for "New World Street") which forms part of the Royal Route running from the Royal Castle and Old Town to King Jan III Sobieski's 17th-century royal residence at Wilanów. Nowy Swiat is very popular with tourists and locals for recreation and shopping and has many good restaurants, bars and shops for you to enjoy. A terrific place to sit down and watch the world go by...
Wilanow Poster Museum
Address: Ulica Stanislawa Kostki-Potockiego 10/16. Tel: +48 (22) 8424848.
Wilanow Poster Museum was founded in 1968 and is Europe's first museum dedicated entirely to posters. It has a fascinating display of 55,000 posters from Poland and many other countries. In Poland, poster art was acknowledged earlier than elsewhere. Names such as Henryk Tomaszewski, Franczisek Starowieyski and Jan Lenica have international fame. Of particular interest are Polish posters of the socialist times...
National Gallery of Art
Address: pl. Malachowskiego 3. Tel: +48 (22) 8275854
Zachęta National Gallery of Art is the oldest exhibition site in Warsaw, with a tradition stretching back to the mid 19th Century. It is located in the heart of Warsaw, next to the Saski Park, and in the immediate vicinity of the University of Warsaw and the Academy of the Fine Arts. The origins of Zachęta can be traced back to 1860, when the Society for the Encouragement of the Fine Arts was founded in Warsaw...
Foksal Gallery
Address: ul. Foksal 1/4. Tel: +48 (22) 8276243
The Foksal Gallery or Galeria Foksal is a non-commercial art gallery in Warsaw established in 1966. It's small size belies its internationally influential reputation as a gallery that maintains a strong tradition of showing work by avant-garde contemporary artists. The Foksal Gallery was founded in 1966 by a group of Polish art critics and artists, which included one of the founder members of the Polish Constructivist Group of the 1920s.
Lazienki Palace
Address: ul. Agrykoli 1. Tel: +48 (22) 5060101
Lazienki Palace (Polish: Palac Lazienkowski) also called Palace on the Water (Polish: Palac na Wodzie) or Palace on the Isle (Polish: Palac na Wyspie) is a Neoclassical palace in Lazienki Park in Warsaw. It was a barracks until the 1960s. Originally a bathhouse for powerful aristocrat Stanislaw Herakliusz Lubomirski, built on an islet in the middle of a lake by Tylman van Gameren...
Montownia Artistic Centre
Address: ul. Marii Konopnickiej 6.Tel: +48 (22) 3390569.
Montownia Theatre is an independent professional theatre established in 1996 and founded by graduates of The Warsaw Theatre Academy - Adam Krawczuk, Marcin Perchuc, Rafal Rutkowski and Maciej Wierzbicki. Montownia Theatre works are recognized for their original and individual form of dynamic; performances are enriched by innovative form of movement attached to the text.
Palace of Culture and Science
Address: Pl. Defilad 1.Tel: +48 (22) 6567741.
The Palace of Culture and Science (Polish: Palac Kultury i Nauki, also abbreviated PKiN) in Warsaw is the tallest building in Poland, the seventh tallest building in the European Union, and the world's 187th tallest building at 237 metres (778 ft). The building was originally known as the Joseph Stalin Palace of Culture and Science (Palac Kultury i Nauki imienia Jozefa Stalina), but in the wake of destalinization the dedication was revoked...
Royal Castle
Address: plac Zamkowy 4.Tel: +48 (22) 3555170.
The Royal Castle (Polish: Zamek Krolewski) in Warsaw is the royal palace and official residence of the Polish monarchs, located at the Plac Zamkowy, at the entrance to the Old Town. The personal offices of the king and the administrative offices of the Royal Court of Poland were located there from the 16th century until the Partitions of Poland. In its long history the Royal Castle was repeatedly devastated and plundered by Swedish...
Yours Gallery
Address: ul. Krakowskie Przedmiescie 33.Tel: +48 (22) 8909500.
Established in 2004 by its founder and patron Tomasz Gudzowaty, Yours Gallery features three independent exhibition areas dedicated to photography, as well as a photography bookshop. The gallery also hosts panel discussions, shows, competitions and other special events. This unique meeting place is centrally located at 33 Krakowskie Przedmiescie Street in Warsaw, where it moved in February 2006...
Teatr Wielki (Polish National Opera)
Address: Plac Teatralny 1.Tel: +48 (22) 6920200.
Opera was brought to Poland only twenty years after it first appeared in Florence, by Royal Prince Ladislaus IV Vasa, who in 1628 invited the first Italian opera troupe to Warsaw. As soon as he ascended the Polish throne in 1632, he had a theatre hall built in his castle, where regular opera performances were produced by an Italian company directed by Marco Scacchi.
The National Museum
Address: Al. Jerozolimskie 3.Tel: +48 (22) 6211031.
In 1916 the Museum of Fine Arts in Warsaw, set up on the strength of the May 20th 1862 Law on Public Education in the Kingdom of Poland, was renamed National Museum in Warsaw. At the time the museum was based in 15 Podwale Street. In 1926 the construction of the museum's current seat in Aleje Jerozolimskie began. In 1932 an exhibition of decorative art was opened in the two earliest erected wings...