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Buildings, streets...   Warsaw

Buildings, streets..., Warsaw

 32 Reviews  This kiosk with newspapers adjacent to Church of the Holy Spirit (Paulite Church) in the New City is the smallest house in Warsaw. Local law says that only seperate houses have own numbers and this... 

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Jewish Life   Warsaw

Jewish Life, Warsaw

 15 Reviews  As Jewish people and culture strongly influenced the life of pre-WWII Warsaw it is important to mourn the victims and attrocities they faced from German nazis together with the rest of Warsaw and its... 

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Gardens   Warsaw

Gardens, Warsaw

 14 Reviews  In nothern side of the viewpoint terrace in the Rydz-Smigly Park there is the gate in my picture with inscription "Ogrodki Teatralne" which means the courtyard theatres. There is a pub/restaurant with... 

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Kabaty Forest   Warsaw

Kabaty Forest, Warsaw

 7 Reviews  Just get to the metro train and go all the way to the very last station Kabaty. Getting out, pass Tesco mall and go straight. You'll easily get to the Kabaty Forest. Great place for walking, biking or... 

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Monuments   Warsaw

Monuments, Warsaw

 22 Reviews  Walking around the Three Crosses Square (Plac Trzech Krzyzy) I found in its eastern part the bust signed: "For Rev. Jakub Falkowski (1t75 - 1845), a founder of the Institiute for the Deaf, grateful... 

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Old Town   Warsaw

Old Town, Warsaw

 10 Reviews  If you like old small and medium-size clocks, other precise devices and jewelry it's place for you. There are masterpieces of old masters and those who wanted to achieve a title of master in engraving... 

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Warsaw's Districts   Warsaw

Warsaw's Districts, Warsaw

 4 Reviews  In and around the old Stadium Dziesieciolecia (Tenth-Anniversary Stadium) one of the largest outdoor markets in Europe can be found. It is also often referred to as "Russian Market". The market... 

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Churches   Warsaw

Churches, Warsaw

 12 Reviews  It's not easy to introduce our church, because our church is not fundamentally a building or a set of programs. Our church is people — a community with a shared vision and a shared faith in Jesus... 

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Zoological Garden   Warsaw

Zoological Garden, Warsaw

 5 Reviews  The Warsaw Zoo (in Praga district , just opposite the Old Town) is certainly a great place to spend a warm summer afternoon! The point is not only to see the animals, but also the beautiful park with... 

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Memories from 1974   Warsaw

Memories from 1974, Warsaw

 3 Reviews   Lala is my beautiful doll from Warsaw, which I actually bought for my daughter on our first trip to Poland. Years later after Susan was out of college, I realized the dolls were still packed in the... 

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Pawiak   Warsaw

Pawiak, Warsaw

 3 Reviews  On the city of Warsaw you will also find Pawiak. Before the WW II it was a prison but when the WW II started Nazis made Pawiak as their head sqaud. When war ended it was destroyed but now days there... 

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Maria Sklodowska-Curie   Warsaw

Maria Sklodowska-Curie, Warsaw

 2 Reviews  Maria Sklodowska-Curie during 1927 Conference in Brussel. The Society in Tribute to Maria Sklodowska-Curie occupies a building on ul. Wawelska 15. The society's main goal is to preserve her memory and... 

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Wilanow   Warsaw

Wilanow, Warsaw

 7 Reviews  The Wilanow Park forms an integral part of the Wilanow Palace and Gardens. Perfect for a pleasant walk, it is a destination of choice for Varsovians seeking to escape the hustle and bustle of the... 

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Zelazowa Wola   Warsaw

Zelazowa Wola, Warsaw

 2 Reviews  Zelazowa Wola is situated on the edge of Poland's Kampinos National Park and is the birthplace of Cjopin. Explore Zelazowa Wola's enchanting woods or take a visit to Kampinos National Park. Nearest... 

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Zegrzynski Reservoir   Warsaw

Zegrzynski Reservoir, Warsaw

 1 Review  Zalew Zegrzynski - Zegrzynski Reservoir - a great place for watersports, walking, fishing and sunbathing - just 20 kilometers north of the city. Two huge rivers - Narew and Bug - bring their waters... 

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Czluchow and its castle...

by zaffaran

As you are driving from Berlin to Gdansk (E-22)and you have just eaten your lunch at Canpol(see my restaurant tip), have a nice stroll in the ruins of the Teutonic castle which used to be the second biggest Teutonic castle in this part of Europe(after this in Malbork). It used to be because now there are only remains i.e. a tower, a chapel (which was trasformed into a concert hall and some castle walls. In summer you can climb to the top of the tower, but even if it is off season you can go for a stroll in the park which is surrounded by a lake. Have a nice time!

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The Beskidy Mts.

by magor65

The part of the Beskidy Mts I want to present here is called Beskid Slaski. It's here in Barania Gora that the Vistula river has its springs. We can say that Beskid Slaski is a 'civilised range'. Easily accessible, it also has a wide range of accommodation and good restaurants. The reason I put it in Off The Beaten Path section is because it's not frequently visited by foreign tourists. The biggest town of the region is Bielsko-Biala, but I would suggest staying in some smaller places, like Ustron, Szczyrk or Wisla (Adam Malysz - best Polish ski-jumper lives here). If you like folklore you must visit tri-village: Istebna-Koniakow-Jaworzynka. In Koniakow you can buy beautiful hand-made laces and in Istebna you can see an old highlander hut from the 19th century with a collection of musical instruments. If hiking is not your favourite activity, Beskid Slaski allows you to drive your car to...

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Trzesacz - western Pomerania

by magor65

Trzesacz is a little town in western Pomerania. It's mainly known for the ruins of an old gothic church - the clear evidence of the destructive power of the sea. Today we can only admire the remains of one brick wall standing lonely on the cliff shore. For centuries the sea got closer and closer to the building, and in the 19th century the church had to be closed for safety reasons. The first wall collapsed in 1901 and then the next followed. It's verey likely that soon there will be nothing left of te church. After more than 100 years it is bound to lose its fight with the powerful sea.

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Kazimierz Dolny

by Enzyme_X

Kazimerz Dolny is a smallish town, some 100 km south-east from Warshaw. It's stands on the bank of Wisla river. This town is kind of funny. It's so far north but I got a feeling like being in some alpine village. You can see some very beautiful houses here.

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A missing olympic games?

by Kentishlad

If you are Wroclaw go to the outskirts to visit the olympic site (at the heart of it is still the Olympic Hotel, if you need directions). This was built just before the war when Nazi Germany was hoping to get a second Olympics after Berlin. The stadium is still used by the football team, but the swimming pool is overgrown and olympic symbols are still on display. In the hotel is the pre-war map, where you can see that the new roads built to service the place were named after senior Nazi officials, from Hitler downwards.

The Krakowska Gate in Lublin

by Paul2001

The Krakowska Gate is one of the more interesting ancient buildings in Lublin. The gate dominates the Rynek. The gate was originally built in the 14th century and was used in the defense of the city against the Mongul hordes. There is has been numerous additions to it over the centuries. Today the gate is has been handsomely restored and is the home of a historical museum that I did not visit.

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Torun's Muzeum Etnograficzne

by Paul2001

The Muzeum Etnograficzne or the Ethnographic Museum could be an engaging museum but alas I never got inside of it. To bad because it was raining like mad outside. Instead the museum for reasons I could not understand was closed despite the fact that my guidebood said that it should be open. That was the case with the actual museum building. What was in fact open was the small open-air museum which has excellent exhibits about North Poland folk art and history. These exhibits are all held in recreated wooden buildings from Poland's past including a blacksmith shop, a windmill and water mill. On display are tools, lace, clothing and furniture from Poland's past. I enjoyed this part of the museum but it did not get me out of the rain.The museum is located about 750m north of the Stare Miasto in Torun. It is suppose to be open from 9am to 4pm on Monday, Wednesday and Fridays or from 10am to...

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Zamosc

by rollinstone81

Zamosc is one of the most beautiful cities in Poland, it features a faszinating old town, its on the UN world heritage site list. But the city also has a dark site: During the Nazi occupation Himmler liked the city so much that this *** decided the city had to be germanized. The city was then called Himmlerstadt. Well, I like Zamosc better, its beautiful, go there.

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Swidnica

by Paul2001

I stopped in Swidnica on my way to visit the castle Ksiaz. I was surprised as the town turned out to be quite charming and well worth visiting if you are in this part of Silesia. The town of Swidnica has bustley rynek with the usual brightly painted facades that you find elsewhere in Poland. The rynek and most of the town managed to escaped damage during the Second World War. This is something of a miracle since there was much fighting in the region. Probably the highlight for a visit to Swidnica is the Chuch of Peace, one of the finest wooden churches in Europe. There are several other interesting churches in the town but they have eradicte opening times. I found that the town tourist office, located in the rynek, was especially helpful. The one flaw I found with the town was that it had a rather bleak train station. Thankfully I took the bus to Swidnica instead.

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where Chassidism was born and Elimelech rests

by sphynxxs

Lezajsk in Southeastern Poland is a small town known as one of the birthplaces of chassisdism. More than 300 years ago Elimelech Weissblum, one of the founders of Chassidism lived here, admired and sought for counsel not only from Jews, but also Catholic and Orthodox Christians. Over the past years, his tomb has become a destination of pilgrimage for orthodox Jews from all over the world.

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Q:  is it feasible to go to Malbork from Warsaw as a daytrip? 

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A: It can be done. Here are the best departures in each direction for a maximum amount of time to have in Malbork Departing Warsaw at 0513 arriving Malbork 1126 no change... 

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