Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #10 in Warsaw, Poland

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Number of sights 20 sights
Distance 10.9 km
Ascend 166 m
Descend 176 m

Explore Warsaw in Poland with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Activities in WarsawIndividual Sights in Warsaw

Sight 1: Kościół pw. Świętego Wawrzyńca

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St. Lawrence's Church is a Roman Catholic church located in Warsaw's borough of Wola. A neoclassicist building, the site is best known as the central point of Polish "Redoubt No. 56" during the 1831 battle for Warsaw.

Wikipedia: St. Lawrence's Church, Warsaw (EN)

1185 meters / 14 minutes

Sight 2: Kościół pw. Świętego Stanisława Biskupa i Męczennika

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The Church of St. Stanislaus the Bishop and Martyr is a church located at 73/75 Bema Street in the Wola district of Warsaw.

Wikipedia: Kościół św. Stanisława Biskupa i Męczennika w Warszawie (PL)

895 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 3: Warsaw Gasworks Museum

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Warsaw Gasworks Museum is a museum in Warsaw, Poland, located in the complex of the former Wola Gas Factory built in 1886–1888.

Wikipedia: Warsaw Gasworks Museum (EN), Website

701 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 4: Pomnik Marcina Kasprzaka

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The Marcin Kasprzak Monument in Warsaw is a monument commemorating the socialist activist Marcin Kasprzak. It is located at 18/20 Marcina Kasprzaka Street, in front of the building of the former Radio Works named after him.

Wikipedia: Pomnik Marcina Kasprzaka w Warszawie (PL)

991 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 5: Replika samochodu pancernego Kubuś

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Replika samochodu pancernego Kubuś Halibutt / CC BY-SA 3.0

Kubuś is a Polish improvised fighting vehicle used by the Home Army in the Warsaw Uprising during World War II. The single vehicle was built in secret to function as an armoured car and armoured personnel carrier for assaults by the Home Army, where it suffered damage and was abandoned after two weeks of service. The original Kubuś vehicle survived the war and is on display in the Polish Army Museum, while a full-scale replica was built for the Warsaw Uprising Museum and frequently takes part in various open-air festivals and reenactment shows.

Wikipedia: Kubuś (EN)

13 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 6: Warsaw Rising Museum

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The Warsaw Rising Museum, in the Wola district of Warsaw, Poland, is dedicated to the Warsaw Uprising of 1944. The institution of the museum was established in 1983, but no construction work took place for many years. It opened on July 31, 2004, marking the 60th anniversary of the uprising.

Wikipedia: Warsaw Rising Museum (EN), Website

1274 meters / 15 minutes

Sight 7: Muzeum Woli

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The Museum of Wola is a museum in Warsaw, Poland, dedicated to documenting the history of the district. Established on the initiative of the Wola Branch of the Society of Friends of Warsaw in 1974. It is a branch of the Museum of Warsaw.

Wikipedia: Muzeum Woli (PL), Website

809 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 8: Mur Getta Warszawskiego

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Fragments of the ghetto walls in Warsaw are fragments of the walls between properties or the walls of pre-war buildings marking the border between the Warsaw Ghetto and the "Aryan" part of the city after November 16, 1940.

Wikipedia: Fragments of the ghetto walls in Warsaw (EN)

412 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 9: Muzeum Getta Warszawskiego

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The Warsaw Ghetto Museum is a historical museum in Warsaw currently under construction.

Wikipedia: Warsaw Ghetto Museum (EN)

568 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 10: Muzeum Sztuki Nowoczesnej

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Muzeum Sztuki Nowoczesnej

Muzeum Sztuki Nowoczesnej w Warszawie is a museum in Warsaw, Poland. It was established in 2005.

Wikipedia: Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw (EN), Website

463 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 11: Kościół Wszystkich Świętych

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All Saints Church is a Roman Catholic church located at 3/5 Grzybowski Square in Warsaw, the seat of the parish of All Saints in Warsaw.

Wikipedia: All Saints Church, Warsaw (EN)

233 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 12: Park Świętokrzyski

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The Holy Cross Park is an urban park in Warsaw, Poland. It is located in the district of Downtown, between Plater Street, Świętokrzyska Street, Marszałkowska Street, and the Palace of Culture and Science. The park was opened in 1955.

Wikipedia: Holy Cross Park (EN)

287 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 13: Museum of Evolution

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The Museum of Evolution of Polish Academy of Sciences is the display area of the natural history museum in Warsaw, Poland. It is the public front of the Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii or Zoology Museum and the Instytut Paleobiologii or Paleobiology Institute. It is based at the Palace of Culture and Science.

Wikipedia: Museum of Evolution of Polish Academy of Sciences (EN), Website

531 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 14: Museum of Technology

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Muzeum Techniki w Warszawie is a museum in Warsaw, Poland. It was established in 1955. It is located in the Palace of Culture & Science.

Wikipedia: Museum of Technology, Warsaw (EN), Website

623 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 15: Scena Relax

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The "Relax" Cinema is a closed cinema located at 8 Złota Street, near the "Wiecha" passage in Warsaw.

Wikipedia: Kino „Relax” (PL), Website

145 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 16: Muzeum Historii Spółdzielczości w Polsce

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The Museum of the History of Cooperatives in Poland – a museum established in 2001, operating at the National Cooperative Council. It is based in the House under the Eagles in Warsaw.

Wikipedia: Muzeum Historii Spółdzielczości w Polsce (PL)

90 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 17: National Philharmonic

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The National Philharmonic in Warsaw is a Polish cultural institution, located at 5 Jasna Street in Warsaw. The building was built between 1900 and 1901, under the direction of Karol Kozłowski, to be reconstructed in 1955 by Eugeniusz Szparkowski. The director of the institution is Wojciech Nowak. It is the main venue of the Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra.

Wikipedia: National Philharmonic, Warsaw (EN)

193 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 18: Pomnik Napoleona Bonaparte

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Pomnik Napoleona Bonaparte

The Napoleon Bonaparte Monument was erected to honor the French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte on the 190th anniversary of his death. Napoleon established the Duchy of Warsaw in 1807 from the Polish lands ceded by the Kingdom of Prussia under the terms of the Treaties of Tilsit. The duchy was held in personal union by one of Napoleon's allies, King Frederick Augustus I of Saxony. Following Napoleon's failed invasion of Russia, the duchy was occupied by Prussian and Russian troops until 1815, when it was formally partitioned between the two countries at the Congress of Vienna. It covered central and eastern part of present Poland and minor parts of present Lithuania and Belarus.

Wikipedia: Napoleon Bonaparte Monument (Warsaw) (EN)

785 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 19: Pałac Przeździeckich

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The Przedziecki Palace is a palace located at 6 Foksal Street in Warsaw, Poland.

Wikipedia: Pałac Przezdzieckich w Warszawie (PL)

666 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 20: Park na Książęcem

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Park Na Książęcem – a park located in Warsaw, in the area of the Vistula escarpment, between Książęca and Kruczkowskiego streets, the Poniatowski Bridge viaduct, the area of the Polish Army Museum and the National Museum and the building of the Stock Exchange Centre. Part of the Marshal Edward Rydz-Śmigły Park.

Wikipedia: Park Na Książęcem w Warszawie (PL)

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