Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #14 in Warsaw, Poland

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Number of sights 30 sights
Distance 13.6 km
Ascend 182 m
Descend 212 m

Experience Warsaw in Poland in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Activities in WarsawIndividual Sights in Warsaw

Sight 1: Chłodna

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Chłodna Street is a street in the Wola district of Warsaw.

Wikipedia: Ulica Chłodna w Warszawie (PL)

1039 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 2: Park Mirowski

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The Mier Park, also known as the Downtown Park, is an urban park in Warsaw, Poland. The park is located in the district of Downtown, between Jana Pawła II Avenue, Marszałkowska Street, Mier Halls, and the Za Żelazną Bramą neighbourhood.

Wikipedia: Mier Park (EN)

353 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 3: Nożyk Synagogue

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The Nożyk Synagogue is the only surviving prewar Jewish house of prayer in Warsaw, Poland. It was built in 1898-1902 and was restored after World War II. It is still operational and currently houses the Warsaw Jewish Commune, as well as other Jewish organizations.

Wikipedia: Nożyk Synagogue (EN)

936 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 4: Saxon Garden

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The Saxon Garden is a 15.5–hectare public garden in central (Śródmieście) Warsaw, Poland, facing Piłsudski Square. It is the oldest public park in the city. Founded in the late 17th century, it was opened to the public in 1727 as one of the first publicly accessible parks in the world.

Wikipedia: Saxon Garden (EN)

366 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 5: Zachęta National Gallery of Art

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Zachęta National Gallery of Art

The Zachęta National Gallery of Art is a contemporary art museum in the center of Warsaw, Poland. The Gallery's chief purpose is to present and support Polish contemporary art and artists. With numerous temporary exhibitions of well-known foreign artists, the gallery has also established itself internationally.

Wikipedia: Zachęta National Gallery of Art (EN), Website

154 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 6: Holy Trinity Church

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The Holy Trinity Church, also known as Zug's Protestant Church, is a Lutheran church in central Warsaw, Poland, and one of two Augsburg Evangelical temples in the city. Designed by Szymon Bogumił Zug, it is one of the largest churches in Warsaw and one of the most notable for its round design.

Wikipedia: Holy Trinity Church, Warsaw (EN)

99 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 7: National Museum of Ethnography

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National Museum of Ethnography Tomasz "Nemo5576" Górny / CC BY-SA 3.0

The National Museum of Ethnography is a museum of ethnography in Warsaw, Poland. It was established in 1888.

Wikipedia: National Museum of Ethnography (EN), Website

170 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 8: Pomnik Peowiaka

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The Monument to the Polish Military Organization is a monument located in Warsaw on Stanisław Małachowski Square, in front of the Zachęta building.

Wikipedia: Pomnik Peowiaka w Warszawie (PL)

309 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 9: Pomnik Bartolomeo Colleoniego

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The Monument to Bartolomeo Colleoni is an equestrian statue of the Italian condottiero in the service of the Republic of Venice, Bartolomeo Colleoni, located in Warsaw in the courtyard of the Czapski Palace at 5 Krakowskie Przedmieście Street.

Wikipedia: Pomnik Bartolomea Colleoniego w Warszawie (PL)

11 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 10: Czapski Palace

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The Czapski Palace is a palatial complex in the center of Warsaw, located at 5 Krakowskie Przedmieście. It is considered one of the most distinguished examples of rococo architecture in Poland's capital.

Wikipedia: Czapski Palace (EN)

211 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 11: Tyszkiewicz Palace

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Tyszkiewicz Palace

Tyszkiewicz Palace, also known as Tyszkiewicz–Potocki Palace, is a rebuilt palace at 32 Krakowskie Przedmieście in Warsaw, Poland. It is one of the most beautiful Neoclassical-style buildings in the city.

Wikipedia: Tyszkiewicz Palace, Warsaw (EN)

24 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 12: Museum of the University of Warsaw

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The Museum of the University of Warsaw – a university museum in Warsaw, whose aim is to collect, develop and make available objects related to the history of the University of Warsaw and to popularize knowledge about its achievements, lecturers and graduates. It is located in the Tyszkiewicz Palace at 32 Krakowskie Przedmieście Street.

Wikipedia: Muzeum Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego (PL), Website

199 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 13: Holy Cross Church

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The Church of the Holy Cross is a Roman Catholic house of worship in Warsaw, Poland. Located on Krakowskie Przedmieście opposite the main Warsaw University campus, it is one of the most notable Baroque churches in Poland's capital.

Wikipedia: Holy Cross Church, Warsaw (EN)

133 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 14: Nicolaus Copernicus Monument

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The Nicolaus Copernicus Monument in Warsaw is one of the Polish capital's notable landmarks. It stands before the Staszic Palace, the seat of the Polish Academy of Sciences on Krakowskie Przedmieście. Designed by Bertel Thorvaldsen in 1822, it was completed in 1830. Thorvaldsen's original plaster model from 1822 and a smaller study from 1821 are both held by the Thorvaldsen Museum in Copenhagen.

Wikipedia: Nicolaus Copernicus Monument, Warsaw (EN)

173 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 15: Polish Theatre

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Polish Theatre in Warsaw is a theatre in Warsaw, Poland. It is located at ul. Karasia 2. The current artistic director is Andrzej Seweryn.

Wikipedia: Polish Theatre, Warsaw (EN)

319 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 16: Ławeczka Studenta

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The Student Monument in Warsaw is a bronze sculpture by Andrzej Renes depicting a student sitting on a bench.

Wikipedia: Pomnik Studenta w Warszawie (PL)

158 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 17: Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies UW

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Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies – a faculty of the University of Warsaw.

Wikipedia: Wydział Geografii i Studiów Regionalnych Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego (PL)

180 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 18: Auditorium Maximum

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The Auditorium Maximum - is a Classicist building located in the University of Warsaw's campus at 26/28 Krakowskie Przedmieście Street in Warsaw, Poland.

Wikipedia: Auditorium Maximum, Warsaw (EN)

114 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 19: Kazimierz Palace

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The Casimir Palace is a rebuilt palace in Warsaw, Poland. It is adjacent to the Royal Route, at Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28.

Wikipedia: Casimir Palace (EN)

69 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 20: Faculty of Polish Studies

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The Faculty of Polish Studies, University of Warsaw is a faculty of the University of Warsaw. Its headquarters are located at Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28.

Wikipedia: Wydział Polonistyki Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego (PL), Website

334 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 21: Park Kazimierzowski

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The Casimir Park in an urban park in Warsaw, Poland. It is located in the district of Downtown, between the University of Warsaw, Visitationist Church, Karowa Street, Stanisław Markiewicz Viaduct, Browarna Street, and Dynasy Street.

Wikipedia: Casimir Park (EN)

898 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 22: Copernicus Science Centre

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Copernicus Science Centre

Copernicus Science Centre is a science museum standing on the bank of the Vistula River in Warsaw, Poland. It contains over 450 interactive exhibits that enable visitors to single-handedly carry out experiments and discover the laws of science for themselves. The centre is the largest institution of its type in Poland and one of the most advanced in Europe. In 2018, since its opening, it has been visited by over 8 million people.

Wikipedia: Copernicus Science Centre (EN), Website

300 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 23: Pomnik Syreny

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The Mermaid Monument is a monument located at Wybrzeże Kościuszkowskie Street in Warsaw.

Wikipedia: Pomnik Syreny w Warszawie (Powiśle) (PL)

1181 meters / 14 minutes

Sight 24: Most Średnicowy

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The Cross-City Bridge is a rail bridge over the Vistula River in Warsaw, north of the Poniatowski Bridge. It forms a part of the Warsaw Cross-City Line and was originally built between 1921 and 1931 to connect the Warszawa Główna railway station and what is now the Warszawa Wschodnia railway station.

Wikipedia: Cross-City Bridge (EN)

1963 meters / 24 minutes

Sight 25: Tancerka

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The Dancer is a sculpture by Stanisław Jackowski located in Skaryszewski Park in Warsaw.

Wikipedia: Tancerka (rzeźba w Warszawie) (PL)

58 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 26: Pomnik Załogi Liberatora EV961

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The Memorial Plaque of the Fallen British Airmen of 1944 – a commemoration located in Skaryszewski Park, on the edge of the rosarium. It has the form of a slab attached to a boulder.

Wikipedia: Płyta pamięci Poległych Lotników Brytyjskich 1944 (PL)

845 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 27: Kościół pw. Matki Boskiej Zwycięskiej

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Kościół pw. Matki Boskiej Zwycięskiej Alina Zienowicz (Ala z), e-mail / CC BY-SA 3.0 pl

The Co-Cathedral of Our Lady of Victory in Warsaw is a Roman Catholic church of the Corpus Christi parish in Warsaw's Kamionek district, located at 365 Grochowska Street.

Wikipedia: Konkatedra Matki Bożej Zwycięskiej w Warszawie (PL)

933 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 28: Neon Museum

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Neon Museum, also the Museum of Neon is a museum located in Warsaw's Praga-Południe. The institution documents and protects Polish and Eastern Bloc light advertisements created after World War II. It is the first in Poland and one of the few museums of neon signs in the world.

Wikipedia: Neon Museum, Warsaw (EN), Website

1125 meters / 14 minutes

Sight 29: Park Obwodu Praga AK

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The Home Army Praga Subdistrict Park is an urban park in Warsaw, Poland. It is located in the neighbourhood of Kamionek, within the district of Praga-South, between Grochowska Street, Podskarbińska Street, Kobielska Street, and Weterynaryjna Street. The park was opened in 1953.

Wikipedia: Home Army Praga Subdistrict Park (EN)

978 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 30: Kamionkowskie Błonia Elekcyjne

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Kamionkowskie Błonia Election - a recreational green area located at the exhibition channel in the Kamionka in Warsaw.

Wikipedia: Kamionkowskie Błonia Elekcyjne (PL)

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