Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #16 in Warsaw, Poland

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Number of sights 20 sights
Distance 12.6 km
Ascend 157 m
Descend 124 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. Matki Bożej Loretańskiej

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The Church of Our Lady of Loreto is an ornate church in Praga, a district of Warsaw, Poland, on the east bank of the Vistula River. The church stands on Ratuszowa Street and is Praga’s oldest monument. What may be seen today is a former chapel that on its south side was once attached to a baroque church and a Bernardine monastery.

Wikipedia: Church of Our Lady of Loreto (EN)

656 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 2: Warsaw Zoo

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The Warsaw Zoological Garden, known simply as the Warsaw Zoo, is a scientific zoo located alongside the Vistula River in Warsaw, Poland. Opened in 1928, the zoo covers about 40 hectares in central Warsaw, and sees over 700,000 visitors annually, making it one of the most popular zoos in Poland. It is home to over 11,000 animals representing more than 500 species.

Wikipedia: Warsaw Zoo (EN), Website, Facebook, Instagram, Youtube

1212 meters / 15 minutes

Sight 3: Most Gdański

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The Gdańsk Bridge is a six-span steel truss bridge, 406.5 m long and 17 m wide, across the Vistula in Warsaw, Poland.

Wikipedia: Gdańsk Bridge (EN)

1182 meters / 14 minutes

Sight 4: Most kolejowy przy Cytadeli

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The Citadel Rail Bridge was a bridge in Warsaw, crossing the Vistula River. It opened in November, 1875, and was expanded with a second part in 1908. It was blown up for the final time in September 13, 1944 by retreating Germans and was later replaced with the Gdański Bridge.

Wikipedia: Citadel Rail Bridge (EN)

705 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 5: Fort Legionów

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Fort of the Legions – a fort of the ring of fortifications around the Warsaw Citadel, built in the years 1851–1853.

Wikipedia: Fort Legionów Cytadeli Warszawskiej (PL)

693 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 6: Kościół parafialny pw. Nawiedzenia Najświętszej Maryi Panny

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The Church of the Visitation of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary, otherwise known as St. Mary's Church is a church in Warsaw, Poland. It is one of oldest buildings and one of the few surviving examples of Gothic architecture in the city. It is located at ulica Przyrynek 2.

Wikipedia: Church of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Warsaw (EN), Website, Facebook

155 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 7: Kaplica klasztorna

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Kaplica klasztorna

St. Benona, responsible Rector's Church of St. Benona in Warsaw - a church located in Warsaw's New Town at ul. Pedestrian 1, belonging to the Redemptorist assembly. At the temple there is also the Redemptorist provincial curia.

Wikipedia: Kościół św. Benona w Warszawie (PL)

111 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 8: Kościół pw. św. Kazimierza

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St. Kazimierz Church is a Roman Catholic church in Warsaw's New Town at Rynek Nowego Miasta 2.

Wikipedia: St. Kazimierz Church (EN)

578 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 9: Gnojna Góra

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Góra Gnojna, also known as Góra Gnojowa, is a hill located on the Vistula escarpment in the Old Town of Warsaw between the exits of Celna and Dawna streets and Bugaj street. A former rubbish and waste dump of Old Warsaw.

Wikipedia: Góra Gnojna (PL)

169 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 10: Muzeum Literatury im. Adama Mickiewicza

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The Adam Mickiewicz Museum of Literature is a museum named for noted Polish poet and essayist Adam Mickiewicz in Warsaw, Poland. It was established in 1950.

Wikipedia: Adam Mickiewicz Museum of Literature, Warsaw (EN), Website

168 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 11: Muzeum Cechu Rzemiosł Skórzanych

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The Jan Kiliński Museum of the Leather Crafts Guild is a museum in Warsaw's Old Town, located in the Shoemakers' House at 10 Wąsny Dunaj Street.

Wikipedia: Muzeum Cechu Rzemiosł Skórzanych (PL)

212 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 12: Pauline Church of the Holy Spirit and Paul The Hermit

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Pauline Church of the Holy Spirit and Paul The Hermit This photo was taken by Arkadiusz ZarzeckiAutorem zdjęcia jest Arkadiusz Zarzecki / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Church of the Holy Spirit is a church at 3 Długa Street, in Warsaw's New Town.

Wikipedia: Church of the Holy Spirit, Warsaw (EN)

132 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 13: Saint Hyacinth's Church

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St. Hyacinth's Church, named after Saint Hyacinth of Poland, is located in Warsaw's New Town at Freta Street 8/10.

Wikipedia: St. Hyacinth's Church, Warsaw (EN), Website, Twitter, Facebook

361 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 14: Kościół pw. Stygmatów św. Franciszka

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The Church of St. Francis is a church adjoining Franciscan convent in Warsaw's New Town.

Wikipedia: Church of St. Francis, Warsaw (EN)

508 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 15: Kościół Świętego Jana Bożego

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The Church of John of God is a Roman Catholic church belonging to the Brothers Hospitallers of St. John of God. It is located at 12 Bonifraterska Street in Warsaw. From 1976 to 2013 it was the seat of the now defunct parish of St. John of God.

Wikipedia: Church of John of God, Warsaw (EN)

771 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 16: Fort Traugutta

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Fort Traugutt is one of the forts of the Warsaw Citadel.

Wikipedia: Fort Traugutta Cytadeli Warszawskiej (PL)

1742 meters / 21 minutes

Sight 17: Maszt Wolności

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Maszt Wolności

Mast of Freedom-a monument in the form of a 60-meter flagship mast, standing in the western part of the Rondo of the AK "Radosław" group in Warsaw, commemorating, among others Fighting Poland and the Warsaw Uprising. Built in 2014, with a flag with the largest area in Poland. For nine years the highest flagship mast in Poland.

Wikipedia: Maszt Wolności (PL)

542 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 18: Kościół pw. Świętego Karola Boromeusza

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The Church of St. Charles Borromeo in Powązki is a church located in Warsaw, Poland, in the Wola district of Warsaw, at 14 Powązkowska Street.

Wikipedia: Kościół św. Karola Boromeusza w Warszawie (Powązki) (PL)

1578 meters / 19 minutes

Sight 19: Polin Museum of the History of Polish Jews

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Polin Museum of the History of Polish Jews

POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews is a museum on the site of the former Warsaw Ghetto. The Hebrew word Polin in the museum's English name means either "Poland" or "rest here" and relates to a legend about the arrival of the first Jews to Poland. Construction of the museum in designated land in Muranów, Warsaw's prewar Jewish quarter, began in 2009, following an international architectural competition won by Finnish architects Rainer Mahlamäki and Ilmari Lahdelma.

Wikipedia: POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews (EN), Website

1115 meters / 13 minutes

Sight 20: Kościół pw. Świętego Augustyna

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The Church of St Augustine is a Roman Catholic church at 18 Nowolipki Street, in Wola, Warsaw, which was built in neo-Romanesque style.

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

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