Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #19 in Warsaw, Poland

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Number of sights 38 sights
Distance 11.7 km
Ascend 230 m
Descend 197 m

Experience Warsaw in Poland in a whole new way with our free 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: 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)

370 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 2: Ateneum

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The Ateneum Theatre in Warsaw is a Polish dramatic theatre founded in 1928. It resides in a building erected a year earlier in the interwar Poland as headquarters for the Professional Union of PKP Railway Workers with offices upstairs. After World War II, the severely damaged structure was restored to its former glory with public funds. The state-run theatre reopened in 1951; named after its first and already famous prewar director Stefan Jaracz.

Wikipedia: Ateneum Theatre (EN), Website

683 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 3: Aleja 3 Maja

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Aleja 3 Maja – a street in Warsaw's Powiśle district. It runs on both sides of the Poniatowski Bridge viaduct, from Wisłostrada to the foot of the Warsaw escarpment.

Wikipedia: Aleja 3 Maja w Warszawie (PL)

586 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 4: 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 viaduct of the Poniatowski Bridge, 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)

594 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 5: Pałac Zamoyskich

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Pałac ZamoyskichLukas Plewnia from Berlin, Deutschland / CC BY-SA 2.0

The Konstanty Zamoyski Palace is a historic building on ulica Foksal in Warsaw, Poland.

Wikipedia: Konstanty Zamoyski Palace (EN)

233 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 6: Teatr Sabat

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Sabat Theatre – the only revue theatre in Poland, located in Warsaw.

Wikipedia: Teatr Sabat (PL), Website

253 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 7: Pałac Przezdzieckich

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

Wikipedia: Pałac Przezdzieckich w Warszawie (PL)

238 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 8: Frederic Chopin Museum

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Ostrogski Palace, or Ostrogski Castle, is a fortified mansion in the city center of Warsaw, Poland, on Tamka Street. The castle was originally constructed for the powerful Ostrogski family in the 17th century. It currently houses the Fryderyk Chopin Society and the Fryderyk Chopin Museum.

Wikipedia: Ostrogski Palace (EN), Website

451 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 9: 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)

405 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 10: 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)

334 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 11: 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

69 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 12: Kazimierz Palace

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The Casimir Palace, formerly known as Villa Regia, is a reconstructed palace located in Warsaw, Poland. It is adjacent to the Royal Route, at Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28.

Wikipedia: Casimir Palace (EN)

115 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 13: 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)

178 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 14: 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)

446 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 15: 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)

403 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 16: NBP Money Centre

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The Sławomir S. Skrzypek NBP Money Centre is an exhibition and educational institution of the National Bank of Poland in Warsaw. The ceremonial opening of the NBP Money Centre took place on 20 April 2016 and was opened to the public on the Night of Museums on 14 May 2016. The NBP Money Centre is located at the NBP headquarters at 11/21 Świętokrzyska Street.

Wikipedia: Centrum Pieniądza NBP im. Sławomira S. Skrzypka (PL), Website

110 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 17: Pomnik Powstańców Warszawy

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The Warsaw Insurgents Monument is a sculpture in Warsaw, Poland, located at the Warsaw Insurgents Square, in the Downtown district. It commemorates the insurgents of the Kiliński Battalion of the Warsaw Uprising fought in 1944 during the Second World War. The sculpture has a form of a commemorative plaque mounted to the ground surrounded by 63 cuboids of varying lengths and sizes, symbolising the number of days the uprising lasted. It was designed by Andrzej Domański, and unveiled on 1 August 1979.

Wikipedia: Warsaw Insurgents Monument (EN)

194 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 18: Pomnik Napoleona Bonaparte

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193 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 19: 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), Website

125 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 20: 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)

157 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 21: Scena Relax

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

Wikipedia: Kino „Relax” (PL), Website

196 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 22: Palladium

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The "Palladium" Cinema is a closed cinema located at 7/9 Złota Street in Warsaw. It functioned until the end of the 90s of the twentieth century.

Wikipedia: Kino „Palladium” (PL), Website

419 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 23: Warsaw Milestone

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A kilometre pole in Warsaw – a zero kilometre in Warsaw. It is located at the Dmowskiego roundabout, at the intersection of Aleje Jerozolimskie and Marszałkowska Street

Wikipedia: Słup kilometrowy w Warszawie (PL)

725 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 24: Teatr Kwadrat

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The Kwadrat Theatre is theatre in Warsaw, Poland located at 138 Marszałkowska Street. It was established in 1974. Its production has been mainly comedies.

Wikipedia: Kwadrat Theatre (EN), Website

436 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 25: All Saints Church

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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)

347 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 26: Nożyk Synagogue

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The Nożyk Synagogue is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 6 Twarda Street, in the Śródmieście district of Warsaw, in the Masovian Voivodeship of Poland.

Wikipedia: Nożyk Synagogue (EN)

534 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 27: 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)

86 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 28: Pomnik Janusza Korczaka

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Pomnik Janusza Korczaka

Monuments to Janusz Korczak in Warsaw – there are three monuments to Janusz Korczak in Warsaw:Monument in the Świętokrzyski Park – 52°14′01.29"N 21°00′16.74"The design of the monument was selected in an international competition organized by the Shalom Foundation and the Polish Janusz Korczak Association.It is one of the newest monuments in Warsaw. The cornerstone for the construction was laid on 19 September 2003 by the President of Warsaw, Lech Kaczyński, and the ceremonial unveiling of the monument took place on 1 June 2006, on Children's Day. It depicts Janusz Korczak, surrounded by children, under a dead stump of a tree, whose dry branches form a menorah. At the back of the monument there is a small fountain and plaques commemorating the founders of the monument. On the right side of the monument there is a small stone with a carved inscription:

Wikipedia: Pomniki Janusza Korczaka w Warszawie (PL)

261 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 29: 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

161 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 30: Teatr Lalka

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Teatr Lalka is a puppet theatre in Warsaw, founded in 1945. Its headquarters are located in the Palace of Culture and Science.

Wikipedia: Teatr Lalka (PL)

160 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 31: Teatr Studio

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The Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz Studio Theatre is a municipal theatre in Warsaw, since 1985 it has been named after Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz. In the years 1982–1985, it operated under the name Studio Art Centre – Gallery Theatre.

Wikipedia: Teatr Studio im. Stanisława Ignacego Witkiewicza (PL), Website

118 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 32: Teatr Dramatyczny

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The Gustaw Holoubek Drama Theatre is a municipal theatre in Warsaw.

Wikipedia: Teatr Dramatyczny m.st. Warszawy (PL), Website

300 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 33: 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

189 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 34: Congress Hall

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The Congress Hall is a 2,880-seat theatre at the Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw, Poland. It was opened in 1955.

Wikipedia: Congress Hall (Warsaw) (EN)

305 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 35: Muzeum Sztuki Nowoczesnej

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Muzeum Sztuki Nowoczesnej

The Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, also known as MSN Warsaw, is a modern and contemporary art museum in Warsaw, Poland. The museum was founded in 2005 and the director of the museum since June 6, 2007 has been Joanna Mytkowska. MSN was a cultural institution co-run by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage and the city of Warsaw, from 2023 it is a local government cultural institution run by the city of Warsaw.

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

568 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 36: 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)

108 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 37: Kościół Zielonoświątkowy

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The Capital Pentecostal Church in Warsaw is a church of the Pentecostal Church in the Republic of Poland. Sienna 68/70 in Warsaw. Administratively, it belongs to the central district.

Wikipedia: Zbór Stołeczny Kościoła Zielonoświątkowego w Warszawie (PL)

677 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 38: Muzeum Woli

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The Wola Museum is a museum in Warsaw's Wola district, documenting the history of this 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

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