Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #5 in Warsaw, Poland

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Number of sights 12 sights
Distance 4.2 km
Ascend 32 m
Descend 27 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: X Pawilon

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The 10th Pavilion of the Warsaw Citadel – one of the pavilions of the Warsaw Citadel, the seat of a branch of the Museum of Independence devoted to the national liberation struggles during the Russian partition.

Wikipedia: X Pawilon Cytadeli Warszawskiej (PL)

249 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 2: Polish History Museum

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The Museum of Polish History or the Polish History Museum is a museum and national cultural institute in Warsaw, Poland. The purpose of the museum is to present the most important events in Polish history, with a particular emphasis on Polish traditions of freedom. Since September 2023, the new museum building has been located in the Warsaw Citadel.

Wikipedia: Museum of Polish History (EN), Website

49 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 3: Warsaw Citadel

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Warsaw Citadel is a 19th-century fortress in Warsaw, Poland. It was built by order of Tsar Nicholas I after the suppression of the 1830 November Uprising in order to bolster imperial Russian control of the city. It served as a prison into the late 1930s, especially the dreaded Tenth Pavilion of the Warsaw Citadel ; the latter has been a museum since 1963.

Wikipedia: Warsaw Citadel (EN)

168 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 4: Polish Army Museum

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Museum of the Polish Army is a museum in Warsaw documenting the military history of Poland. Established in 1920 under the Second Polish Republic, it formerly occupied a wing of the building of the Polish National Museum and now occupies a building of its own at the Warsaw Citadel, as well as several branches in Poland. It is Warsaw's second largest museum and the largest collection of military objects in Poland. The collection illustrates a thousand years of Polish military history, from the 10th century to the Second World War.

Wikipedia: Polish Army Museum (EN), Website

222 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 5: Park Fosa

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The Citadel Moat Park and Slopes – a park located around the walls of the Warsaw Citadel in the Warsaw district of Żoliborz, between the following streets: Wybrzeże Gdyńskie, Kaniowska and Krajewskiego.

Wikipedia: Park Fosa i Stoki Cytadeli w Warszawie (PL)

981 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 6: Generał Stanisław Sosabowski

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The Monument to General Stanisław Sosabowski is a monument located at Wojska Polskiego Avenue in the Warsaw district of Żoliborz, commemorating the organizer and commander of the 1st Independent Parachute Brigade, General Stanisław Sosabowski.

Wikipedia: Pomnik gen. Stanisława Sosabowskiego w Warszawie (PL)

83 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 7: Pomnik I Dywizji Pancernej

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The Monument to the 1st Armoured Division of General Stanisław Maczek is a monument located on Inwalidów Square in Warsaw.

Wikipedia: Pomnik 1 Dywizji Pancernej w Warszawie (PL)

224 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 8: Kościół pw. Dzieciątka Jezus

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The Church of the Infant Jesus is a parish church in Warsaw, Poland.

Wikipedia: Kościół Dzieciątka Jezus w Warszawie (Żoliborz) (PL)

423 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 9: Fort Sokolnickiego

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Sokolnicki's Fort, originally Sergey's Fort – one of the forts of the Warsaw Citadel. It is located in the Stefan Żeromski Park in the Żoliborz district.

Wikipedia: Fort Sokolnickiego Cytadeli Warszawskiej (PL), Website

770 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 10: Witold Pilecki

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Witold Pilecki

The Witold Pilecki Monument in Warsaw is a monument in Warsaw, located in the northern part of the inter-carriageway lane of Wojska Polskiego Avenue, on the extension of the axis of Bitwy pod Rokitna Street, in the Warsaw district of Żoliborz.

Wikipedia: Pomnik Witolda Pileckiego w Warszawie (PL)

349 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 11: Pomnik Czynu Zbrojnego Polonii Amerykańskiej

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The Monument to the Armed Action of the Polish American Diaspora is a monument in Warsaw's Żoliborz district, in the green belt of Wojska Polskiego Avenue, at Grunwaldzki Square.

Wikipedia: Pomnik Czynu Zbrojnego Polonii Amerykańskiej (PL)

648 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 12: Kościół Świętego Jana Kantego

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Church of St. John Cantius in Warsaw – a neoclassical parish church in Warsaw

Wikipedia: Kościół św. Jana Kantego w Warszawie (PL)

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