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- 'Kolejka' Board Game
- A New Kind of Loo
- Ask Your Concierge
- Hot Beer?
- Irena Sendler
- Jan III Sobieski
- L. L. Zamenhof
- Leon Schiller
- Magda Gessler
- Rosa Luxemburg
- Skyscrapers
- The Korczak Orphanage
- The Pianist
- The Presidential Cross
- The Story of Syrenka - Symbol of Warsaw
- Three Random Things to Help You Navigate Warsaw
- Warsaw - Did you know?
- Witold Pilecki
- Yitzhok Farbarovitsh
- Złota 44
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A New Kind of Loo
Plenty of upgrades and new additions have come to Warsaw courtesy of the recent Euro 2012 tournament – check out that shiny new stadium across the river – but one of the most interesting improvements can be found at Warsaw Central Station.... -
Warsaw - Did you know?
Cult British band Joy Division were originally called Warsaw before they hit the big time. They only changed their name after concerns that concert posters might be misinterpreted as adverts selling Poland’s capital to British holidaymakers.... -
Hot Beer?
There’s a number of ways to survive the colder months in Poland, and we’ve tried them all, from dressing up like Eskimos to sitting at home in our pants.... -
Witold Pilecki
As far as assignments go, it doesn’t get much bolder than this one: get rounded up and taken to Auschwitz on purpose and report back what is happening inside.... -
Magda Gessler
The United Kingdom has Gordon Ramsay, the United States has Anthony Bourdain, and Poland has Magda Gessler.... -
The Pianist
Based on the biographical novel by Wladsylaw Szpilman, the Oscar-winning film charts Szpilman’s battle for survival in the Warsaw ghetto.... -
Jan III Sobieski
Jan Sobieski was born in Olesko near Lwow (now Ukrainian Lviv) in 1629. His father was a Polish-Lithuanian nobleman who ensured young Jan and his brother received a first class education and they both went on to study at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow before Jan travelled abroad.... -
'Kolejka' Board Game
If you’ve spent any time in Poland, you know that queuing is a bit of an art in this country, if not a national pastime.... -
Leon Schiller
Born in Kraków in 1887 he graduated from the city's Jagiellonian University with degrees in Philosophy and Polish Literature under his belt, before pursuing further academic titles at the Sorbonne in Paris.... -
Ask Your Concierge
Staying in Warsaw during the winter doesn’t mean that you’ll have nothing to do. Did you know that you can even go skiing at Szczeslewice Park? There is a great hill with ski-lift where you can practice your skiing with all your family and you can also rent equipment.... -
Skyscrapers
Warsaw’s love affair with skyscrapers can be traced back to the 1930s and the erection of the Prudential Insurance Building.... -
Złota 44
Born in Lodz in 1946, Daniel Libeskind has gone on to become one of the world’s best known architects, with projects like the Imperial War Museum in Manchester and the Jewish Museum in Berlin to his credit.... -
L. L. Zamenhof
In addition to the revelation that the earth is not the centre of the universe (thank you, Copernicus), the theory of radioactivity (a nod to Marie Skłodowska-Curie) and the catalyst for the collapse of communism across Europe (Lech Wałęsa and co.... -
Three Random Things to Help You Navigate Warsaw
Many of the great things we love about Warsaw are not immediately obvious, especially to the first time visitor, though we know at least one local who had also failed to notice a couple of these titbits we spotted while out researching....
Ask Your Concierge
Your kids will be happy if you take them on 5th, 6th or 7th of February to TORWAR for the Disney On Ice show. You can also go together for a pleasant walk to the Royal Lazienki Gardens to feed the squirrels – there are dozens of them there waiting for peanuts.
Fans of music will also find something interesting – on 10th February legendary CLANNAD will play at Stodola club, on 14th February GBH – legends of British punk will play at Remont club and on 17th March CHRIS BOTTI invites you for an evening at Sala Kongresowa.
If you love ballet you cannot miss the shows by the Saint Petersburg Ballet – on 15th March they will perform “Swan Lake” and on 16th March “Nutcracker” at the Sala Kongresowa.
On 14th February, St Valentine’s day, take the person you love for a romantic performance of THE BOOTLEG BEATLES “And I Love Her” at the Sala Kongresowa. Then after the show have a glass of
wine at ADVINTURE WINE BAR – the new winery at the newly renovated HOTEL BRISTOL, WARSAW – a Luxury Collection Hotel. Please come, have a glass of vine and feel the luxury.
Do you want to dance? Do you like to dance? If so try why not enter the XXXIII World Bill Halley Rock and Roll competition at Stodola Club on 11th February. It’s only 1 hour of dance and you can become the owner of a great prize.
Of course there`s much more to see and experience in Warsaw and you will find your hotel Concierge delighted to help you to make the most of this remarkable city. Ensuring you enjoy the spirit of Warsaw and plan to come back is precisely what we hope for.
Pawel Bialas
Head Concierge
Hotel Bristol, Warsaw. A Luxury Collection Hotel
Great article. As a frequent guest at the Hotel Bristol I can personally vouch for the importance of a good concierge staff. I can also vouch for the GREAT concierge staff at the leMeridien Bristol! Mr. Biales and his staff are, perhaps, the most competant concierge staff in the city. No request is too big or too small. They make things happen when it seems impossible. You picked the cream of the crop, inyourpocket, when you went to the Bristol concierge staff for answers!