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Copernicus Science Centre
Copernicus Science CentreWhile the world’s attention was drawn towards the highly-visible, round-the-clock
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Fotoplastikon
Now, you may hear some people claiming this to be the only fotoplastikon in Europe. This is clearly a lie – there’s one across the road in the Palace of Culture, for a start.
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Gestapo HQ
Every bit as disturbing as Pawiak is the former Gestapo HQ, found on Al. Szucha 25. Built between 1927 and 1930, the building's original purpose was to serve as a centre for religious beliefs.
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Invisible Exhibition
Would you pay good money for an exhibition you can’t see? That’s the idea behind Niedwidzialna Wystawa (“The Invisible Exhibition”), which takes visitors into the world of the sightless.
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Multimedia Fountain Park
This new tourist attraction was opened in May 2011 as part of the city of Warsaw’s ongoing attempt to increase the city’s number of cultural and tourist attractions and has been met with widespread acclaim and approval.
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Pawiak Prison
Built in the 1830s to serve as a Tsarist prison, Pawiak came to the fore during WWII when it slipped into the hands of the Gestapo.
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Presidential Palace
If pre-war Warsaw was considered the Paris of the East then Krakowskie Przedmieśćie would have been its Champs Elysees, its importance recognized by the number of palaces, institutions, monuments and churches that line it.
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Royal Castle
More a palace than a castle, this building is the pride of Warsaw, reconstructed from a pile of rubble at incredible cost between 1971 and 1984.
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Saski Park & Palace
One piece of lost Warsaw that is set to rise again is the Saski Palace, formerly located in the grounds of Saski Park (B-2).
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The Citadel
First off a tip. The entrance to the Citadel is on Wybrzeze Gdyńskie and is not that easy to find. Once you get there you
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The Eastern Wall
Reeling from near total annihilation the post-war years saw Warsaw emerge as Europe’s biggest brickyard as it struggled to rebuild itself from the ashes.
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The Palm
More observant visitors are at some stage going to come across a great big palm tree planted in the middle of a traffic island.
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The Presidential Cross
Who would have thought two planks of wood could cause so much trouble? A story that dominated the news here for much of summer
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The Royal Route
Known locally as Trakt Królewski the Royal Route is a title used to describe the road once taken by Poland’s kings to get from the Royal Castle in the old town, to the palace complex in Wilanów.
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University of Warsaw Library Gardens
Traditionally speaking rooftops are the preserve of chimney sweeps, burglars and Santa, but take a trip down to the Warsaw University Library building and that opinion will quickly change.
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Warsaw University
The University of Warsaw – which vies with the Jagellonian University of Kraków for the title of Poland’s most
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