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Słodki Słony – Warsaw`s Must-Try Pastry

This is place is located too close to where I live. The smell of sugar and butter attracts you when …

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Poniatówka Beach: a Perfect Summer Spot

Vistula River is something exceptional and you shouldn`t skip this part of the city before you leave. While the left …

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Visit the Former “Koneser” Vodka Factory

This place is a great mix of new and old. It’s a newly renovated complex of the former vodka factory …

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Las Bielański – Remains of a Medieval Forest

The Las Bielański is a one of a kind nature reserve in Warsaw. It’s the only remains of the Puszcza …

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Courtyard Shrines Throughout Warsaw

There are hundreds of courtyard shrines with Virgin Mary throughout Warsaw, especially in the Praga Północ district. Most were created in …

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Finish Houses: A Green Oasis In the Middle of the City

It`s hard to believe that you are just 400 meters from the Royal Route, in downtown area. It’s hidden and …

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Eat Like a Local in the Hala Gwardii

Hala Gwardii has new life and I must admit I loved it on first sight. It has become a food …

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The Bródno Sculpture Park (Park Rzeźby na Bródnie)

Bródno is known as one of Warsaw “bedrooms”, it`s full of block buildings from communist period. Paweł Althamer, one of …

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Beirut Hummus & Music Bar

Beirut is one of my favorites bars in Warsaw located in the Southern part of the city center. It`s a …

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Relax with Locals at Skaryszewski Park

It`s one of the most beautiful parks in Warsaw. It was established in the begining of the 20th century and …

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  Our tour guide Lukasz has profounded informations about jewish living in Warsaw. Although you can find only a few relicts of an disappeared culture, Lukasz is able to bring history... read more back to life by telling stories or explaining the meaning of details. His English is excellent. - We've had a wonderful tour. Probably the best guide in town. Thanks!

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petermatthiast2020
8/18/2020

  Great experience. Very informative and interesting. The guide was friendly and he answered all our questions. Definitely something to do when you visit Warsaw.

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iguncic
1/01/2020

  I took this with Lukas. He is very knowledgeable and has a good way to explain an not easy topic. Thank You Lukas

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franks8519
7/13/2020

  Lukas is a great person - a diamond among Warsaw guides. We expected a lot while arranging the warsaw praga tour and looking at the reviews. But what Łukasz showed... read more us exceeded our wildest expectations. He showed us Praga as few have seen, like we steped back in time. Hiddenn places, local backyards - all this we would have missed if we were on our own. He is an expert in his profession. Unforgettable warsaw tour with private guide. We highly recommend Lukas!
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pawe_dawids
7/27/2020

  The history of Warsaw and German occupation comes fully to life during this tour. Lucasz is an amazing tour guide with exceptional knowledge about the city's WWII timeline and beyond.... read more He guides the tour in English. The pace of the tour is perfect too. Lucasz has a number of different tour types. We took his Warsaw Ghetto tour and his tour of Old Town Warsaw. Completely phenomenal and reasonably priced. Thanks, Lucasz for making my family's visit to Poland a great one.

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Kevin H
11/10/2019

  Lukasz is a very knowlegable guide truly interested in Warsaw's history. He not only showed and explained to us the stories behind main highlights of the Old Town and Royal... read more Route but also took us to some hidden places we would not be able to discover on our own. He speaks fluent English. We very much enjoyed the tour and can highly recommend him.

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sylvel1980
12/29/2019

  This focused on modernism, but included exemplary buildings from other eras too. Lukasz was great at bringing out what made these buildings special, but also about Polish history and contemporary... read more politics and culture. Great to talk with and ask questions that got very interesting answers. Highly recommended.

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11/12/2019

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Charming but no elevators :) . . . . . #warsaw #ni Charming but no elevators :)
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A couple of weeks ago I had a chance to visit an a A couple of weeks ago I had a chance to visit an apartment house designed by one of my favourite architects - Bohdan Pniewski. Some of his projects are considered modernist classics in Poland. This building was built between 1937-1938, and contained high-end apartments. This is why the Germans took it over during WWII, and why they didn't destroy it. This whole area was their residential and police institutions district. After the Warsaw Uprising of 1944 the scale of the destruction wasn’t as big as in the other parts of the city's downtown. 
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If you see long lines of people in front of sweet If you see long lines of people in front of sweet shops in February in Poland, it must be Fat Thursday, a movable feast when Poles eat more doughnuts (pączki) than during the whole year (around 100 million). It's known since Pagan times when people celebrated the end of winter and the beginning of spring. They drank wine, ate fat meals including doughnuts, but they were stuffed with bacon and lard. They became sweet in the 16th century.

This Pagan tradition was appropriated by Christians that added a religious meaning to it. It's always celebrated 52 days before Easter, and on the first day of the last week before Lent.
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Warsaw Old Town in the snow❄❄❄ . . . . . #wa Warsaw Old Town in the snow❄❄❄
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The Royal Castle has reopened in accordance with s The Royal Castle has reopened in accordance with strict sanitary regulations to ensure the safety of both the visitors and the staff: the limit of 100 people per hour and a maximum of 10 visitors in groups.

The Royal Castle is one of the top attractions in Warsaw, but visiting this sprawling landmark on your own can be overwhelming. Let me show you the wonders of this fascinating place, its outstanding architecture, and some of my favourite artworks from the museum's rich collection. Get the most out of your visit and have a real experience.
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The Markiewicza Viaduct is an extension of Karowa The Markiewicza Viaduct is an extension of Karowa Street built in the early 1900s. It's a real treasure that you can see by going off the most touristy Krakowskie Przedmieście Street. The designer Stefan Szyller was an extraordinary Warsaw-based architect who also designed the Zachęta Gallery and Warsaw University of Technology (Politechnika Warszawska).

The viaduct is decorated with sculptures by Jan Woydyga: the Warsaw Mermaid and a larger group of statues (pic 3): the woman on the right represents Warsaw. She wears a crown in the shape of the city walls. The man on the left facing the opposite direction symbolizes work, and the man in the middle with the long beard - the Vistula River.
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The Krasiński Palace was definitely the greatest The Krasiński Palace was definitely the greatest palace of its time in Warsaw, and its designer Tylman von Gameren was the greatest architect. The palace was built in 1668-1700 for the Voivode of Płock and Referendary of the Crown, Jan Dobrogost Krasiński. Visitors coming to Warsaw down Długa Street probably saw this palace before seeing the Royal Castle. The statue of Marcus Valerius, a Roman general on the tympanum was supposed to make people believe that he was Krasiński's ancestor. Modesty at its best😉
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I love old cemeteries, mostly for their amazing at I love old cemeteries, mostly for their amazing atmosphere, but they also reflect local history and architecture trends of different times. Here is one of the most unique graves in Warsaw - the Braeunig Family mausoleum at the Evangelical-Augsburg Cemetery. It was built in 1821 in Neo-Gothic style, and this year it turns 200! It's probably the first cast iron monument in Warsaw. The first pic shows the entrance to the underground crypt. On the top there is an iron lacework chapel which you can actually enter. Next time I must visit it after dark. I wish the crypt was open too☠🕷️⚰
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A Local’s Guide to the Best Polish Restaurants in Warsaw

Many of my my guests ask me where they can eat the best dumplings (pierogies) or other traditional Polish meals. …

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  • The Braeunig Family Mausoleum

  • Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw

  • Treblinka extermination camp tour

  • Modernist Architecture of Saska Kępa Walking Tour

  • Evening Old Town & Royal Route Walking Tour

  • The Braeunig Family Mausoleum

  • Wiadukt Markiewicza, a Hidden Pearl of Neo-Renaissance Architecture

  • Pierogi & More Cooking Class

  • The Wawelberg Colony: the Oldest Workers Settlement in Warsaw

  • The Lachert House: Machine for Living

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