Tag Archives: Warsaw architecture

Royal Castle with a Certified Guide Museum Tour

The Royal Castle is one of the top attractions in Warsaw, but visiting this sprawling landmark on your own can be overwhelming. With this tour, take in the UNESCO-listed palace’s highlights in less t...

Śródmieście Południowe: The Place To Be

June 13, 2020
The southern side of Warsaw’s Downtown contains numerous beautiful buildings that luckily survived WWII. It`s full of contrasts. Here you can see a boutique hotel standing near an abandoned and ruine...

Luxury Residential House from 1937

June 13, 2020
This building is over 80 years old but even though it’s a bit neglected, it still looks supermodern. Its facade is covered with bay windows and vertical glazed walls along staircases. Round cor...

Early 1900s House – a Silent Witness to History

June 13, 2020
This house gives us an idea of how Warsaw’s city center looked before being demolished during the Second World War by the Nazis. It’s the only preserved apartment building in this area, however...

The Grand Theater and National Opera

April 30, 2020
The Grand Theater is one of the most remarkable buildings in Warsaw. It was designed by Italian architect Antonio Corazzi, who moved to Poland in 1818 from Tuscany. He designed approximately fifty bu...

Visit the Former “Koneser” Vodka Factory

August 15, 2019
This place is a great mix of new and old. It’s a newly renovated complex of the former vodka factory in the heart of the Praga district. Praga is one of Warsaw`s upcoming neighborhoods but it`s...

Intriguing Block of Flats

December 20, 2018
This odd residential tower was built during communism. It contained 140 apartments and a rooftop restaurant. It was designed by outstanding Polish architects Jan Bogusławski and Bohdan Gniewiewski in...

Cross the Iconic Gdański Bridge

December 20, 2018
The Gdański Bridge is a double-decked steel truss bridge constructed in 1957-1959 according to Janusz Ratyński’s design. It was built on the pillars of the Citadel Rail Bridge from 1875, destro...

Łepkowski House Inspired by Le Corbusier

December 19, 2018
Łepkowski House is an iconic pre-war villa inspired by Le Corbusier. It was constructed in 1933-1934 according to the design of Lucjan Korngold and Piotr Łubiński. It`s located in Saska Kępa neighbor...

Modernist Masterpiece That Inspired Pablo Picasso

December 18, 2018
WSM Koło II is a housing estate built in the late 1940s in the Wola District. It`s considered an outstanding example of Polish post-war architecture and urbanism. However it was criticized by communi...