Top places in Poland: Warsaw

Top attractions in Warsaw

Travelling to Warsaw? See the list of the top-rated tourist attractions in Warsaw.

A must-see places in Warsaw:

• Old Town (Market Square / Rynek Starego Miasta, faithfully reconstructed streets and churches, secluded courtyards, Zamek Królewski: Royal
  Castle interiors, viewing terrace on Gnojna Góra, captivating Warsaw Historical Museum, the Barbakan);
• Palace of Culture (viewing terrace on the 30th floor);
• Łazienki Royal Castle and Gardens (walk, interiors, Chopin monument);
• Royal Route (stroll from Plac Zamkowy to Łazieńki Park: on the way you can make
  a short detour to the Sejm parliamentary buildings and Zamek Ujazdowski castle: modern art exhibitions and a restaurant with superb view);
• Warsaw Uprising Museum (interiors, outdoor memorial wall)

Places to see if you have time

• Wilanów Royal Castle (outskirts; castle interiors, walk in fine gardens, Polish poster museum);
• New Town (reconstructed streets and churches, Marie Curie-Skłodowska museum);
• Plac Piłsudskiego (changing of guards on the square, beautiful Saxon gardens);
• Plac Teatralny (the Great Theatre, trendy night clubs);
• Foksal / Nowy Świat / Chmielna Streets (restaurants and cafés);
• the former Jewish ghetto (walk with a guide: wall remnants, various memorials, the Nożyk synagogue, Próżna Street, Jewish cemetery, Jewish Historical Institute);
• National Museum (a superb gallery of Polish medieval and modern art);
• Polish Army Museum (free entry to the courtyard with combat equipment such as tanks and unique aircraft);
• Fotoplastykon (historical 3D pictures);
• Praga district (right bank: Ząbkowska and Okrzei streets where walls are riddled with bullet holes from World War II, the old river port, Army memorial, Orthodox
  church, and the zoo);
• Plac Konstytucji and the classic and imposing 1950’s MDM social realist shopping and residential area (Muranów district is a good
  alternative if you want to see the 1950’s architecture);
• Zachęta Art Gallery (premium temporary exhibitions of modern art);
• Jan Paweł II Paintings Gallery (a peculiar, forlorn collection of European works of art);
• BUW (Warsaw University Library: a modern architectural masterpiece with an interesting entrance hall and rooftop gardens);
• AWF (University of physical education, north of the centre; intriguing functionalist architecture – if you like that, check also the halls of Polytechnika and SGH universities);
• Powązki cemetery;
• Złote Tarasy & Arkadia: the biggest and most opulent Polish shopping malls;
• Kopiec Powstania Warszawskiego (man-made hill in Sadyba district built to commemorate the Warsaw Uprising);