WARSAW


Warsaw, or in Polish, the Warszawa, apart from being the capital of Poland is also its largest city. Also being the capital of Masovian Voivodship, Warsaw is the house of steel, electrical and the automotive industries of Poland. The sixty-six institutions of higher learning, including the Warsaw University of Technology, the Higher School of Business and the Medical Academy are also situated in Miasto Stołeczne Warszawa, apart from the city being home to the National Theatre and Opera and the National Philharmonic Orchestra. Located on the Vistula river between the Baltic Sea coast and the Carpathian Mountains, Warsaw’s population is roughly around 2,400,000, with 1226.6 people per sq. Km.
The prime tourist attractions of Warsaw are the re-vamped Old Town quarter, the Royal Castle and King Zygmunt's Column. Moving further south shall bring a visitor to the Royal Road on which stands the Presidential Palace and the Warsaw University campus. The Nowy Świat Street should be the next place to visit, followed by the Ogród Saski (the oldest public park).

Lazienki Palace

North of Warsaw houses the museum of the former Warsaw Ghetto and the borough of Żoliborz with its astounding architecture from the 1920s and 1930s; the Warsaw Citadel is also a notable place situated between Żoliborz and the Vistula.
Warsaw, the most famous city for several buildings from modern history like the Palace of Culture and Science and the Stadion Dziesięciolecia (the biggest market in Europe) also offers its visitors a proper range of accommodation; the hotel industry of Warsaw is nonetheless if compared to the rest of the world, along with the youth hostel chains, luxurious apartment for rent ranges and the economic bed-and-breakfast arrangements. A small but reliable and economic mini-hotel range, though subjected to availibilty, are guaranteed to fit every budget, more so if one is willing to tour extensively and spend some time in the city.

Warsaw by night

The statue of a mermaid in Old Town Square

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