This weekend saw the inauguration of the latest chapter of the Otwarty Jazdów festival, a six-week cultural and educational extravaganza jointly held by the NGOs found inside the Osiedle Jazdów estate. Sub-divided into different themes, the coming weeks will see Mondays set aside for English- and Polish-language walking tours,... Read more
Step through the mists of time to see Warsaw as you’ve never seen her before… Opened towards the end of March, the multi-sensory Retro Warszawa exhibition at Fabryka Norblin’s Art Box has already become firmly enshrined as one of Warsaw’s top alternative attractions. Due to run until the end... Read more
There are few places in Poland’s big cities that remain unchanged. Celina Osiecka’s photography studio is one of them – now, an exhibition at the Praga Museum has brought her story to the Warsaw masses… Located not far from the riverbank in the Saska Kepa neighborhood, her tiny studio... Read more
With summer in full swing, it’s likely you’ll spend at least one night drinking in and around Poland’s former Commie HQ… Standing behind the figure of Charles de Gaulle, it would take a case of river blindness not to notice the box-like building that looms beyond the Frenchman. Completed... Read more
A book written from the heart, ‘Hoża – my street’ by Paweł Kłudkiewicz has become the essential pick-up of the summer… A work of extraordinary depth and integrity, ‘Hoża – my street’ refuses to be defined. Is it a guidebook? Sort of. But it is so much more than... Read more
Tanks A Lot!
BlogFeaturesInsider News 27 June 2022 0
The wreckage of Russian military hardware has appeared in Plac Zamkowy as part of a travelling exhibition titled For Our Freedom And Yours. Comprising of rockets, a T-72 tank and a 2S19 Msta-S self-propelled howitzer, the exhibition was installed overnight and opened by the head of the Chancellery of... Read more
Follow us for an insider look at Warsaw’s latest rooftop bar… Warsaw likes drinking from up high, but even so pickings remain slim – regardless, the headcount has been upped, and that’s thanks to the recent unveiling of Ether, the not-so-secret ace card belonging to the NYX Hotel. Having... Read more
Eating Out: hub.praga
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Praga’s renaissance rises another notch with the debut of an upmarket gem… Signs of Praga’s ongoing gentrification are numerous, and although it’s the mixed use Koneser project that tends to hog the headlines, advances are being made in the streets all around. Sitting practically opposite the gloriously revived... Read more
Settled inside one of Warsaw’s liveliest areas, we take a deeper look at one of the city’s latest cult hangouts… What’s In A Name? Depending on how you look at it, the name is either a reference to that Columbian dude Pablo, or a tongue-in-cheek dig at one of... Read more
Krystyna Spark explores the world of fashion icon Grażyna Hase… At 83-years-old Grażyna Hase still has the fervor of a fashion designer on the brink of stardom. Perhaps unsurprisingly so – after all, she was one of a handful of individuals who successfully established a recognizable name amidst the... Read more
