Rubens Smashes Polish Record!
BlogInsider News 18 March 2022 0
Warsaw’s soaring reputation on the international art market has taken another leap forward after a work by Peter Paul Rubens went under the hammer last night and sold for PLN 14.4 million – a record for the Polish market. “The presentation of Portrait of a Lady is an event... Read more
Rotunda Disaster Remembered
BlogInsider News 15 February 2022 0
Forty-three years ago to this day, Warsaw was rocked by one of Poland’s worst ever post-war disasters when an explosion ripped through the Rotunda building in the city center. Forty-nine people were killed and 135 were injured in the blast, with many locals quickly suspecting foul play. The investigation... Read more
Ten years ago exactly, the National Stadium opened its doors to the public for the first time ever. Now officially known as the PGE Narodowy Kazimierz Górski, the inauguration ceremony, held on January 29th, 2012, included performances by T.Love, Lady Pank and Voo Voo and was followed by a... Read more
The Light Fantastic!
BlogFeaturesInsider News 23 January 2022 0
For an exhibition with a difference, this winter get lurking under Świętokrzyski Bridge… Having already attained nationwide fame after her official Christmas poster for Warsaw went viral, City Hall’s resident illustrator has been handed her own exhibition – on the support pillars running underneath Świętokrzyski Bridge. Astonishingly, this is... Read more
The Fab Five: Back In Biz!
BlogRestaurants 31 May 2020 0
Talk about rotten luck – as unfortunate as the lockdown was for Warsaw’s more established hangouts, it came as even tougher news for the newbies yet to truly establish themselves. Now reopened, we present a fab five that were just gaining traction before you-know-what happened. Let the summer belong... Read more
So good is Koneser Grill that, where once the Insider used our visits to this area as an excuse to drop into Bombaj Masala, nowadays that’s been flipped off in favor of the latest project from the Ferment Group. One of the most striking urban renewal schemes in recent... Read more
Compact and woodsy, Polana Smaków has lost none of its copious magic since trading a no-man’s land location for city center Warsaw: from tiled stoves and jars filled with mysterious fermentations, everything about this place radiates warm, rural charm. We love our visits here, and that’s partly because no... Read more
Of the big openings that have occurred over the last few years, few have splashed down with as much impact as the Hotel Warszawa. And as an experience, few places can top it: the design alone is a rare work of beauty. Loaded with slick finishes and polished raw... Read more
The lesser-known bit of Mokotowska is finally having its moment: first The Farm opened, then Foodie Rollins. And crikey, don’t we just love it. Tricked out with comic art doodles, dangling chains and midnight colors it’s a place born for casual meet-ups and messy lunches – aware of that,... Read more
Well let’s ask this – just who on earth doesn’t enjoy eating in a palace. Seemingly designed to make visitors go ‘woah’, Baczewskich is nothing if not a fully-fledged exercise in unrestrained fancy: a composition of plush fabrics, gleaming glassware, framed certificates and contemporary extravagance, the high impact visuals... Read more