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Reduced to ashes and dust by the end of the war, the story of Warsaw’s Old Town could easily have been portrayed as one of tragedy. Instead, it is the reverse: the remarkable tale of an indomitable city that never gave up… “I have seen many cities destroyed, but...
In one scene, a disheveled writer lies clothed and collapsed on a bed surrounded by empty wine bottles and scrunched up papers. In another, blue-eyed, blond-haired girls exercise in a Nazi era gym facility. There is more. Medics surround a boy on a stretcher in a field hospital whilst...
Supporting the craft industry does not mean putting others at risk: remember, keep your distance, wash your hands and be good! Artezan Pub ul. Moniuszki 1A The country has crazier breweries for sure, but does it have anyone more consistent than the lads at Artezan. Famed for their Pacific...
Review: Señor Lucas
FeaturesRestaurants 14 October 2020 0
It’s an unfortunate fact of life that any new Mexican in Warsaw is going to find itself benchmarked against the spectacular La Sirena, a place so fabulous as to make you feel sorry for the rest of the field – when it comes to providing competition, what’s the point...
Review: Baron The Family
FeaturesRestaurants 12 October 2020 0
Who Is He! The last ten years have seen Aleksander Baron evolve from maverick talent to something of a national treasure: credited with re-popularizing the country’s love affair with fermented products, his use of historic techniques and recipes from bygone times (and we’re talking several centuries here) is as...
Warsaw Film Festival: Uncut!
FeaturesInsider News 8 October 2020 0
As such, and in accordance with government advice, screenings will take place with audience figures limited to 25% of normal cinema capacity and with mandatory masks and social distancing. The news comes after Warsaw was moved into the so-called yellow zone amid a soaring number of covid-19 cases. Starting...
Raised on a diet of skateboarding and rap music, the former hip hop promoter discovered his passion for drone photography three years back whilst working in television and advertising. Entirely self-taught, the Warsaw-born photographer describes his work as minimalist with his images on peeling aesthetic layers to present his...
Review: Klonn
FeaturesRestaurants 4 October 2020 0
Where Am I? Lovers of the good life will already be familiar with the addy – once home to Poland’s original Michelin starred restaurant, Atelier Amaro, Klonn finds itself planted inside a low-level building just a whisper from Ujazdowski Castle. Designed by co-owner Mirosław Nizio, it’s an interior that...
Review: Naboku
FeaturesRestaurants 28 September 2020 0
The Back Story Opened by a Danish-Polish couple around about 2012, the story behind Nabo (Neighbor in Danish) is, in many ways, something you’ve probably heard before: husband & wife leave the corporate rat race to pursue their dream of running the kind of little place they’d hang about...
A spooky flashback to the Industrial Revolution, urbex fiends have long awarded Wola’s derelict brick gas towers the nickname of Warsaw’s Colosseum. With shafts of light streaming through the windows, the effect isn’t unlike entering some ruined gothic masterpiece: serene, surreal and strangely unsettling. Now, that feeling has been...
Corona Latest: Bars, Restaurants Closed
Insider News Oct 23, 2020 0
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