New Entry To Register Of Monuments
FeaturesInsider News 13 April 2023 0
Located inside a former water pump room, a mosaic typifying the decorative style of the early PRL era has been entered into the Register of Monuments. Found on the ground floor of the apartment block at Puławska 51, the abstract mosaic most likely dates from the late 1960s and... Read more
Spy Building Saved?
FeaturesInsider News 9 February 2023 0
Colloquially known as ‘Szpiegowo’ (‘Spyville’), an iconic residential block that was once rumored to be a Soviet spy base looks likely to be saved from demolition according to latest reports. Found close to the Russian Embassy at Sobieskiego 100, the property was seized by the city last year in... Read more
Unveiled just before Christmas, the latest mural from the canon of Tytus Brzozowski has cast a spotlight on one of Warsaw’s great inter-war characters, Stanisław Wojciechowski. Found on Madalińskiego 6/8, and created using smog-eating, air-purifying paints, the mural was unveiled on the centenary of Wojciechowski assuming the Presidency following... Read more
In their short existence, MUAS Ceramics have become one of Waraw’s hottest brands – we join the team to find out why… How did MUAS come about? The story began five-years back – not wanting to tie her life permanently to architecture, Kati went to a ceramics workshop and... Read more
Finessing the countryside tastes we all know and love, a crop of new restaurants are successfully reexamining Poland’s culinary traditions… For our Best of Warsaw, we bring you four that have knocked us sideways! Anons do Dzielni Madalińskiego 7 This charming brick-lined recess has a magical intimacy and a... Read more
Falling under the scope of a project first initiated in 2019, Wounds of Memory seeks to bring attention to the surviving traces of war. The work of Monument Conservator Office for the Capital City of Warsaw, it’s organizers have emphasized the increasing need to protect what elements have survived... Read more
Review: Gourmet by Café de la Poste
FeaturesRestaurants 14 July 2021 0
The French Connection Inspired by the French concept of “pour vivre heureux, vivons caches” (“if you want to live happily, live hidden), Café de la Poste first opened in 2013 in the quaint back corner of Stary Bielany. Launched by Tatiana Fremond and her late husband, it stripped away... Read more
Warsaw’s First Social Shop Launches
Insider News 22 June 2021 1
Selling groceries, clothes and other everyday items at discount prices of up to 50%, the project has been greeted enthusiastically after launching this week. The first such initiative in Warsaw – and only the second in Poland – the store is open to all holders of a low-income certificate... Read more
Uprising Hill To Be Transformed
Insider News 2 June 2021 0
Found in the city’s Siekierki district, the mound was created in the post-war years from tons of rubble brought from the center. Measuring approximately 35-meters in height, many viewed it as being a symbolic ‘tomb’. Accessed by what is reputedly the longest stairwell in the city, the 350 steps... Read more
A mirror of the capital’s own creativity, the once sad walls of Warsaw have been used to channel its artistic spirit through the medium of large format murals. From a crowded field, we pick our favorites from the past and the present… Kamien i Co by Wiktor Malinowski (2009)... Read more
Royal Castle Jubilee Picnic
Partner news May 26, 2023 0
