New Mural Rises
Insider News 14 July 2017 2
Work has begun on a new mural to commemorate the 1944 Warsaw Uprising. Covering an area of 250 sq/m, and costing approximately PLN 25,000, the piece will officially be unveiled on July 31st – the eve of the 73rd anniversary of the battle. Found on the wall running outside... Read more
The tastes of Asia and the Orient are growing increasingly prominent in Warsaw, and not just the posh stuff, but the kind of food you’d actively seek out in a back alley market on a backpacking jaunt. Recently, the spotlight has focused on Japan: first, on Sato Gotuje, and... Read more
Bar Gdański
Restaurants 12 May 2017 0
A legendary Muranów milk bar has been saved from the scrapheap following the intervention of Kamil Hagemajer. Opened in the 1950’s, Bar Gdański has operated on Andersa 33 since the very creation of this showpiece Socialist Realist housing estate. Closed a couple of months back, it’s since been rescued... Read more
Ghetto Uprising Anniversary
Insider News 19 April 2017 0
Over 100,000 paper daffodils are set to be distributed today by hundreds of volunteers as part of activities designed to commemorate the anniversary of the 1943 Jewish Ghetto Uprising. Despite constituting a third of the city’s population, Warsaw’s Jews found themselves packed inside an area spanning just 2.5% of... Read more
Set on the flank of an upscale residential development, Gadka Szmatka fulfills more than just the needs of those living directly upstairs. Large and airy, this cool family-friendly hangout features a couple of swinging hammocks, a tree bursting from the middle of the floor and a great bar with... Read more
Milk Bar Saved!
Insider News 15 April 2017 0
A legendary Muranów milk bar has been saved from the scrapheap following the intervention of Kamil Hagemajer. Opened in the 1950’s, Bar Gdański has operated on Andersa 33 since the very creation of this showpiece Socialist Realist housing estate. Recent years have seen Gdański’s fortunes decline with this Warsaw... Read more
Nudging the Muranów district from its culinary coma is Joseph’s, a relaxed restaurant that’s spacious and smooth on the eye. A familiar sighting on Polish TV, the Botswanan-born Joseph Seeletso demonstrates a new found maturity with food that’s tailor-made for modern times: “I’ve grown up a lot,” says the... Read more
And then there were two. Hot on the heels of Warsaw’s first Friends themed café comes another, this one found amid the concrete communist monoliths of Muranów. You wouldn’t call it a replica of the real thing, but there is at least an orange couch, some oriental-style rugs and... Read more
Andersa Day
BlogInsider News 17 September 2016 0
For the fourth year running residents of Muranów will gather to celebrate ‘Andersa Day’. Created in 2013, the initiative aims to promote local business whilst also strengthening community ties. To meet this end a number of activities are planned, among them open-air pilates and yoga classes, a bike repair... Read more
Warsaw is going green – but at what cost? A large one, as it happens. Though farmers’ markets and organic stores have caught on like wildfire, prices remain lavishly inflated. Created as an alternative to these, the Dobrze Food Co-op aims to ‘widen access to healthy, seasonal food’ while... Read more
Interview: Mural Artist Kamila Lipka
Features Mar 24, 2023
