Teenagers in Warsaw, what's there to do?

A friend and I are traveling to Warsaw in a week and we are staying for the month of July. Not being a native speaker (my friend is however) it has been hard to find many English sites that give any real info on things to do while we are there.

I was hoping that some of you might have some advice on some interesting things two 16 year olds can do while we are there. I realize its a pretty vague question but because I have never traveled abroad Im not really sure what to expect.

Any and all (constructive) feedback is appreciated.

PS. Just as a second thought, excluding lodging how much do you think it would cost for one person to spend a month in Warsaw? Would you suggest to bring mostly cash? Or will most restaurants, shops ect. accept credit cards?

Get yourself a book called...rough guide to Poland.....got heaps of info about Warsaw and surrounds...

THANKS ILL KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THAT. HOWEVER IS THERE ANY LITTLE KNOW OR EXTRA SPECIAL THINGS THAT MOST PEOPLE WOULD OVERLOOK THAT ARE REALLY WORTH SEEING?

What about the second part of my question. Any insight on the money situation.

Have you ever been as a tourist to another big town, foreign country? I guess the costs are similar, Poland is cheaper than most of European Union, but not that cheap as one could immagine. It really depends on what you're going to do here :)

And I'm sure there were some threads here on these forums where people were saying how much they had spent travelling to Poland, so browse through this section (Poland Vacations & Travel) or use the Search function.


CC are OK, but I have no idea how much your bank charges for conversion to another currency of payments made with a CC. I'm no expert on those hidden extra fees, because I've only used my CC in Poland so far (but when I was buying from abroad and the payment was made in Euro, my bank charged the exact amount of Polish currency I was expecting, so I hope you'd be fine).

Of course you can bring some cash too (dollars, euro) and convert them to Polish złoty in a kantor (full name kantor wymiany walut) to use this cash in places where you can't pay with CC (small shops, popular in Poland, kiosks with bus/tram tickets, railway stations except those big ones in main cities. Generally smaller cities and most villages don't have many facilities where you can pay with CC, except maybe tourist places, so it really depends on where you're planning to go, if you're staying the whole month in Warsaw, you'll get by without much cash, because you'll always have a choice between places that accept CC and those that accept only cash).

Krzysztof post will be very helpful for you, however in my opinion it's better to have both, cash and CC. For example Subways and similar places are not accepting Credit Cards. Also you will have to pay some fees for your Bank for changing currency every time using credit cards.


It all depend of what you like to do. There's lots of places worth to see, like museums, all those old buildings and monuments etc..

What kind of attractions are you looking for?

Haha, I leave tomorrow :)

Im not sure exactlly what we want to do yet, I think we might just explore you know. Hop on a tram and see where we can get to.

However when we head towards the mountains we love to mountain bike so we are looking for places to do that. As well as any other fun stuff we can find.

Thanks for the help, I guess we will just play it by ear when we get there. What kind of things do you think we absolutely HAVE to se while we are there?

Check those links:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourist_attractions_in_Warsaw

travel.yahoo/p-travelguide-2788483-warsaw_things_to_do-i

wordtravels.com/Cities/Poland/Warsaw/Attractions

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lots of malls, like Blue City (bluecity.pl/o-nas/), Zlote Tarasy (zlotetarasy.pl/en/) or Arkadia (arkadia.com.pl/?pageid=1&lang=en)

Nowy Świat St. (located in city center) is worth to see, lots of good bars, shops and restaurants.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nowy_Świat_Street