Street names in Polish towns/cities

I was waiting for a few days


but nobody was interested

so

let`s start with a wonderful example from Warsaw by Ironside:

there is a gandhi street in warsaw(dont know exact name u find out jeneious) and rondo washangtona(washington).If I ever become a builder I will name a street ul obama:)

Of course. Most Polish street names come after famous people, mostly Poles but foreigners too.


You don`t need to become one. It is enough you make a career and then you can name squares/streets in your property as you wish:



Polish Roads Street

There is an Orla street in Warsaw named I presume for the Polish Eagle, quite common however in Irish Orla means Vomit.

Monday Ditch in Krakow

Monday Ditch in Krakow

In Poznań: Gulliver/ Snowhite/ Dwarves/Cinderella streets

Gulliver, Snowhite, Dwarves, Cinderella streets--

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Horse Mill Street



from a nice travel blog wandziawpodrozy.blogspot.com

Krakow, Lugubrious Street

Here is: Aleja Elvisa Presleya, Kraków, Poland

they have a statue of the king as well on that street.

maps.google.com/maps?q=Aleja+Elvisa+Presleya,+Krak%C3%B3w,+Polen&hl=no&ie=UTF8&sll=50.019404,19.860964&sspn=0.011016,0.033023&oq=krakow+elvi&t=h&hnear=Aleja+Elvisa+Presleya,+30-321+Krak%C3%B3w,+Wojew%C3%B3dztwo+ma%C5%82opolskie,+Polen&z =16

Obi-Wana Kenobiego Street in Grabowiec near Toruń.
(3xW).starwars.pl/ulica_kenobiego_eng.php



Why not Wiadomości Wieczornych Street? Or may be Różowej Serii Street.
What next? Simpsobów Street? Bonanzy Street?
But it is OK. Everything is better than dead people as the names of the streets which look like a cementary.

There should be balance. Dead famous people plus amusing names from wide pop culture, too.

Sometimes names can cause a scandal.

E.g., there is a roundabout named after rebellious Chechen leader Dudajew (killed by Russians) in Warsaw. I remember how in 2005 the naming by Warsaw authorities unleashed hell on Russian forums, I happily took part in it too. :):):)




Yes, it is in one of the parks in Krakow. I took the photo but don`t know where it is now.


Wow, I missed that one!

More American street names:

Cooper Street in Warsaw



Merian Caldwell Cooper (October 24, 1893 - April 21, 1973) was an American aviator, United States Air Force and Polish Air Force officer, adventurer, screenwriter, film director and producer. His most famous film was the 1933 movie King Kong.

Dżochar was OK. Also Kukliński I use everyday.
Lem got a nice new street in Cracow with Decathlon, 2 hotels and the biggest Polish sport and show hall. Szymborska got sth. modest for a change.

Tischner/Turowicz team got streets towards Zakopane planned as Góralska and Nowotarska. I liked old proposals much more.
A huge misunderstanding is "Ronald Reagan Central Square" instead of old Central Square in Communist Nowa Huta. It's a very big mistake. Ronnie does't match to such an oriental climates. He should have any nice avenue in the other part of Cracow like Washington has.

What is the future?
-dziebły - Danowskiego
Sosabowskiego
Iwaszki
Arctowskiego
Kaplickiego
gen. Wittek
Ofiar Katynia
Real warzone!
For civilians we'll get only:
Bunscha
Humboldta

And I like it. It is a nice revenge to call a stalinist-built square with the name of a confirmed anticommunist. :):):)




What do you mean?

Smutna street in £ódź. With prison and cemetary.

maps.google.pl/maps?q=Smutna,+%C5%81%C3%B3d%C5%BA&hl=pl&ie=UTF8&ll=51.788464,19.492203&spn=0.002207,0.005681&sll=52.025459,19.204102&sspn=8.941138,23.269043&hnear=Smutna,+%C5%81%C3%B3d%C5%BA,+Wojew%C3%B3dztwo+%C5%82%C3%B3dzkie&t=m&z=1 8&layer=c&cbll=51.788435,19.49199&panoid=gXgiPfK9d6Y8UunLf7sDDw&cbp=12,162.92,,2,-2.13

Smutna Street with such facilities? Yes, it is Sad Street, indeed .....

Hey, sth amusing for a change:

Eccentric Duck Street (from a kid poem) in Dziekanów Leśny

Polish Street

It is a good fun like with Dżochar, but that place is deteriorating for Reagan. Now he looks like a descendant of Lenin whose monument stood a few meters away while Ronnie belongs to the different story. It's not like turning Lenina ave. to Solidarności ave.


These are planned main streets in Cracow in far future. With exception of Arctowski only dead soldiers (Kaplicki was also the President of Cracow). Known and unknown. Bunsch and Humboldt will mercifully get their streets near new UJ campus in closer future.

They all are a great figures, but I would like sth. less bloody.

I am too decent to translate this dirty name for you.

that's fcuked, Pawian :) :) :)

Not quite.. :) Look up the grammar a bit.... :):)

I am sure that in the near future new streets in Polish towns and cities will be dedicated to Heroic Defenders of Ukraine.

I propose to change the name of the street were the russian embassy in Warsow is located from Belwederska Street to The Defenders of Ukraine Street.

@Alien, "Obrońców Ukrainy" - yes, I like the sound of it :)))
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[Moved from]: Obi-Wan Kenobi has his own street in Poland



starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Ulica_Obi-Wana_Kenobiego

Amasing!

And a whole list of funny street names

polskazachwyca.pl/top-10/smieszne-nazwy-ulic-w-polsce-poniedzialkowy-dol-i-35-innych/

Krakow
Monday Ditch (aka Blue) - the perfect street to get in a good mood at the very beginning of the week. It is a street in a ravine that once belonged to Józef Poniedziałek aka Monday. The name immediately becomes clear, right?

Kupa (turd) Street - this is the name from the very center of Krakow in Kazimierz. It comes from the Kupa synagogue located there, funded from the kahal fund called kupa

Street Krzywda (Harm) and Uśmiech (Smile) - both are located in Podgórze.

Street Red Riding Hood and Hansel and Gretel - fairy-tale streets in Krakow are located close to each other.

Zaczarowane Koło (Enchanted Circle)- a street that, contrary to appearances, is quite straight.

Totus Tuus - in Latin: All yours. The street leading to the sanctuary in Łagiewniki referring to the famous words of St. John Paul II.

Wrocław:

On the Last Penny - the street's name comes from a pub where local residents spent their last penny on alcohol.

The Jumping Star Square - a commemoration of the fortifications surrounding Ostrów Tumski area in the 18th century. It was built in the shape of a star, which was located on many levels, giving the impression that it was jumping.

People with the "P" sign Square - It commemorates, among others, civilian victims of World War II. Sign P was worn by political prisoners in concentration camps or Poles sent to forced labour in Nazi Germany.

Psie Budy - Dogs` Kennels - a street in the very center of Wrocław, where there are narrow buildings mockingly referred to as dog houses.