Warsaw - what's there to love? Semi-livable city?

Street art murals are not graffiti. I say get Banksy to paint it and instantly increase tourism in poland 10 percent.


Don't tell me you've been in the nuclear shelter seven stories underground?

Sadly no. The guided tours of the building get booked up quickly.

I did a trade fair there a few years ago and the rooms for the exhibitors to use were amazing. There was a buffet and drinks quite a few floors up in one of the corners. From ground level, that part of the building looks tiny. When you're there, it's a huge hall with quadruple height ceilings.

The (several) cinemas are pretty good too, as are the bars and restaurants. And the swimming pool.

I'd like to go on one of the tours. They show the escape routes for the politburo from the Sala Kongresowa and the room where all the secret listening devices went to.

Thanks for the tip. yep def something for the to do list for sure!

Warsaw - the most patriotic Polish city ever. Nazi Germans complained that if not for Warsaw, they would have 80% less problems with Polish underground during WW2.

Being a southern Pole, I love Warsaw as if I was born there.


Exactly! Patriotic Warsawians have always felt like Polish Messiahs who came into this world to save Poland.


E.g, The Old Town which was razed to the ground during WW2 and rebuilt afterwards. An excellent example of Polish stubborness

Check more fantastic Old Town panoramas by Mr Gorgolewski here:
fotoblog.gorgolewski.pl/panoramy_warszawy.html

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Monuments which show topless females carrying swords - Mermaid (the coat of arms) and Nike (symbol of Warsaw heroism during WW2).
Such monuments are impossible in the US due to American bigotry and political correctness. That is why more and more US pensioners are moving to Poland as I have just read.

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Didn't the PiSflappers put a fig leaf on that statue in Gdańsk? The one near Dwór Artusa.

Bad move if you live in a safe area of America.

Why move from American safety to a potential war zone?

The Palace of Culture and Science was the highest building in Warsaw for decades. Built by Soviet Russians, heavily criticised for its form alien to Polish architecture. But it played a role of system destroyer a few times.
E.g, it hosted Rolling Stones` concert in 1967. Amasing! The event took place in the Congress Hall. Poland was the only country of the Eastern block where the group performed in 1960s.

During the concert, one of the girls threw a bouquet of carnations (although there are also reports that it was a basket of daffodils ) onto the stage. Mick Jagger pinned one of the flowers into his buttonhole and bit the rest. He threw some of them at the policemen.

culture.pl/en/article/how-the-rolling-stones-rocked-the-iron-curtain

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Next year, in March 1968, Polish uni and high school students rebelled against the communist regime.

Pics show riots in Warsaw.

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Poland was lucky where Czechoslovakia was not.

I can't disagree with that but Rich will call them morons!

If you want to pass for a decent intelligent guy in the forum, don`t mention or quote Rich coz it entails discrediting oneself. :):):)


The skyline