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rmer months borrow a deck<br />

bar and enjoy your coffee in the<br />

n in front. Open daily 9-22.<br />

Saska<br />

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TErATE BArBArIAN<br />

rZYŃCA is <strong>Warsaw</strong>’s first –<br />

till the best – café/bookshop<br />

he klubokawiarnia craze,<br />

ute to the Czech author<br />

l and its book ‘The Gentle<br />

ee, cake and tons of good<br />

English, plus young crowd. <strong>For</strong><br />

a giant swing is hanging from<br />

en: Mon-Thu 10-22, Fri-Sat 10-<br />

ErMAID<br />

d and a shield, the<br />

NA, syrenka) is an<br />

of the city. There are<br />

cattered around<br />

can’t avoid the<br />

own Square, but<br />

ne on the riverfront.<br />

ndrogynous, it better reflects the<br />

city and its symbol, the bad-ass<br />

antic and peaceful Copenhahe<br />

statue, finished in 1939, was<br />

the student Krystyna Krahelska<br />

ied 5 years later in the uprising<br />

s, adding a new dimension to<br />

The surrounding park, generally<br />

d place for joggers and cyclers.<br />

e new-ish Świętokrzyski Bridge<br />

ns of modern <strong>Warsaw</strong>.<br />

ciuszkowskie, near the<br />

Bridge<br />

wa<br />

na<br />

JAGIELLOŃSKA<br />

LIBrArY<br />

CZERNIAKOWSKA<br />

Dobra<br />

Lipowa<br />

Drewniana<br />

Radna<br />

Topiel<br />

Wybrzeże<br />

Kościuszkowskie<br />

Solec<br />

Zajęcza<br />

Tamka<br />

Dobra<br />

Obozowa<br />

Zawiszy<br />

Złocienia<br />

Syreny<br />

AL. ZIELENIECKA<br />

Walecznych<br />

Targowa<br />

RatuszowaRatuszowa<br />

Panieńska<br />

Kruczkowskiego<br />

Cicha<br />

JAGIELLOŃSKA<br />

ERSITY LIBRARY (Biblioteka<br />

) is one of the most loved mod-<br />

<strong>Warsaw</strong>. With its great quality<br />

s, shops, cafes, the green intern<br />

façade and an amazing roof<br />

ws of the city (free!) it gave<br />

l phenomenon of ‘buwing’ (proing’)<br />

– hanging out at the library<br />

er than reading. Unfortunately<br />

ss to enter the study spaces but<br />

peek inside from the roof. The<br />

of literary references, starting<br />

antic open books on the façade<br />

. Open daily: 9-21, sundays<br />

den open April-October 9-18.<br />

et have a look at the mural on<br />

the public library in ul. Radna<br />

Maria Skłodowska-Curie was<br />

<strong>Warsaw</strong>.<br />

6<br />

KA<br />

Dobra<br />

Drewniana<br />

Topiel<br />

Panieńska<br />

Okrzei<br />

NICUs rEVoLUTIoN<br />

Sierakowskiego<br />

WYBRZEŻE SZCZECIŃSKIE<br />

US SCIENCE CENTRE (Cenernik)<br />

is the first big public<br />

irectly on the riverfront, a wildly<br />

00 visitors in first 3 months)<br />

vering science, soon to open<br />

top park, set to rival the one at<br />

versity library.<br />

9-18, Sat Sun 10-19, tickets: 22<br />

dents)<br />

ościuszkowskie 20,<br />

Dąbrowiecka<br />

WAŁ MIĘDZYSZYŃSKI<br />

Kłopotowskiego<br />

Most<br />

Świętokrzyski<br />

Wybrzeże<br />

Kościuszkowskie<br />

oks and magazines. Focus on<br />

d fiction. One of our afternoon<br />

T THE UNEXPECTED<br />

rts run by Bęc Zmiana foundag<br />

place and a natural starting<br />

one interested in culture. You<br />

your pockets stuffed with leaffull<br />

of beautiful books.<br />

a 65<br />

Ur PArTY PEoPLE<br />

Kruczk<br />

Solec<br />

SZPILKA is open 23 hours a<br />

Zajęcza<br />

Tamka<br />

Dobra<br />

Katowicka<br />

Most<br />

Łazienkowski<br />

Jana Ostroga<br />

Wawrzyszewska<br />

Agawy<br />

Jagielońska<br />

11 Listopada<br />

Wrzesińska<br />

Okrzei<br />

82 ArE YoU GAME?<br />

Inżynierska<br />

Wileńska<br />

Płocka<br />

Stalowa<br />

Solec<br />

Francuska<br />

Targowa<br />

RatuszowaRatuszowa<br />

Housed in a shabby pavilion next to a railway<br />

bridge, Solec is much more than a bar. Great<br />

food and sunny terrace aside, the place is<br />

famous for games; games as in ‘Scrabble’, not<br />

as in ‘Playstation’. You can buy them there and<br />

take home – from well-known mass brands to<br />

obscure inventions shipped from abroad, or try<br />

them out first. All you have to do is pick your<br />

favourite and pay 1 or 2 złoty per person at the<br />

bar for the privilege and play till you drop.<br />

ul. Solec 44<br />

Open: Monday 16-, Tuesday-Sunday 12-<br />

83 1500 M2 Do WYNAJĘCIA<br />

1500 SQ. METRES FOR RENT or simply 1500<br />

is one of the biggest clubs with a quality<br />

programme of electronic and indie music.<br />

Get lost in the labirynth space durroundung<br />

a courtyard. In the daytime you can pop in to<br />

LoVE AND TrADE – a pop up shop selling<br />

young <strong>Warsaw</strong> fashion brands.<br />

ul. Solec 18/20<br />

84 osIr<br />

Sierakowskiego<br />

Rondo Waszyngtona<br />

Konopacka<br />

Poselska<br />

AL.SOLIDARNOŚCI<br />

Francuska Paryska<br />

Zwycięzców<br />

TARGOWA<br />

WYBRZEŻE SZCZECIŃSKIE<br />

Jagielońska<br />

Kłopotowskiego<br />

Most<br />

Świętokrzyski<br />

Białostocka<br />

Tatarska<br />

Sołtyka<br />

11 Listopada<br />

Wrzesińska<br />

Wierzynka<br />

AL. WASZYNGTONA<br />

Stalowa<br />

Inżynierska<br />

Wileńska<br />

Brzeska<br />

Most<br />

Poniatowskiego<br />

ugosza<br />

Saska<br />

Obrońców<br />

Ząbkowska<br />

ZAMOYSKIEGO<br />

Sokola<br />

Markowska<br />

Konopacka<br />

Run by bicycle enthusiasts, osir is a cozy bar<br />

with a vintage decor across the street from<br />

the Chopin Centre.<br />

Open: Mon.-Fri. 10 – 2, Sat.-Sun. 12-2<br />

ul. Tamka 40<br />

85 BooKIsH AND ENGLIsH<br />

AL.SOLIDARNOŚCI<br />

If you happened to leave the Da Vinci<br />

Code on the Berlin-Moscow train or want to<br />

cultivate an itellectual look at your favourite<br />

klubokawiarnia, try ALL THAT STUFF, a small<br />

shop packed full of cheap, second hand<br />

books shipped straight from Britain.<br />

Open: Mon-Fri 10.30-18.30, Sat 10.30-15.30<br />

ul. Solec 18b<br />

86 BooK ME A TABLE<br />

To the relief of students, a posh restaurant<br />

on the ground floor of the University Library<br />

recently gave way to a much more affordable<br />

cafeteria REWERS. Lunch will cost you somewhere<br />

between 10 and 20 zł.<br />

Open: Monday-Sunday 9.30-22<br />

ul. Dobra 56/66<br />

87 CUTE sHoP<br />

KIJOWSKA<br />

ŻoLIBorZ<br />

21 MURAL<br />

<strong>Warsaw</strong>'s graphic duo Twożywo take<br />

inspiration from constructivism and Bauhaus<br />

to create visually sophisticated and witty<br />

murals. This one is a meditation on<br />

cleanliness, painted on the wall of a health<br />

centre. Address: ul. Żelazna 79<br />

Tarchomińska<br />

TARGOWA<br />

Girls of every age will love the tiny shop of<br />

local fashion brand MYSIKRÓLIK: one owner,<br />

two floors, ten square metres, dozens of bales<br />

of fabric, hundreds of buttons, thousands of<br />

pins and needles.<br />

Open: Mon-Fri 11-19<br />

ul. Okólnik 11a, entrance from Ordynacka<br />

88 HEY, sIsTEr!<br />

You cannot get behind the gate of the Charity<br />

Daughters congregation but while cycling<br />

down Kruczkowskiego you can have a look<br />

through the fence and see an enormous field<br />

in the middle of the city. The nuns grow their<br />

own fruit and vegetables and on a lucky day<br />

you will see a horse drawn plough in the<br />

middle of a 21st century city.<br />

ul. Kruczkowskiego<br />

1<strong>01</strong><br />

CoNTEMPorArY ArT IN<br />

A BAroQUE CAsTLE<br />

Art lovers cannot miss the Center of Contemporary<br />

Art (CSW). In the baroque Ujazdowski<br />

Castle (Zamek Ujazdowski) you will find shows<br />

of international and Polish artists, a decent<br />

permanent collection, a bookshop, the Kino.<br />

Lab arthouse cinema, a cosy café and the<br />

artsy yet pricey (main courses: 28-68 zł) Qchnia<br />

Artystyczna restaurant with stunning views<br />

over the park. If you can’t be bothered to go<br />

in, at least check out the stone benches in the<br />

alley leading to the main entrance – adorned<br />

by stone benches by the American artist<br />

Jenny Holzer. Open Tue-Sun 11-19, Fridays til<br />

21, closed Mondays, tickets: 12/6 zł, free on<br />

Thursdays,<br />

Białostocka<br />

Gibalskiego<br />

Mireckiego<br />

POPIEŁUSZKI<br />

ŻoLIBorZ<br />

Korsaka<br />

Piaskowa<br />

Skaryszewska<br />

Kolska<br />

AL. ZIELENIECKA<br />

Saska<br />

Brzeska<br />

Burakowska<br />

POWĄZKOWSKA<br />

ZAMOYSKIEGO<br />

Spokojna<br />

Walecznych<br />

Dą<br />

Radzymińska<br />

Okopowa<br />

Most<br />

iatowskiego<br />

Próchnika<br />

Ząbkowska<br />

Ka<br />

Lubelska<br />

OKOPOWA<br />

Potocka<br />

SŁOWACKIEGO<br />

Francuska<br />

Siedlecka<br />

ZAMOYSKIEGO<br />

Sokola<br />

Markowska<br />

Poselsk<br />

Esperanto<br />

Wolność<br />

Kacza<br />

Krasińskiego<br />

Niegolewskiego<br />

KIJOWSKA<br />

Francuska<br />

GROCHOWSKA<br />

Miła<br />

Stawki<br />

Niska<br />

Smocza<br />

Anielewicza<br />

Rondo Waszyngtona<br />

Bellotiego<br />

Tarchomińska<br />

Mińska<br />

Pawia<br />

Saska<br />

MICKIEWICZA<br />

Żoliborz is a leafy modernist neighbourhood<br />

with a small-town atmosphere and<br />

some surprising history. <strong>For</strong> instance, it is<br />

the only part of <strong>Warsaw</strong> that David Bowie<br />

saw on his way back from russia in 1977.<br />

When the train stopped at Warszawa Gdańska<br />

station, the rock star took a short walk,<br />

incidentally in the direction of Żoliborz, not<br />

the centre. He bought a random Polish folk<br />

record at a bookshop and got back on the<br />

train. A few weeks later he recorded the<br />

eponymous album Low, remaking the folk<br />

tune into the super-low song Warszawa.<br />

The rest is rock n’roll history<br />

107 PArKLIFE<br />

Kozietulskiego<br />

Kawęczyńska<br />

PARK KĘPA POTOCKA is a magnet in spring<br />

and summer. You can rent a boat at the canal,<br />

have a beer at the cult bar U ARABA and<br />

in the evening – admire Maurycy Gomulicki’s<br />

neon light installation LIGHTSPURT<br />

(Światłotrysk) in the shape of a glass of pink<br />

lemonade.<br />

108 WArsAW FooD<br />

AL. WASZYNGTONA<br />

Dzielna<br />

Obrońców<br />

Bohomolca<br />

Skaryszewska<br />

ŻYWICIEL is a neighbourhood restaurant<br />

that takes pride in serving typical <strong>Warsaw</strong><br />

cuisine, e.g. tripe (flaki – 16 zł). <strong>For</strong> the faint<br />

at heart, there are salads and other standard<br />

international fare.<br />

Plac Inwalidów 10, open: 10-23<br />

109 sPorTs MUsEUM<br />

Dzika<br />

MUZEUM SPORTU I TURYSTYKI housed in the<br />

sleek new Olympic Centre, is a collection of<br />

sAsKA KĘPA<br />

118<br />

119<br />

110 111<br />

116<br />

114<br />

115<br />

113<br />

M<br />

112<br />

r<br />

Korsaka<br />

AL. ZIELENIECKA<br />

117<br />

21 MURAL<br />

109<br />

<strong>Warsaw</strong>'s graphic duo Twożywo take<br />

inspiration from constructivism and Bauhaus<br />

to create visually sophisticated and 107 witty<br />

murals. This one is a meditation on<br />

cleanliness, painted on the wall of a health<br />

centre. Address: ul. Żelazna 79<br />

Felińskiego<br />

Dzika<br />

Radzymińska<br />

Wojska Polskiego<br />

JANA PAWŁA II<br />

Sułkowskiego<br />

Krasińskiego<br />

pl. Wilsona<br />

ZAMOYSKIEGO<br />

SŁOMIŃSKIEGO<br />

Lubelska<br />

Karmelicka<br />

108<br />

Nowolipki<br />

Francus<br />

Czarnieckiego<br />

Zajączka<br />

Inflancka<br />

Niska<br />

Miła<br />

Nowolipie<br />

Gwiaździsta<br />

Mierosławskiego<br />

Siedlecka<br />

Stawki<br />

Dubois<br />

Dzielna<br />

Śmiała<br />

MICKIEWICZA<br />

Pokorna<br />

Rondo Waszyngtona<br />

Kaniowska<br />

Kawęczyńska<br />

3000 sports memorabilia and a permanent exhibition<br />

on Polish Olympic victories. If the sight<br />

of all these gold and silver medals makes you<br />

feel like practising yourself, try the horse stable<br />

AGMAJA next door (open: Tuesday-Sunday).<br />

Open: Tue-Fri 9-17, Sat-Sun 10-17, admission:<br />

4-8 zł<br />

ul. Wybrzeże Gdyńskie 4<br />

110 WAKING UP THE<br />

110 NEIGHBoUrs<br />

PRACOVNIA ART CLUB One of very few night<br />

spots in Żoliborz with concerts on weekends<br />

and week nights – a good place to get to<br />

know Polish alternative scene: from reggae to<br />

rock to jazz.<br />

ul. Popiełuszki 16<br />

111 CoYoTE CLUB<br />

An alternative to the hip bars of central <strong>Warsaw</strong>,<br />

this unpretentious neighbourhood joint<br />

on the first floor of a local department store<br />

continues to amaze with the mural depicting<br />

coyote against a sunset. Best in the summer<br />

for its vast open terrace overlooking Żoliborz.<br />

ul. Słowackiego 16/18<br />

Open: 15-1<br />

112 METro sEXY<br />

Mińska<br />

GROCHOWSKA<br />

Pawia<br />

Dubois<br />

Lewartowskiego<br />

Voted the most beautiful of <strong>Warsaw</strong>’s metro<br />

stations, PLAC WILSONA, at Żoliborz’s main<br />

square, is certainly the most extravagant, with<br />

multicolour lighting on the ceiling and concrete<br />

mushroom-shaped canopies over the exits.<br />

Bowie worshippers are kindly asked to lay<br />

flowers in front of the Empik bookstore in Plac<br />

Wilsona, where divine David bought a record.<br />

Zamenhofa<br />

Nowolipki<br />

AL. WASZYNGTONA<br />

Saska<br />

Kr<br />

Anielew<br />

AL.SOLIDA

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