Poland - Warsaw (PDF Chapter)

This is the Warsaw chapter from Lonely Planet’s Poland guidebook.

Often described as the ‘new Berlin’, Warsaw is punching above its weight, with an excellent restaurant scene and lively bars and clubs. This gritty city has survived the worst history could throw at it, and is busy celebrating the future.

• take in the city skyline from the top of the iconic Palace of Culture & Science
• maps
• learn about Poland’s Jewish community, past and present, at the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews
• transport
• experience the city’s doomed 1944 uprising at the Warsaw Rising Museum
• restaurants & accommodation

Coverage includes: History, Sights, Activities & Courses, Tours, Festivals & Events, Sleeping, Eating, Drinking & Nightlife, Entertainment, Shopping, Around Warsaw.