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ALtERNATIvE CITY GUIDE Book
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INTRODUCTION You are now holding the Alternative City Guide – a brand new guide created specially for exchange students coming to Warsaw School of Economics. Having read all the information included you will be able to plan lots of amazing and interesting days spent in the city and take care of most of your everyday needs. We hope that you will find the coming semester the best one in your life and you will never forget time spent here.
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BUW (Biblioteka Uniwersytecka w Warszawie) is a library of the University of Warsaw. The main facade on the Dobra Street side contains large blocks of classical texts in various scripts, including the Old Polish text of Jan Kochanowski, Classical Greek text by Plato and Hebrew script from the Book of Ezekiel. The newest building includes a botanical garden, located on the roof. The garden was designed by landscape architect Irena Bajerska, has an area of one hectare, and is one of the largest roof gardens in Europe. It is freely accessible not only to the academia, but also to the public. How to get there? By buses: 105, 127 (name of the bus stop: Biblioteka Uniwersytecka, address: Dobra 56/66)
Royal Route. The Royal Route begins at Warsaw's Castle Square and runs south down Cracow Suburb Street (Krakowskie Przedmiescie), New World Street (ul. Nowy Swiat), Ujazdów Avenue (Al. Ujazdowskie), Belweder Street (ul. Belwederska) and Sobieski Street (ul. Sobieskiego), finally to arrive at King Jan III Sobieski's personal residence (Wilanów). The route, with other portions of Warsaw Old Town, is one of Poland's official national Historic Monuments as designated September 16, 1994. Its listing is maintained by the National Heritage Board of Poland. Places worth seeing there: • Cracow Suburb Street (Krakowskie Przedmiescie) • Presidential Palace • Nowy Swiat Street • Lazienki Park • Lazienki Palace • Three Crosses Square (Plac Trzech Krzyzy)
Constitution Square is a major square in the Sródmiescie district of Warsaw. The square was constructed in the initial post-war years on the Marszalkowska street as a main element of social realist urban project. Together with the Palace of Culture and Science it was the main architectural social realist investment of Warsaw in 1949-1956. Its name comes from the Stalinist constitution adopted in communist Poland in July 1952. Architects envisaged the square to be the final point of First of May parades. You can find the square between streets: Marszalkowska, Koszykowa, Piekna, Sniadeckich and Warynskiego. How to get there? By buses: 131, 187, 411, 502, 514, 519, 520, 522, 525, N25, N31, N37, N81 (name of the bus stop: Pl.Konstytucji or Metro Politechnika
Modern CHOPIN MUSEUM, east of Krakowskie Przedmiescie at ul. Okolnik 1. The newly-opened museum in the renovated Ostrogski Palace is one of the most modern biographical museum in Europe. The collection includes manuscripts and printed copies of Chopin’s works, his correspondence, autographs, notes, personal items belonging to the composer and his piano. It is a must for Chopin enthusiasts. The entry ticket is an electronic card, by using it, you can hear commentary and information in several languages and you can also listen to music. You have to know that only 100 people are allowed into the museum at the same time so tickets must be reserved in advance! Opening hours: Tue.-Sun. 11 am-8 pm Admission: regular - 22 PLN, reduced - 13 PLN on Tuesdays admission free !
Copernicus Science Centre (Wybrzeze Kosciuszkowskie 20) is an interactive science museum, which contains a lot of hands-on exhibits, hundreds of attractions, galleries, planetarium, panorama garden and much more. This centre is one of the largest and one of the most modern places of this kind in all Europe. Copernicus Science Centre was opened in 2010 and it is already one of the most popular Warsaw's attractions. You can't miss it! •Opening hours: Tue.-Fri. 9 am - 6 pm, Sat., Sun. 10 am - 7 pm •Admission: For students it’s about 16 PLN
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is a monument which is dedicated to the unknown soldiers who died anonymously in the fight for Poland. It is one of many such national tombs of unknowns and definitely the most important such monument in Poland. The monument is located at Warsaw's Pilsudski Square and it is the only surviving part of the Saxon Palace. Next to the tomb are urns with soil from various battlefields. An eternal flame burns and there is always a guard of honour to keep watch. The changing of the guard takes place on the hour of every hour daily and this happens 365 days a year and it is really worth seeing.
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REMBERTOW There is a reason why people call Wesola and Rembertów “the lungs of Warsaw”. This district is surrounded in 70 % by forest and in 30% by reinforced concrete fence. You can get here by two buses 183 and 514 or take the train. The only way to escape from Rembertów is to go along the Marsa street, which leads to Prague , the rest of the roads are apparently leading into the forest. It is said that Rembertów is one of the safest distrcits of Warsaw. Nobody doesn’t add that this district accounts for a military training ground.
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