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LISTINGS
Culture
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Cafes & Wine Bars
Nightlife
Shopping
Lifestyle
05 Insider’s Pick Beethoven Festival 05 Calendar Music, art and happenings around town 08 Museums Top cultural institutes 09 Films Movie openings 35 I nsider’s Pick la Tomatina 42 The Luncheonettes China Garden 56 Food Shop Top Fish
57 Insider’s Pick Pardon, To Tu
11 News in Brief Happenings around town and beyond 16 Relics of the PRL Film, food and a socialist park 18 Trends Boutique bakeries 20 Take a Building Warsaw’s Beijing estate 22 Mum’s the Word Exploring Warsaw’s zoo Editor-in-chief Art Director Editor Editorial Intern Publisher Advertising Manager Key Account Manager Distribution Manager
FEATURES
24 Inside Look Behind the scenes at the National Stadium 28 Secrets of the City An alternative tour of Warsaw 30 Travel Ciechanów 88 Why Warsaw? Event planner Liza Sherzai
Alex Webber awebber@valkea.com Kevin Demaria kdemaria@valkea.com Agnieszka Jęksa ajeksa@valkea.com Karolina Kalinowska Morten Lindholm mlindholm@valkea.com Jowita Malich jmalich@valkea.com Maria Pięta mpieta@valkea.com Krzysztof Wiliński kwilinski@valkea.com
Contributors: Bartosz Bajerski Gill Boelman-Burrows Kit F. Chung David Ingham Michał Miszkurka Anna J. Kutor Paula Rewald Agnieszka Le Nart Christian Swindells
69 Insider’s Pick Bizuu 73 Insider’s Pick Bio. Sis Nail Spa 85 Classifieds 86 Warsaw Map and Street Index Subscription 12 editions of the Insider zł. 99 (inc. VAT) in Poland. Orders can be placed with amichalik@valkea.com, tel. 22 678 9912
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