Yesterday was October the 2nd, the day in which Warsaw Uprising has ended. Beneath a short infographic about this terrifying event in Warsaw history. Continue reading
Warsaw Uprising infographic
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Resort Pub
Great place to hangout in the center of Warsaw. Ecological and original that’s Resort. Baths turned into couches, shopping carts to chairs, lamps from washing machines parts, old furniture turned into new ones. Bar is made from books which make a colorful mosaic. Continue reading
Copernicus & The Sphere
Few days ago a few drunk idiots have devastated the Copernicus statue. On Friday night they were drunk and stupid enought to convience themselves, that they do need the Copernicus sphere on their way to Kebab. The police observing them had a different opinion. The chase resulted in recovering the sphere and catching the bad guys. Now the renovator has some work, but everybody knows who is going to pay the bill for attaching the sphere… again.
Swietokrzyski Bridge in the morning sun
Nice photo from a morning route to work in Warsaw.
Metro
Entrances to underground stations are marked with a pictogram and the name of the station. There are entrance gates installed before the very entrances to the underground platforms. Continue reading
The Baths Park
The Baths Park, or Royal Baths (Polish: Park Łazienkowski, or Łazienki Królewskie) is the largest park in Warsaw, Poland, occupying 76 hectares of the city center. The park-and-palace complex lies in Warsaw’s Downtown (Śródmieście), on Ujazdów Avenue (Aleje Ujazdowskie) on the “Royal Route” linking the Royal Castle with Wilanów palace to the south. North of the Baths Park (Park Łazienkowski), on the other side of Agrykola Street, stands Ujazdów Castle.
History Łazienki Park was designed in the 17th century by Tylman van Gameren, in the baroque style, for Stanisław Herakliusz Lubomirski. It took the name Łazienki (“Baths”) from a bathing pavilion that was located there. Continue reading
Stops
ZTM stops are marked with traffic signs with a bus or tram pictogram. The sign is usually placed either on a pillar or the shelter (roof). Markings of lines servicing a given stop are also indicated at that stop. A number of stops of selected bus lines are only on-demand stops. The line is marked as “na żądanie” (on-demand stop), and the number surround is green (for day lines). Continue reading
Ticket zones
The conurbation area served by ZTM lines is divided into two tariff zones marked as 1 and 2. The first zone (1) encompasses the territory within the borders of Warsaw, and the second one (2) – locations outside the borders of Warsaw.
Passengers are obliged to have tickets valid for travel through a particular zone on crossing the zone border at the latest. Continue reading
Inside the bus/tram
There is a validating machine to be found by the door on all buses, trams, and urban rapid rail. Tickets which have not been validated earlier, i.e. each single fare ticket or unused seasonal or time-limit ticket, should be validated immediately after boarding the vehicle.
Saxon Garden
The Saxon Garden (Polish: Ogród Saski) is a 15.5–hectare public garden in Warsaw’s Downtown (Śródmieście), facing Piłsudski Square, and is the oldest public park in Warsaw. Founded in the late 17th century, it was opened to the public in 1727 as one of the first publicly accessible parks in the world. Continue reading