The best city hikes and walks around Warszawa

wonderful place, I highly recommend it

Once the historic seat of kings, the Sejm (lower house of parliament), and the President of the Second Polish Republic, the Royal Castle is a monument to Polish independence. Today, it serves as a museum and a representative building. https://zabytek.pl/pl/obiekty/warszawa-zamek-krolewski

The Nicolaus Copernicus Monument in Warsaw stands on Krakowskie Przedmieście Street in front of Staszic Palace (currently the seat of the Polish Academy of Sciences). Designed by Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen, it was made of bronze and depicts Copernicus seated with a compass and armillary sphere in his hands. The idea for the monument was initiated by Stanisław Staszic and the Warsaw Society of Friends of Science; the design was created in 1822, and the monument was unveiled on May 11, 1830. Funding came from public donations and Staszic's bequest. The inscriptions on the pedestal include the Latin "Nicolao Copernico Grata Patria" ("To Nicolaus Copernicus, a grateful homeland") and the Polish "Nicolaus Copernicus Rodacy" ("From the countrymen"). During World War II, the Germans covered the Polish inscription with a plaque bearing a German dedication, which was removed in 1942 by Scout Maciej Aleksy Dawidowski ("Alek") in a minor act of sabotage. The monument was damaged during the Warsaw Uprising and taken away by the Germans with the intention of melting it down. However, after the war, it was found and restored to its original location. Renovated, it was unveiled again on July 22, 1949. The monument is one of the most recognizable symbols of Warsaw.

35 PLN for entry. A large part looks neglected. The enclosures are empty "because there used to be something there". Dirty and not because of the animals. Well, it didn't make a good impression on me. I hope they will improve this facility even because it is a zoo in the capital of the country..

A great place to walk, relax and spend your free time.

The Archcathedral Basilica of St. John the Baptist is the cathedral of the Archdiocese of Warsaw, located in the Old Town of Warsaw at ul. Świętojańska 8. It is one of the oldest churches in Warsaw. It was originally named after the Beheading of St. John the Baptist, and currently the Martyrdom of St. John the Baptist. It is one of the most important places of Polish culture and national tradition. Within its walls, priest Piotr Skarga delivered sermons, Władysław IV Vasa swore his pacta conventa, weddings, coronations of two Polish rulers, funerals of many dignitaries took place here, and the Constitution of May 3 was sworn in. Today, important state ceremonies are held there.

A double series of city walls around Old Warsaw, built in the 13th–16th centuries, rebuilt in the years 1950–1963 and partly later. The best preserved sections run parallel to Podwale Street from the Royal Castle to the Barbican and further to the Vistula escarpment.

Monument by the Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen located in front of the Staszic Palace. The bronze statue depicts a seated Nicolaus Copernicus with a compass in his right hand and an armillary sphere in his left hand. On both sides of the black pedestal there are engraved and gilded inscriptions: from the side of Kopernika Street in Latin Nicolao Copernico Grata Patria (Polish: Grateful Homeland to Nicolaus Copernicus), and from the side of the Zamoyski Palace in Polish – To Nicolaus Copernicus Compatriots. Copies of the monument are located in Montreal and Chicago.