When the green turns into gold

Warsaw is known as a green town - not only parks, but also many streets are surrounded by trees. It's often a surprise to foreigners to see so many nature within the city. Spring blows up suddenly in May with fresh green which lasts until late summer, but the best is going to happen in late October. I call it the golden weekend, when about one week after first cold nights all the trees turn into gold simultaneously. Then all the leaves fall down until November the first.

This year is different - thanks to sunny weather we had two such weekends, although it's November the 1st we still have a lot of coloured trees in all shades - from wild yellow of maples to the warm brown red of oaks.

More posts with photos of Warsaw:
Making a panorama 
Warsaw - old pictures, new pictures - part 1
Warsaw - old pictures, new pictures - part 2
Streets in bloom

The haunted house

Have you ever seen a real haunted house? I have! While walking around the area of Gdańsk called Oliwa (more about Gdańsk here!) I've seen an 'artistic' haunted house. Great place to visit on Halloween! Click here to find it on a map.

More posts about street art at the Baltic sea:
SEA some street art (part 1)
SEA some street art (part 2)

66th Warsaw Uprising's anniversary

For the 66th anniversary the Warsaw's Uprising Museum has created a digital film about the post-war images of our capital shot from an allied plane.
The full movie can be viewed in the museum itself, but there is a trailer available on youTube:

EUROPRIDE 2010

The Europride 2010 festival has ended yesterday in Warsaw! LGBT crowd joined by their supporters marched proudly yesterday on the streets of Warsaw. Here are a few snapshots:

Chopin from the block

Seems like the Chopin's Museum on Tamka str. is up and running, which is great.
The bad thing is that you're not able to just enter and visit it's collection, you have to book tickets first.
You can find the details here.
Remember - you don't have to book for Tuesday - on this day the entrance is free!

While you're there - check out the special graffiti painted on the two buildings next to the museum.




 

More about street art in Warsaw:

NeSpoon - a little bit different street art 

Adidas defeated

European Capital of Culture 2016

Several polish and spanish cities are competing to become the 2016 European Capital of Culture.

Warsaw apparently is one of the candidates. To boost the contest a notch, the capital has issued a promo video made by Agnieszka Holland. This is another one, that was rejected during the process:

Polish President killed. National mourning announced.

The Jewish Paths of Warsaw

Using wonderful GOOGLE MAPS we have prepared another map than might be useful for sighseeing in Warsaw. We are pround to present "The Jewish Paths of Warsaw".

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The Warsaw Ghetto

It was the largest in Europe occupied by the Nazis. Its population was estimated to be 400,000 people, about 30% of the population of Warsaw at that time.

To imagine the Warsaw Ghetto see (the fragments) of "The Pianist", a film by Roman Polanski

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivYHhW-v3x8

Winter Olympic Games - WARSAW 2110

Warsaw has never been a candidate for Winter Olympic Games. And yesterday I would say that it never would be... But after my today's walk I have to think it over again. It's said that the climate is warming up, but...well maybe it's warming up somewhere else. I got used to the heaps of snow everywhere, but snowboarders jumping over peoples' heads in a park...that's definitely something totally new in the city.





Others may like it or not. For me this is the best winter in Warsaw in 21st century.

Have you ever seen a snowy mermaid ?

One upon a time there were two beautiful mermaid sisters in the Baltic Sea. One day, they decided to make a travel. The first swam to the north, and visited Copenhagen (you can see her now sitting in the port). The second one decided to swim to the mountains. She reached Gdansk and then started they long travel up the Vistula River. In the middle of their way, she felt tired and decided to rest on a sandy beach. After she came from the water, she realized that she was sitting just in front of the Warsaw's old town. She liked the place so much, that she decided to stay for a longer time. Soon she became a friend of fishermen living at the banks of Vistula. She had very beautiful voice, and their songs were making peoples' life pleasant.
One day she was kidnapped by greedy merchant, who decided to imprison her and wanted to show her off at a fair for profit. Fortunately she was rescued by a handsome fisherman and his friends. The mermaid, grateful for the aid promised not to leave Warsaw and help to make the city safe for the inhabitants and travellers. She got to armed with a sword and shield - and with this weapon you can see her today on all monuments.
There are three monuments of Warsaw's mermaid: in the Old Town Marked, at the bank of the Vistula and the third (the least known) on the overpass at the Karowa Street.

Te fourth one we have built of snow last week in one of the Warsaw's parks.