Warsaw/Praga



Praga is the central and historic core of right bank Warsaw, Poland.

Praga is composed of two districts, Praga Północ and Praga Południe, which are separated from each other by the railway tracks. The districts themselves mainly serve administrative purposes, as they are both very heterogeneous and diverse inside.

Within Praga Południe Gocław and Gocławek are relatively new residential areas built in the 1960s and 1970s, Kamionek and Grochów have a history on par with other settlements that then formed Warsaw, like Ujazdów and Mokotów, Saska Kępa is a prestigious mansionesque area that is home to many embassies and Olszynka Grochowska is mostly a forest.

Within Praga Północ, the south centered around Aleja Solidarności contains many historic buildings and is reinventing itself as a trendy home for all kinds artistic undertakings, while the northern part is almost entirely industrial.

Get in

 * Main streets parallel to Vistula: Jagiellońska, Targowa, ul. Grochowska; Wał Miedzeszyński
 * Main streets perpendicular to Vistula: Aleja Solidarności, ul. Ostrobramska and al. Stanów Zjednoczonych (United States Avenue) - collectively referred to as Trasa Łazienkowska; al. Waszyngtona (Washington Avenue); Trasa Siekierkowska.

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Splurge

 * Dom Polski ul. Francuska 11. Polish.
 * Santorini ul. Egipska 7. Greek.

Clubs

 * ul. 11 Listopada 22 a building filled with bars (and a hostel now)
 * Skład butelek open on weekends.
 * Zwiąż mnie