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Traveler Rating
94 reviews 33 travel blogs 36 photos Attraction Type:
Architectural building, Observation deck/tower, Park, Landmark/point of interest
Traveler PhotosPalace of Culture and Science (Palac Kultury i Nauki) Warsaw
Related BlogsPalace of Culture and Science (Palac Kultury i Nauki) Warsaw
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The Phoenix city
... . From the bus station we walked down a long, long street called Jerozolimskie. That brought us past the mammoth Palace of Culture and Science to Centrum subway station. At this stage the Henkster was feeling a little patriotic (must have been all the ...
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Warsaw
... Soldier' and the surrounding gardens. I also liked the old town and Central Square. Later I slept in the sun outside the Palace of Culture and Science and then made my way to the hostel at 4pm. At night I managed to pull myself out of bed and venture ...
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Freezing Weekend in Warsaw!
... the old city are filled with communist era buildings that are dark and bland. Towering above the city is the Palace of culture and science, otherwise known as Stalin’s Wedding cake or Stalin’s penis by the locals. It was a gift from Russia ...
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Missing the Little Things
... she would make a reservation. As I didn't have it on me I continued my walking tour, first with an exploration of the Palace of Culture and Science. The Palace was at the time of construction in 1955 the tallest building in Europe and was a gift from ...
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Warsaw
... miserably, and Hitler demolished every single building and deported them all to death camps. Our last site was the Palace of Culture and Science, Stalin's gift to Warsaw, and kindly dubbed "Stalin's Penis" by the locals. I don't know what they ...
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Warsaw
... . Entry was a bargain at 4zl (80p) - you could easily spend 2-3 hours here. Also worth noting is the Palace of Culture and Science - a gift from the Soviets in early 1950s it is hated by mostly the older people for what it represents. It ...
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Warsaw
Met some good friends in Warsaw, travellers and locals. A lot of culture, felt like the real East Europe for the first time. Knock down the Palace of Culture and ...
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The Journey North Begins
... for the most part they worked! On my first day I had intended to go and see one of the museums in the Palace of Culture and Science, but thanks to a combination of me being lazy and the building being a labyrinth of Minoan proportions by the time I ...
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Warsaw Visit
... quickly and often cheerfully along the sidewalks. The only immediately visible reminders of its communist past were the towering Palace of Culture and Science, a "gift" from the Soviet Union considered by many to be an eyesore but in my view quite ...
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Whirlwind Tour
... day to explore this fascinating city of Warsaw. I started my morning by visiting the tallest building in entire Poland : the Palace of Culture and Science. Stalin and his Communist architects wanted to show off to the Western World the ability of the ...
Palace of Culture and Science (Palac Kultury i Nauki) Map
- Main Post Office (Poczta Glowna)
- National Philharmonic
- Zalew Zegrzynski
- Fragment of Ghetto Wall
- Grzybowski Square
- Prozna Street (Ulica Prozna)
- Nozyk Synagogue (Synagoga Nozykow)
- Saxon Gardens (Ogrod Saski)
- Museum of the History of Polish Jews
- Zacheta Gallery (Galeria Zacheta)
- Museum of Industry
- Kurt Scheller Academy
- Holy Cross Church (Kosciol Swietego Krzyza)
- Opera House and National Theater (Teatr Narodowy)
- Museum of Theatre (Museum Teatralne)
- Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Grob Nieznanego Zolnierza)
- Czapski Palace (Palac Czapskich)
- Frederick Chopin Museum
- Morgan's
- University of Warsaw (Uniwersytet Warszawski)