Pałac Kultury i Nauki (Palace of Culture and Science):
- a gift from the Soviet Union to the Polish people
- Joseph Stalin started the construction (1952) but did not live
long enough to see it complete (1955)
- 3500 Soviet workers came and 16 died during the construction
- it is still the highest building in Poland (234.5m)
- The Rolling Stones performed a concert here in 1967
(the first by a western rock band behind the Iron Curtain)
- a gift from the Soviet Union to the Polish people
- Joseph Stalin started the construction (1952) but did not live
long enough to see it complete (1955)
- 3500 Soviet workers came and 16 died during the construction
- it is still the highest building in Poland (234.5m)
- The Rolling Stones performed a concert here in 1967
(the first by a western rock band behind the Iron Curtain)
school kids on a field trip :)
Barbakan (a defense outpost of the city)
- constructed in 1540
Kolumna Króla Zygmunta III & Zamek Królewski
(King Sigismund III Column & the Royal Castle)
Rynek Starego Miasta (Old Town Market Square)
Kościół Wizytek (Church of St. Joseph of the Visitationists)
- its construction started in 1664 and ended in 1761
polish folk music
reading the German Times in English in Poland
a traditional restaurant for traditional Polish food: pierogi
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