Museum of Motor Vehicles and other Warsaw, Poland Things to Do Tips

This is a place for real 'anoraks'. The biggest car museum in Poland is home to vehicles owned by Presley and Monroe, as well as limousines once used by the likes of Stalin, Beria and the Nazi hierarchy. The collection also includes tanks, rickshaws, motorcycles, bicycles, radios, models and a tractor.
You have to catch a train from WKD Warszawa Srodmiescie, which is the other side of Chalubinskiego St. just opposite Dworzec. There is a ramp to the left of the tickets office which leads to the platform. The tickets cost 4.80 zoltys each way. Trains run every 30 mins. MAKE SURE YOU STAMP YOUR TICKET ON THE TRAIN, INSPECTORS WILL CHECK YOU.

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Phone: 022 758-50-67
Address: ul . Warszawska 21, Otrebusy, Warsaw, 24
Directions: From the station in Otrebury turn right by the cafe. Keep walking until you reach a T junction, turn left. The museum is about 400m from the lights and approx 1km from the railway station.
Website: http://www.muzeum-motoryzacji.com.pl/

This was one of the most feared places in Warsaw during the second world war, where prisoners were taken to be tortured and murdered. It is only a small museum and only needs about 30/40 minutes to visit. If you indicate when you arrive, you speak english the receptionist will put on the correct language tape which gives you a brief history of the building. One of the most distressing rooms in the building was known as the tram. Prisoners were forced to sit motionless on benches facing the wall, sometimes for days, whilst other prisoner were tortured in the next room, knowing it would soon be their turn for a beating. If they moved they were shot. There is also a cabinet, behind a screen containing a small collection of instruments of torture and there are some cells. It is a museum to remind us not to forget the lessons of history.

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Phone: 629 49 19
Address: al. Szucha 25
Directions: The entrance is just inside the gate on the left of the ministry of education building. It is also called The Museum of Struggle and Martyrdom (Mauzoleum Walki i Męczeństwa)

This is a small museum charting the history of policing in Poland, with photographs, uniforms, documents and equipment.

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Phone: 601 17 26
Address: 36/38 Domaniewska St
Directions: The entrance is to be found on the left of number 36/38 and up the side street. The museum is up the stairs and on the first floor.

The 11th November is a Public Holiday in Poland to celebrate Independence Day. It is regarded as the date when Poland finally regained independence following the partitions that began in the 18th century. There is a parade in Warsaw on the square in front of the Tomb to the Unknown Soldier, which is attended by the President and other officals. The ceremony starts at 12 midday and the crowds are always huge.

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Address: Plac Pilsudskiego

The Warsaw Uprising Museum has only been open since 2004. It shows in details the 63 day battle for Warsaw during 1944 and the exhibits are spread over 3 floors. English translations are provided and it's easy to spend several hours slowly making your way around the museum. For anyone with an interest in WW2 this museum is a must and well worth a visit.

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Phone: (22) 539 79 01
Address: Warsaw Rising Museum ul. Grzybowska 79, 00-844 War
Directions: The Warsaw Rising Museum is located at 79 Grzybowska Street, the entrance is from Przyokopowa Street
Website: http://www.1944.pl/?lang=en
Other Contact: kontakt@1944.pl

Pawiak was a famous prison in Warsaw built by the tsarist authorities between 1829 and 1835. It was operational until 1939.

After the German invasion of Poland in 1939 it was turned into a German Gestapo prison and then part of the Warsaw concentration camp. Approximately 100000 men and 20000 women passed through the prison. Approximately 37000 of them were shot to death while further 60000 were sent to German death and concentration camps.

The Prison was destroyed by the Germans and a museum has been built on the site. A tree that survived the war now stands at its entrance as a memorial to those who died, bedecked with commemorative plaques and messages.

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Phone: 022 831 92 89
Address: ul. Dzielna 24/26
Directions: Off Jana Pawla ll
Website: http://www.deathcamps.org/occupation/warsawpawiak.html

This is one of the best parks in Warsaw and within walking distance of the city centre. It is the largest park in the city and you can easily spend a whole day just walking around. The park contains a number of interesting buildings but the grandest is the Palace on the Water which was a residence of King Stanislaw August Poniatowski.

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Address: Agrykola 1

The Palace on the Water stands in the centre of Lazienki Park. It is a neo-classical palace, built on an islet in the middle of a lake. It was commissioned by King Stanislaw August Poniatowski as a summer residence. During WWII the Nazis drilled holes in the Palace that they intended to fill with explosive. But fortunately they ran out of time and only succeeded in setting the Palace alight and causing limited damage to the first floor.

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Until 1817, the town square of Old Town had a town hall in the middle of it, but it was torn down to make more room for the merchants who traded there. The Old Town, was completely destroyed in World War II but unlike other town it has been completely rebuilt to look like the original. You would never guess that the market square in Old Town is a complete reconstruction.

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Before WWII Chlodna Street was one of Warsaw's busiest streets. During the war the road bisected the Jewish Ghetto. As the road was need as a thoroughfare, the nazis had a wall constructed on both sides of the road. A wooden footbridge was built over the road to allow access to the two sides of the ghetto, the larger part to the north and the smaller part to the south.

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Address: Chlodna Street
Directions: Off John Paul II Avenue
Website: http://warsawghetto.epixtech.co.uk/Tramline.htm