Introducing Warsaw
How to Use This Guide
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Warsaw In Your Pocket is designed to provide you with all of the ideas, tools and information you need to explore the city on your own, stay offline as much as possible, and really connect with the city you’re visiting. Although it may be Poland’s least walkable city, we still believe that the best way for visitors to discover any city is on foot, and we’ve designed our Warsaw guide accordingly. Our Sightseeing chapter is organised into geographic areas of interest with detailed district maps to help you navigate them. District tours include descriptions of all the most important sites, plus local tips on where to eat and drink in each area. There are also intriguing ‘Crossroads’ moments that allow you to be lured towards alternative adventures, either on foot or via public transport. Throughout the guide, page references are liberally used to lead you to related info on a topic elsewhere in the guide, while QR codes will take you to our website when we feel there’s more to know than can be expressed in print. Each venue listing includes a map coordinate (E-8, for example) that correlates to the city map on p. 8.
Warsaw IYP Online Of course, space in our print guide is a finite resource, but if you don’t find what you’re searching for here, we’re confident you’ll find it on our website. Visit warsaw.inyourpocket.com for more info about the capital, and poland.inyourpocket.com to see just how much of the country we cover. Here are some Warsaw articles we wish we had room for in print this issue:
Publisher & Staff IYP City Guides Sp. z o.o. Sp.k. ul. Karmelicka 46/51, 31-128 Kraków iyp.com.pl poland@inyourpocket.com Circulation 12,000 copies published every 2 months
Multimedia Fountain Park (p.62) with Warsaw’s soaring City Centre skyline in the background, as captured by DroneInWarsaw.com; fb.com/droneinwarsaw
Remembering the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising This April is the 79th anniversary of the Warsaw Jewish community’s valiant, defiant and fatal effort to go not with a whimper, but with a bang. Learn the history, and where to see visible traces of the Ghetto and Uprising in today’s Warsaw.
Polish Easter Traditions Get familiar with all of the colourful customs, festivities and foods - from basket blessings to water fights - of what is arguably Poland’s most important religious holiday.
Editor: Garrett Van Reed Contributors: Michał Pakulniewicz, Pierre Duyker Sales Consultant: Jarek Śliwiński (+48) 606 749 643 Events & Marketing: Monika Boguszewska-Stopka (+48) 728 879 494 Research: Magdalena Kumala, Layout & Maps: Tomáš Haman Copyright Notice All content copyright IYP City Guides Sp. z o.o Sp.k. and its partners, unless otherwise stated. No part of this publication may be reproduced without written consent from the publisher. The brand name In Your Pocket is used under licence from UAB In Your Pocket (Bernardinu 9-4, Vilnius, LT, tel. (+370-5) 212 29 76).
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