Kampinos National Park

Powązki Cemetery

Masovian

12 km

Stare Powązki is Warsaw’s oldest surviving historic necropolis and one of Poland’s most important cemeteries. Established at the end of the 18th century, it became a pantheon of people connected with culture, science, politics and the city…

POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews

Masovian

120–180 min

13 km

POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews stands in Muranów — the pre-war Jewish district that was home to Europe's largest Jewish community outside New York — directly opposite the Ghetto Heroes Monument. Opened in 2013 in a building by…

Warsaw Railway Museum

Masovian

14 km

On the grounds of the former **Warszawa Główna** station on Towarowa Street operates the **Stacja Muzeum** — an open-air collection of historic locomotives, wagons and railway salon cars. The institution was established in **2015** jointly…

The Warsaw Mermaid Monument

Masovian

14 km

In the middle of the Old Town Market Square, in a round basin on a granite pedestal, stands the Mermaid with a sword raised to strike and a shield in her left hand — the symbol of Warsaw that has appeared in the city's coat of arms for ove…

Old Town Market Square

Masovian

14 km

The Old Town Market Square, measuring **90 by 73 metres**, was laid out at the turn of the 13th and 14th centuries when Old Warsaw was founded; two streets lead out of each corner. The colourful townhouses you see today are largely a recon…

St. John's Archcathedral in Warsaw

Masovian

30–60 min · Free entry

14 km

St John’s Archcathedral Basilica at 8 Świętojańska Street is one of Warsaw’s most important churches. Its history reaches back to the Middle Ages; after the destruction of the Warsaw Uprising it was rebuilt in a historicising Mazovian Goth…

Grzybowski Square

Masovian

14 km

Grzybowski Square in Warszawa is an interesting stop connected with the area’s history, culture or landscape. Include it in a sightseeing plan and combine it with other nearby places. Check current opening hours and access details before v…

Sigismund III Vasa Column

Masovian

10–15 min · Free entry

14 km

**Sigismund III Vasa Column** on Castle Square is Warsaw’s oldest secular monument and one of its most recognisable symbols. It was erected in 1643–1644 on the initiative of King Władysław IV in memory of his father, Sigismund III Vasa. Th…

Castle Square

Masovian

14 km

Castle Square has an unusual hierarchy: **the Sigismund III Vasa Column was erected here as early as 1644**, while the square itself was only laid out in **1818–1821** to a design by Jakub Kubicki, after the castle's outbuildings and the K…