Warsaw: The City Rebuilt from Memory

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Start: Nowy Świat-Uniwersytet metro station (line M2), exit at the corner of Nowy Świat and Świętokrzyska

1. 1

   A city built from memoryfree

   Almost everything here is a copy. And almost everything is true.

2. 2

   Winter by decreefree

   A Scout unscrews a plaque, and Copernicus extends winter.

3. 3

   The heart that came home full version

   A heart in a jar, smuggled under a dress – and brought home twice.

4. 4

   The prince from Copenhagen full version

   A prince from Copenhagen and the palace where the Eastern Bloc was buckled and unbuckled.

5. 5

   The church that survived the war full version

   It survived the war – and nearly didn't survive the rebuilding.

6. 6

   The painter who improved reality full version

   Canaletto, the painter who improved on reality.

7. 7

   Eleven fifteen full version

   A clock that waited thirty-five years for eleven fifteen.

8. 8

   Raving like Piekarski full version

   An attack on the king, a passage over the lane and a facade that never existed.

9. 9

   Painters on the scaffolding full version

   Women painters on the scaffolding, and a mermaid who survived by not being there.

10. 10

    Here I am, people of Warsaw full version

    Here I am, people of Warsaw – the shoemaker who wrote where he'd been hidden.

11. 11

    Middle Ages, made in the fifties full version

    Middle Ages made in the fifties, and bricks from Wrocław.

12. 12

    An element for a country that didn't exist full version

    An element named after a country that wasn't on the map.

13. 13

    The copy that became the original full version

    The copy that became the original – and a table with a view.

Narrated by a synthetic (AI) voice — script and facts by the tripto.pl editorial team.

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