This place is to good to be missed, make sure you visit Stare Miasto when you’re in Warsaw. Old Town or in polish language Stare Miasto is the oldest historic district in Warsaw and really beautiful!.
Built in the 13th century, all the buildings in this place had been destroyed to the ground by German soldiers during World War II. It was not until the 1950′s rebuilt, brick-by-brick and so painstakingly to take> 10 years (precisely from 1949 to 1963 and 1970), and now includes a list of UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Lets move on into another place of interest in Warsaw. If you notice it, the level of air pollution in there are quite low, cleanness of the air might be cause of numbers of parks that spread on the city.
The largest park of them all is Lazienki Park. Prepare your feet when you’re visiting here, why, because its wide, so you do need more stamina and energy to walk over it. Actually there are two point of interest that outstanding in here, which are:
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Warsaw is the capital of Poland, in here Palac Kultury i Nauki is the landmark of Warsaw. Often abbreviated as Culture Palace or Palac Kultury i Nauki. With a height of 231 m, this is the tallest building in Warsaw that said could be seen from all over the city (if weather is sunny).
Although these is the landmark, in fact the Polish people themselves do not like this building because this building was a gift from Joseph Stalin when Poland was still under the grip of the Soviet Union.
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Auschwitz camp consists of two broad areas: Auschwitz I, which was once a concentration camp and is now a Museum and the Auschwitz-Birkenau which is an extension of the concentration camps and serve as forced labor and extermination camps. About 1.5 million Jews, Poles, Gypsy, and prisoners of war murdered in Auschwitz-Birkenau, made this place famous as a center of genocide by Nazi Germany. No wonder there is a warning that children under the age of 14 are advised not to visit this place.
Some ways to get to from downtown Krakow Autschwitz are by:
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Kopalnia Soli Wieliczka is real salt mine which naturally formed 15 million years ago and even now it still works. The mine consists of 9 floors located 64-237 meters below the ground. Visitors can see up to the 3rd floor only (approximately 150 meters below ground), but even that’s very admirable. Statues, lamps chandeliers, carvings on the wall all made of salt! Who makes it? Well, the miners of the past who worked in these mines. Be this place is a mix of natural wonders and cultural arts of man.
In the language of Poland, the Wieliczka salt mine is called Kopalnia Soli Wieliczka. Not far from Krakow, the place is easily reached by public bus No. 304 which departs from the stop Główny Krakow (Galeria Krakowska street opposite Kurniki) and go straight at the stop Kopalnia Soli Wieliczka. Cheap bus ticket, only 3 zloty and depart every 20 minutes. Krakow stayed behind to ride the bus again with the opposite route.
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