Summer is an exciting time to enjoy the atmosphere of cities in Europe and its civilization. In this season, many attractions and performances in an open space held for the public. Typically on weekends, free of charge and always filled with people who want to relax while enjoying the entertainment. Warsaw, the capital of Poland, of course not to be outdone. Summer for the city is the perfect time to promote itself as a cultural city.
In 2011, the International Jazz Open Air Festival in the Old City of Warsaw for the 17th time! Its official name “Międzynarodowy Plenerowy XVII Festiwal Jazz na Starówce”. Just like previous years, jazz music concerts that are open and free to the public is held every Saturday starting at 7 pm, during the months of July-August. Musicians featured are from different countries and different every week.
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Kaczka Pieczona z Jabłkami or could be translated as Roast Duck with Apple, is the most wanted culinary in Poland. If you do stop in restaurant that specialized in Polish food or kuchnia Polska, this menu is always there. This is indeed one of the typical Polish recipes.
At summer time, many local restaurants in Warsaw’s Old Town area whom rely on this menu to attract the tourists. Roasted Duck with Apples writings adorn any big board in front of the restaurant menu as its special menu of the day.
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Yup, the easiest part seeing all historic places and other places of interest in Warsaw, could be access by taxy, but that’s if you got more money to spend.
Others ways to do it is by bus, join local tour, then you could access the city with bus, and explore it with bus sightseeing. These type of transportation are more familiar. Not just in the countries of Europe and America, turned out to branches in Singapore is also already there. How easy. You can buy tickets directly at the driver, sitting pretty on the top deck (let steady scenery), and then they will took you to many tourist interest in Warsaw.
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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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Kazimierz (Jewish Quarter) is the former Jewish district, so don’t be surprised if the atmosphere of the streets of Kazimierz not as elegant as Krakow Old Town, but this is one of important corner in the city of Krakow. Enjoy a different atmosphere by visiting the Old Synagogue (Stara Synagoga), synagogue / place of worship of the Jews as the name implies has a very old (built 15th century) and now no longer functioning. Admission 8 zloty, and for men should cover her head with a hat (you can rent at the ticket box) when entering this synagogue.
In Kazimierz is indeed a lot of the synagogue, for example Temple Synagogue, Isaac’s Synagogue cemetery even Jew (New Jewish Cemetery). Before World War II, Poland was one country in Europe that many of his Jewish population, so no wonder Jewish history was kept well in this country. Do not be surprised also that many descendants of Jews from Europe or America to come here for pilgrimage.
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Summer is an exciting time to enjoy the atmosphere of cities in Europe and its civilization. In this season, many attractions and performances in an open space held for the public. Typically on weekends, free of charge and always filled with people who want to relax while enjoying the entertainment. Warsaw, the capital of Poland, of course not to be outdone. Summer for the city is the perfect time to promote itself as a cultural city.
