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Warsaw/Wola Travel Guide
From Wikitravel
Central Europe : Poland : Masovia : Warsaw : Wola
Wola [1] is a district of Warsaw. The word wola means "willingness" in Polish. It has traditionally been the industrial district of Warsaw but this is now changing as it is rapidly becoming the commercial centre of the city. Wola is further divided into Mirów, Nowolipki (adjacent to Muranów in Śródmieście), Powązki, Młynów, Czyste, Odolany, Ulrychów and Koło.
Get in
- Main streets parallel to Vistula: ul. Kasprzaka-ul. Wolska, ul. Leszno-ul. Górczewska
- Main streets perpendicular to Vistula: ul. Towarowa-ul. Okopowa
See
- Warsaw Uprising Museum ul. Przyokopowa 28 [2]
Powązki Cemetery (Cmentarz Powązkowski)
Roman Catholic Cemetery (Cmentarz Rzymskokatolicki)
- St Charles Borromeo Church (Kościół Św. Karola Boromeusza)
- Famous tombs: Jan Kiepura, Krzysztof Kieślowski, Stanisław Moniuszko, Bolesław Prus, [[WikiPedia:Władysław Reymont|Władysław Reymont]
Jewish Cemetery (Cmentarz Żydowski)
- Famous tombs: Estera Rachela Kamińska, Isaac Loeb Peretz, Ludwig Zamenhof, the creator of Esperanto
- A symbolic monument to Janusz Korczak (he died in a concentration camp),
Calvinist Cemetery (Cmentarz Ewangelicko-Augsburski)
- Halperts' Chapel (Kaplica Halpertów)
- Famous tombs: Wojciech Gerson, Tadeusz Stefan Jaroszewski, Emil Wedel, Szymon Bogumił Zug
Lutheran Cemetery (Cmentarz Ewangelicko-Reformowany)
- Famous tombs: Anna German, Leopold Kronenberg, Józef Simmler, Stefan Żeromski
Powązki Communal Cemetery (Cmentarz Komunalny - Powązki)
Previously: Military Cemetery (Cmentarz Wojskowy)
- The Avenue of the Meritorious (Aleja Zasłużonych)
- Mass graves of the participants of the November Uprising (1830-1831), January Uprising (1863-1864), World War 1 (1914-1918), Polish-Bolshevik War (1920-1922), World War 2 (1939-1945) and Warsaw Uprising (1944).
Do
Clubs
- Piekarnia ul. Młocińska 11
Cinema
- Silver Screen ul. Górczewska 124, tel. +48 22 533 46 66 (CH Wola Park)
Sports
- Hala Sportowa Koło ul. Obozowa 60, tel. +48 22 877 38 99
Buy
- Klif ul. Okopowa 58/72 [3]. Shopping mall.
Eat
Drink
Sleep
- Rapsodia ul. Fort Wola 22 [4] (entrance from ul. Wolska 186), A campsite, but hostel rooms are available too. Prices: tent (2 persons) - 30 żł, camping car (electricity connection included) - 60 zł.
- PTSM Hostel ul. Karolkowa 53a [5] (IYHF-recognized)
Contact
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