Self-guided walking tour
Warsaw Walking Tour: Famous Poles (about 3.5 hours, 10 stops)
10 stops in walking order through Warsaw, from Ignacy Jan Paderewski to Maria Skłodowska-Curie: 8.5 km on foot, about 1 h 43 min of walking, 3 h 20 min in total with the story and a look around at each stop. Walking times come from the routed walking path, not a straight line. It is the route of “Warsaw’s Famous Poles”, a ready-made tour in the Guided Tours app.
- Total
- 3 h 20 min
- Distance
- 8.5 km
- Walking
- 1 h 43 min
- Stops
- 10
The stops, in walking order
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
A memorial in Ujazdów Park honours Ignacy Jan Paderewski, the pianist, composer, statesman, and advocate for Polish independence.
24 min walk · 2.0 km
Muzeum Fryderyka Chopina
The Fryderyk Chopin Museum occupies Warsaw’s former Ostrogski Palace, a Baroque residence designed by Tylman z Gameren.
6 min walk · 490 m
Mikołaj Kopernik
Warsaw’s monument to Mikołaj Kopernik stands before Staszic Palace on Krakowskie Przedmieście.
4 min walk · 360 m
Józef Piłsudski
Warsaw’s Józef Piłsudski Monument is a bronze-and-granite statue near Piłsudski Square, honoring the military leader who helped Poland regain independence.
9 min walk · 660 m
Maria Konopnicka
Maria Konopnicka’s monument is a syenite statue in Warsaw’s Saxon Garden, created by Stanisław Kulon.
4 min walk · 310 m
Święty Jan Nepomucen
This Rococo statue of Saint John of Nepomuk stands on Senatorska Street near Bank Square.
3 min walk · 220 m
Juliusz Słowacki
Warsaw’s monument to Juliusz Słowacki honours a major Polish Romantic writer on Bank Square.
14 min walk · 1.2 km
Janusz Korczak
Warsaw’s Janusz Korczak memorial depicts the pediatrician, educator, and children’s author among children beneath a tree shaped like a menorah.
37 min walk · 3.1 km
Maria Skłodowska-Curie
This bronze statue honours Maria Skłodowska-Curie, the physicist and chemist whose research identified radium and polonium.
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